IT Director, Distribution & Logistics Technology

Tenneco is one of the world’s leading designer, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with approximately 78.000 team members working at more than 300 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, Motorparts, Ride Performance, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.

 

Job Title: IT Director – Distribution and Logistics Technology

Location: Skokie, Illinois or Southfield Michigan

 

Tenneco is one of the world’s leading designer, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with approximately 65,000 team members working at more than 300 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, DRiV, Ride Performance, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.

 

Reporting to the Executive Director – DRiV Applications, the IT Director – Distribution and Logistics Technology is a highly visible and key leadership role whose primary mission is to define and implement business enabling Distribution and Logistics IT strategies, solutions, and services for the Global After Market. The successful candidate will be an expert in distribution and logistics technology systems, working seamlessly with both business and IT stakeholders across regions and with external technology partners in formulating our strategy to achieve standardization, harmonization, and simplification of IT solutions, and with the clear KPI’s to improve business value. The role will work with team members across the business and IT, ranging from senior leaders to staff in operations / logistics and distribution.  They will ensure the delivery of a portfolio of distribution and logistics IT projects and services, maximizing service levels while reducing costs by leveraging enterprise solutions.  Priority for the role will be identifying ways to leverage process and technology to drive incremental business value within the Global After Market business.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

 

• Work with Supply Chain Distribution and Logistics leaders and operations teams to drive transformative and continuous improvement initiatives across the function.
• Work with distribution and logistics leaders to break down complex problems into actionable steps to drive strategy, innovation and develop the global strategic vision.
• Align Information Technology’s priorities and activities with distribution and logistics strategies and related systems and information requirements.
• Modernize, enhance, and evaluate legacy processes and make changes where appropriate.
• Develop roadmaps containing sequencing of distribution and logistics IT solutions working towards the achievement of the business strategies. (1-3-5 years)
• Facilitate understanding and support the buy-in of the Functional Roadmap to key stakeholders in the function regionally and globally.
• Contribute as instrumental leader within the IT functions cultivating functional excellence and continuous improvement.
• Work with the business function/geography and IT Corporate functions to develop project business cases and value realization processes.
• Manage through Regional IT Business Partners, Program Managers, Project Managers, analysts, and programmers, in the development and installation of information systems for distribution and logistics.
• Ensure good project governance and execution, with monthly reporting en