U.S. Foodservice has made a strategic decision to develop a new deployment team who will be responsible for converting targeted divisions to a new primary operating system for supporting the IT, Sales, Procurement, Operations, and Finance processes. This will involve the migration of targeted divisions currently operating on the P system to an A system process.

Job Description
If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to make an impact on the USF business by becoming a change management catalyst and by sharing your expertise and support in the IT business process, you will want to apply for the Functional Area Lead, Application Strategy Deployment, IT.  Working on this team, will be an excellent developmental opportunity for an internal associate, to further enhance your knowledge of the business as well as highlighting project management and overall business skills.

The primary responsibility of this position is to act as a change management agent, responsible for the deployment of new business processes and the supporting systems.  This will require the assessment of department associates for additional training and support, the review of current business processes and building of both data transition and business process change plans.  Assist the Team Manager with maintaining goals and deadlines established for the departments’ conversion. Provide additional pre and post conversion support for department. Effectively communicate changes in process to supported department associates. 

Essential functions include:

• Proficiency within IT is required with the capacity to support the deployment of new systems and new business processes.   Additional business knowledge in the areas of Warehousing, Operations, Procurement, Finance, IT, or Margin Management is a plus.
• Function as a Subject matter Expert in IT (Salesman Laptop, Customer Service, Order Guides and Contract Management) to associates and project stakeholders
• Partner directly with divisional department leaders in guiding the development of data conversion, business process conversion and associated training requirements.
• Accountable for timely completion of all deployments within established budgets.  Conversation completion will be defined on specific exit criteria.  It will also include acknowledgement and clearance from recently converted division prior to starting the next implementation. 
• Responsible for change management process implementation while deploying new systems, this will include but is not limited to impact analysis and mitigation plans, end user training, proper documentation and training summaries.
• Provide training to team members in the area of IT and/or other specific division functions
• Provide primary support to team members in the area of IT, Warehousing, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Sales or Margin Management and other specific division functions for changing business systems or business processes
• Proven ability to partner successfully with all levels of the organization and key stakeholders.
• Effectively manage to project goals and expectations by coordinating and effectively distributing tasks among functional area teams.
• Travel is required as a majority of this work will be done at the division that is being converted.