Director Business Development

Category/Area of Expertise: Internal Strategy
Job Requisition: 482771
Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive
Store Code: Retail Services (2760892)

At Food Lion, Associates are the most important assets to our organization. We want associates to have meaningful careers full of variety and challenges. Each associate contributes to the overall success of Food Lion, and in return, we strive to provide all associates with a fulfilling work experience and reward performance and commitment. We are committed to the professional development of our associates through on-the-job learning opportunities and training.

Position Summary

Lead & influence strategic planning and execution for major brand priorities. Lead a high performing team that delivers initiative development & governance, new store design, capital planning, competitive tracking & planning, strategic communications support and the ideation & delivery of innovative projects. Facilitate, guide and influence major initiatives and provide insight to opportunities and progress. Develop business cases and cross-functional enrollment for the financial & human resources required to successfully support initiatives.

Principle duties and Responsibilities

• Guide the brand leadership team in identifying and prioritizing annual priorities, including financial and strategic implications
• Regularly facilitate leadership team conversations to review progress and updates to the strategic plans
• Align the brand leadership team on concepts, causing targeted decisions between departments that best maximize sales and profitability
• Lead the facilitation of new store designs that appropriately display the brand and business model
• Own the banner process to engage with partners in regards to new stores, remodel/strategy roll out markets and other capital projects as necessary
• Coordinate financial investment modeling/assumptions for capital projects
• Maintain scope definition for remodels to ensure prototype designs remain consistent throughout the network
• Create brand documents that support the strategy and communications for Food Lion leadership, ADUSA leadership and AD leadership
• Influence cross functional teams as a key member of brand teams and committees on large-scale and/or long-term special projects

Basic Qualification

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in retail business
• 10 years of leadership experience at Manager level or higher in retail business
• Extensive retail operations experience gained through effectively leading a retail supermarket
• Outstanding leadership skills and ability to lead high performing teams
• Superior cross functional leadership experience
• Excellent project management skills
• Proven ability to influence and lead up, down, and across the organization

Preferred Qualification

• MBA or graduate degree
• Extensive small and large group facilitation skills

Education

• Bachelor's degree (B.S. /B.A.)

Skills and Abilities

• Strong analytical skills with ability to present/summarize in efficient manner for various levels of management
• Mastery of Excel and database analytics tools
• Demonstrated ability to train/coach direct and indirect reports
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates good judgment solving problems and making decisions
• Creative/innovative thinker
• Effective influencer
• 10%, occasional overnights
• Occasionally you have to lift, push or pull up to 25 lbs.

Food Lion provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions) national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or gender expression or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have a disability and require assistance in the application process, please contact our Recruiting Department at recruiting@foodlion.com