Senior Manager, Business Growth - Sysco Brands

Sysco

1d•$136,400 - $227,400•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager of Business Growth—Sysco Brands contributes to the design and execution of long-term strategies to drive profitable growth of Sysco’s Own Brand product portfolio. Working with the Own Brand Center of Excellence and across business units, this role conducts quantitative and qualitative analysis to evaluate growth channels among existing customers and in new markets. The Senior Manager researches emerging solutions and works with internal stakeholders to assess the business rationale for adoption, potential value, and implementation tradeoffs. The role also helps shape processes and leads the global, cross-company deployment of growth strategies in partnership with stakeholders. This Houston-based position combines in-office work, work from home, and travel for team connectivity or to support growth initiatives. Travel is up to 25%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
8–10+ years of experience in an analytical and strategic business role, with increasing levels of leadership and responsibility.
Experience with modeling, strategic thinking, growth planning, and program management.
Strong interpersonal, leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
Ability to get work done in a complex matrix organization and to think strategically and tactically from the customer perspective.
Ability to structure unique problems and lead cross-functional teams toward significant progress.
Ability to manage ambiguity and guide an organization toward clear, decisive action plans.
Ability to understand P&L.
Strong project leadership and management background.
Experience with change management.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to establish credibility with and influence executive-level stakeholders, work across organizational boundaries, and lead through influence.
Strong communication and collaboration skills; ability to lead and do work effectively in a matrix organization.
Excellent pattern recognition and predictive modeling skills.
Self-starter with the ability to lead and develop a new team.
Ability to work in a startup-like environment, anticipate organizational needs, plan accordingly, and direct a team toward quick wins and long-term success.
Professional attitude, service orientation, strong work ethic, and strong teamwork.
Ability to excel in ambiguous environments and approach problems from an outside-in perspective without allowing the status quo to shape the analysis.
Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

MBA.
Experience in food service and B2B industries.

Responsibilities

Support the Sr. Director and Director with data analysis, creativity, and structured decision-making to develop business cases for Own Brand portfolio growth.
Support the Director in identifying, researching, and defining future growth strategies for existing customers and new markets, using current capabilities or creating new ones.
Help develop key messages and communications for different audiences, including executive progress updates.
Manage program workstreams to execute agreed-upon growth strategies, including defining workstreams, setting timelines, sequencing work, capturing dependencies, resolving issues, and managing priorities.