PMO Director

About Us:

Sonepar Canada is an independent family-owned company with global market leadership in the business-to-business distribution of electrical, industrial and safety products and related solutions. In Canada, we are represented by 9 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 100+ locations with coverage in 8 provinces.

We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees. 

To explore and learn more about Sonepar opportunities, please visit www.career.sonepar.com

What’s In It For You?

• You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
• You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
• A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
• We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
• An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.

Scope of the Position:

Reporting to the VP, Customer Experience, this role will be responsible for all strategic enterprise projects nationally. The enterprise project management office is a high-performing central team focused on driving the design, execution, and the ongoing management of Sonepar Canada’s strategic agenda. This role will bridge the gap between our national vision and strategy and the operationalization of key initiatives that elevate our business. The Director, Strategy & Enterprise Project Management will execute innovative strategies that will directly impact the efficiency, effectiveness, and success of our business.

This includes supporting the executive leaders and key stakeholders in the development, communication, planning and execution of the organization’s nationwide strategy as well as business-line specific priorities. The Director will work closely with senior management, business line leads, and a diverse set of stakeholders to lead execution of strategic projects, generate insights to deliver strategic recommendations, and support execution monitoring.

This role will designing and managing high-impact programs and projects and lead the development of project analytics and operational processes. The Director will elevate cross-functional collaboration and drive improvements that will increase the overall health of our business.

Major Responsibilities:

Portfolio Execution

• Lead a broad range of overall portfolio execution engagements, including strategic programs, projects, and initiatives. This involves managing large cross-functional teams across business lines with activities including designing and developing roadmaps, issue identification, quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess impact on financials, and preparing / presenting compelling strategic recommendations to leadership.
• Design and lead problem solving sessions, workshops, and interviews with cross-functional / business line working team members and subject matter experts.
• Bridge silos and enable alignment across business lines and corporate functions.
• Support the execution and ongoing management of strategic planning with key business lines to ensure alignment with the organizations strategic plan.
• Synthesize findings and present clear recommendations and implementation plans to ensure impactful project outcomes to senior leaders.
• Act as a trusted partner to Senior Executives, to help them define priorities, ensuring they are set up to achieve them.

Thought Leadership

• Provide effective challenge in the design, delivery and execution phase of strategic priorities and must-win opportunities.
• Review portfolio of strategic priorities to determine emerging issues and trends, and analyze the impact / implications of those trends on various business line strategic plans.
• Assist with organizing strategy offsites for senior management to facilitate ongoing discussions around All-Bank or business line strategies.

Executive Communications

• Support the CEO agenda, including all strategy, business line value creation projects, strategic planning, Board-level communications, and being a trusted advisor to senior leaders.
• In close partnership with National Communications, identify strategic communication opportunities. Support coordination and planning of events, internally and externally, and work with National Communications to ensure consistent messaging across all groups of stakeholders.

Team Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Contribute to building the strategy team, including recruiting, coaching, knowledge development, driving integration with the organization, and championing a customer-focused culture.
• Understand the risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Champion a high-performance environment and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent by fostering an inclusive work environment.

Requirements:

• 8-10 years of experience in operations, program management, or strategy, ideally within a distribution environment.
• Strong experience in designing and managing enterprise projects, with a focus on driving results and operational excellence.
• Proven ability to develop and implement data analytics models to measure and improve organization performance.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to innovate and adapt operations to meet evolving business needs.
• Leadership experience in managing and developing teams, with a focus on enabling team success.
• Ability to work in a matrix organization and in a fast-paced environment that is continuously changing, demonstrating an ability to champion change and drive improvements.
• Strong ability to deal with ambiguity and manage through difficult situations.
• Cross functional team leadership with the ability build consensus.
• Excellent ability to delegate and can effect change through others without direct involvement.
• Strong financial modeling, influence, negotiation, project management, conflict management, analytical and presentation skills.
• Proven skills in leadership, continuous improvement, and change management.
• Proficient in the full MS Office suite of applications.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High attention to detail and organizational skills.

Education and Training:

• University degree in Business Administration.
• Masters in Business Administration and/or PMP certification considered an asset.

Benefits & Perks

• We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits, including:
• Flexible benefits program allowing you to choose from options that best fit you and your dependents’ needs. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending Account & RRSP matching.
• Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and a career path.
• Regardless of your benefits program, you will receive company paid Life Insurance, and employee paid disability.

More information on Sonepar Canada:

Website: www.soneparcanada.com  

Twitter: @soneparcanada  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sonepar-canada/  

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SoneparCanada  

Check out Sonepar Canada on Facebook!      

Sonepar places the planet and diversity and inclusion at the core of its vision driving our business ethos.  

Today, Sonepar is the leading distributor of energy-efficient products, pioneering the energy transition and making sustainability a priority. At Sonepar, we firmly believe that every action is crucial in safeguarding the environment, driving our commitment to a more sustainable future. We have accelerated our own transition to efficient generation and use of electrical energy across our business and champion the innovation of sustainable solutions in the market. 

This commitment is tangible in our detailed Global CSR report, to learn more please visit  https://www.sonepar.com/en/commitments/sustainability.

Sonepar has been recognized as a Diversity Leader by the Financial Times’ 2024 Diversity Leaders ranking and was awarded GEEIS Certification in 2022.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming submissions from all candidates.  We believe in creating a work environment where everyone can feel safe, use their voice, and know that they belong. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is a central focus of our global, strategic impact plan. We value diversity and inclusion in the workplace because it allows us to better meet the needs of the communities we serve. It helps us foster greater creativity, breadth of experience, and it’s essential to our success as an organization. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, ethnic or national origin, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity, disability status, gender identity, veteran status or any other aspect which makes them unique are encouraged to apply. 

For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity initiatives, please visit  https://www.sonepar.com/en/commitments/diversity-and-inclusion.

Sonepar is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes submissions from all candidates. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request. If selected for an interview, please advise the Sonepar representative of your accommodation needs at that time. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their accessibility needs.

Next steps:
We are interested in knowing more about you. Start an exciting new career and enjoy a number of benefits by applying online. While we are very grateful for your interest in joining the team, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.