Director of IT Development

Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka. 

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Job Description/Responsibilities

Bio: The Director of Development will be responsible for leading the development, configuration, integration, and ongoing optimization of Oracle Fusion ERP across Sazerac’s global footprint. This role will partner with the CIO, CFO, and functional leaders to deliver scalable, secure, and future-ready ERP solutions that enable operational excellence and support Sazerac’s growth agenda. The Director will manage a high-performing team and oversee vendor relationships to ensure best-in-class ERP delivery.

• Establish governance, development standards, and best practices to ensure quality and compliance across ERP initiatives. Design, build, and maintain functional, integrated, and scalable systems throughout entire organization that provide the highest availability at the most reasonable costs and compliant with industry standards and vendor licensing. Peak10, VMWare, and Network Infrastructure systems are examples of continuous plan development. This also includes a multi-faceted backup of the company plan.
• Implementation of Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP by 2028 to modernize core business processes across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, HR, and Operations. Sets the overall strategic direction for the IT function and provides the leadership, planning, and management for the resulting development and implementation. Understand and communicate both the company vision and needs to the IT team, and the current technology and processes available to management. Lead IT in developing and maintaining functional and reliable ERP and integrated systems with excellent support and general training.
• Drive end-to-end development lifecycle activities including requirements gathering, solution design, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement. Drive end-to-end development lifecycle activities including requirements gathering, solution design, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement. Responsible for overall selection and measurement of the company's IT service providers. Provide project management skills to lead high priority IT projects. Build relationships with NABCA to enhance our access to data and assist with the development of the data sync project and bailment inventory reporting project.
• Implement a PDS for myself and direct reports that will move people toward improving at least 1 competency at any given time and improving performance against position description outcomes.
• Build, lead, and mentor a strong ERP development team with a culture of innovation and accountability. Develop a Career plan for myself and my direct reports that will allow us to achieve our overall career objectives. Continue to work on existing career development plans that have been previously set up.
• Partner with leadership and business stakeholders to communicate technical strategies, prioritize development initiatives, and ensure solutions meet business needs. Deliver seamless integrations across business units, functions, and third-party systems to enable efficiency and scalability. Provide the company with the best cost-effective tools and support that allows us to publish accurate and timely financial information. Understand financial principles and issues well enough to direct technical assets and find process improvements. Work with financial team to give them the functionality and support needed for fast/accurate reporting.

Qualifications/Requirements

MUST

• Ability to communicate with all levels of an org
• Experience in technical leading a team.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience in process design, implementation and improvement
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency in ERP systems like SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics
• Working knowledge of PC's, LAN's and WAN's
• Ability to present and calibrate critical challenges at the executive level
• 15 years experience in IT technology field
• 5 years Experience integrating systems to the AS400 environment.
• 5 years Experience managing IS projects, budgets and an IS Team
• 5 years implementation or project management experience.
• 10+ years of experience in erp systems development and delivery
• Strong technical expertise across oracle fusion modules (finance, supply chain, procurement, hr)
• 5+ years in oracle fusion erp

PREFERRED

• Master's degree in related field
• Experience in Alcohol Beverage Industry or CPG overall
• Experience with System 21 ERP software
• Experience in Agile Methodologies SCRUM

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