Program Director, Digital transformation

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods committed to innovation and efficiency in our operations. As part of our strategic vision, we are embarking on a transformative journey to modernize our local systems in Brazil, transitioning from multiple systems in multiple technologies to a global state-of-the-art internal front office system and global back-office system (SAP S/4).

This program is named Brazil Digital Modernization. This ambitious and strategically important multi-year program aims to streamline and redesign our processes, enhance productivity, support business growth and position us for continued success in the dynamic agricultural trading landscape.

This program requires a seasoned Program Director to manage cross-functional teams (IT, Finance, Commercial, Procurement, HR, Logistics, Business Services) across geographies to control program scope (several projects with sub-streams), timing, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

If you are passionate about driving transformational change and making a meaningful impact in the agricultural industry, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey. Apply now to be part of our dynamic team and help shape the future of agriculture through innovation and excellence.

We are seeking a dynamic, hands on and experienced Program Director to lead our Brazil modernization program. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in orchestrating the transition from local business processes and solutions to global group processes and solutions while achieving the target business value supporting the LDC Brazil growth.

In a context of a program started 5 years ago and accelerating, you will drive the Brazil program delivery efficiency and value realization with timeline and budget.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end implementation of the program, from planning and design to execution and optimization.
• Challenge the status quo with senior stakeholders to bring effective business change through process and technology transformation
• Balance global standards that support cost effective scale and automation with necessary regional exceptions that drive competitive advantage for LDC
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, and budgets, monitoring progress and managing risks effectively.
• Coordinate and manage external vendors and consultants as necessary, ensuring quality deliverables and adherence to project milestones.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to project team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate project updates, status reports, and key insights to stakeholders at all levels, facilitating transparency and alignment throughout the organization.
• Plan and engage with other applications to ensure end-to-end delivery of integrated applications
• Located in Brazil, you will own the Business relationship with local business leaders to ensure alignment on roadmap
• Ensure change management efficiency to achieve target value realization and process execution efficiency

Sizing & Context:

• 200+ project team members
• International project with members across geographies
• Multiple projects to coordinate and roadmap to align

Experience

• Extensive experience in program management, with a proven track record of successfully leading implementations in complex organizational environments.
• Depth of understanding of agri-commodity trading business. Previous experience in the agriculture industry, with understanding of sector-specific challenges and opportunities is essential.

Hard Skills

• Strong Experience with complex program management
• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders and driving business change across business unit or globally
• Strong Experience with digital transformation managing regional and global solutions and processes
• Strong Experience with SAP S/4 and custom development
• Strong Experience with SAP best practices, methodologies and Architecture principles
• Strong experience with software development and agile methodologies
• Strong experience with complex integration and architecture design

Soft Skills

• Both hands-on and strategic: can define long term plans, and as necessary, deep dive in specific topics.
• Impeccable communication, including project management, lead by influence.
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with a results-oriented mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, to effectively engage with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to anticipate and plan accordingly.
• Handle many medium and long-term tasks.
• The ability to learn fast and adapt to new solutions.

Additional Information for the job

• Portuguese (Fluent)
• English (Fluent)