IT Business Partner F&S NA (Chicago)

Trivium Packaging is a global sustainability leader in metal packaging with more than 60 locations worldwide, nearly 8,000 employees, and an annual revenue of approximately 3.0 billion. Trivium serves a diverse range of customers in various end markets such as food, seafood, pet food, nutrition, beauty and personal care, household care, and premium beverages.

Trivium is committed to shaping the industry through an ambitious transformation journey. Our focus includes building and upskilling our team, defining strategic priorities, and enhancing financial performance via the Trivium Business System, which emphasizes commercial, operational, and supply chain excellence. Sustainability is core to our identity, with a focus on products that are infinitely recyclable. Our sustainability efforts have been recognized with a Platinum medal by EcoVadis, awarded to only the top 1% of over 75,000 companies reviewed. Sustainability permeates every function at Trivium, reflecting our DNA. While our global head office is located at Amsterdam Airport, many team members work virtually from different countries. Our culture is results-driven, entrepreneurial, informal, multicultural, and empowers individuals with high responsibility.

Role Description

The IT Business Partner Food & Specialty North America (Director) is a newly established role aimed at optimizing the value of the IT portfolio for the Food & Specialty North America Business Unit (F&S NA). The IT Business Partner collaborates closely with BU F&S NA leadership to identify improvement opportunities, prioritize IT demands, and deliver technology-enabled initiatives. This role works with the global IT Centers of Excellence and local IT teams to implement initiatives and contribute to technology roadmaps managed by the Global IT Centers of Excellence.

The IT Business Partner reports to the CIO with a dotted line to the Finance Director. They are part of the Global IT Leadership Team and BU Management Team, leading a team of five IT representatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Engagement: Ensure BU stakeholders are informed and aligned with IT portfolios and roadmaps, and aware of key Enterprise Architecture principles. Also, keep Global IT stakeholders informed about BU challenges and priorities.
• Business Alignment & Portfolio Management: Understand BU strategies and challenges, translating them into IT initiatives. Drive prioritization and implementation of relevant IT initiatives and roadmaps with BU leaders and Global IT Centers of Excellence. Collaborate to embed BU priorities into IT roadmaps.
• IT Value Creation: Coordinate delivery of IT and technology initiatives, ensuring BU-specific requirements are met and business cases are realized. Identify opportunities where technology can generate business value.
• Escalation Point: Serve as the escalation point for major IT incidents, operational issues, or IT delivery performance issues within the BU.

Key Qualifications

• Strong stakeholder management skills, leading through influence.
• Excellent communication skills tailored to diverse stakeholders.
• Experience leading in distributed and virtual environments.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Strong business acumen and anticipation of business needs.
• Teamwork, excellence, and passion.

What We Offer

• An exciting transformation journey supporting business transformation.
• Exposure to senior business leadership, including Executive Committee members.
• Opportunities to develop into IT/Digital leadership roles.
• Membership in the Global IT Leadership Team.

Requirements for the Job

Education & Training: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Master's in Business Information Management or Business Technology Management preferred. Relevant leadership training is also desirable.

Experience: Minimum of 7 years in a business relationship role within IT, with at least 3 years in leadership. Experience with Business IT Demand Management, stakeholder engagement, ERP, MES, and Analytics. Proven track record of driving initiatives from conception to completion. Experience managing distributed teams across multiple countries, and managing business change activities or Continuous Improvement initiatives.

Core competencies include results orientation, teamwork, excellence, passion, ambition, influence leadership, and customer service orientation.

We embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunity employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status. We value our diverse workforce and strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can perform at their best and be their true selves at work.