The Downstream Solution Specialist position is a key role to advance the overall IT Project Portfolio through hands-on project management and analysis, delivering real-world results on assigned projects. Specifically, this position provides strong project management capabilities across a wide array of application and functional areas in support of the company’s top business priorities within the North America region. Additionally, this role may support projects leveraging business analysis skillset where needed to maintain pace on key projects. Like many roles within the LDC IT team, this role is expected to wear multiple ‘hats’ depending on business need and project priority. The focus of this role is heavily weighted toward hands-on project management and delivery, though may include serving in a business analysis role on an as-needed basis, with an expected low time allocation.

Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

• Take an extremely hands-on, activist approach to managing projects across the Functional scope of the company’s business operations.
• Manage the coordination of schedule, meeting, analysis and implementation activities for project team resources, including IT team members and business partners.
• Drive projects forward to successful completion, taking a central role to define innovative solutions, remove roadblocks, and manage risks.
• Work collaboratively with solution managers to define project scope, timeline, objectives and resource requirements that support business goals in collaboration with regional stakeholders and other IT teams. Maintain and manage project planning showing key deliverables, milestones, dependences, and scope.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify risks and potential impact, and identify mitigation steps and contingency planning as needed with relevant communication to project sponsors and stakeholders.
• Work within a variety of project management methodologies, adapting approach to suit the business need.
• Work continuously to build expertise of the company’s business operations, functions, and processes.
• When required, serve in a business analyst capacity, partnering with business unit personnel to understand business needs and translate those needs into functional requirements, define test cases and manage project UAT needs, and performing other business or project analysis tasks as required.

Additional Responsibilities:

• As with all other roles within the IT team, the emphasis is strongly on tackling any tasks needed to drive progress and successful outcomes, rather than artificial task silos by role or title. As a result, other various duties and responsibilities may be assigned on an ad hoc basis across projects and other team activities.

Company Conformance Statements

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with co-workers, Company business associates and the general public.
• Work together in a cooperative spirit to serve the best interests of the Company.
• Operate in a fully responsible manner and comply with the law and Company policy.

Basic qualifications:

• 3-5+ (plus) years of strong technical or operational experience in ERP sales, warehousing, or distribution systems and a successful history of project plan completion
• Experience analyzing, implementing and supporting enterprise reporting architectures and related technologies – SAP implementation is a plus
• Experience in participating in cross-functional project teams environment; ability to perform in various roles from individual contributor to a leadership role; ability to contribute to planning, organization and managing of project teams using a structured delivery methodology
• Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other business organizations; successful experience in working with diverse groups of people in a problem-solving environment Preferred qualification:
• Experience with functional and technical aspects of major enterprise business systems and related technologies.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (including any physical demands)

• Strong data and analytical skills leveraging modern analysis/reporting tools - SQL experience a plus
• Understanding of capabilities, features and limitations of system development tools
• Thorough understanding of planning, analysis and testing techniques required to support such systems
• Extensive knowledge/ experience in functional business areas, such as finance, accounting, information technology and trading operations
• Ability to act in a consultative role to understand functional business processes, related information technology needs and to develop solutions and delivery proposals
• Ability to effectively manage multiple assignments and priorities
• History of applying varied approaches to solve complex business support challenges of significance to the organization
• Advanced knowledge of standard business tools such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Decision Making/Accountability

• May assist with the following: Analysis of back-office business systems and integration processes; documents operational specifications requirements; translates business process into computer system requirements; reviews systems and makes recommendations for customization based on knowledge of relevant business processes; applies thorough understanding of the software development life cycle; efficient implementations of system enhancements that meet user requirements and project deadlines; recommends procedural changes to operational personnel and management as deemed necessary.

Louis Dreyfus Company provides equal employment opportunities to all without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other protected status.

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

• Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental and vision care coverage, flexible spending account plans, employee assistance program, life insurance and disability coverage
• 401k with Company Match
• Family Friendly Benefits including childbirth and parental leave, fertility and family building benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
• Hybrid work schedule

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Equal employment opportunity (EEO)

Louis Dreyfus Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.”

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us