Director of Business Growth
Sysco - Houston, TX
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Job Summary:The Director of Business Growth is a critical role for the team and this colleague will develop long term growth strategy for multiple business segments at Sysco. Work with the Sysco leadership team, enterprise strategy counterparts, and business leads to move forward the strategy, identify key priorities and choices that allow Sysco to deliver as part of the business strategy, and manage trade-offs required to realize visionSupport high-priority areas in our Sysco business unit, including conducting analysis on key competitors and potential sources of disruption; framing and structuring disparate ideas and information to make them concrete and actionableConduct both quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate new market opportunities for the enterprise that extend beyond our current businesses, and develop associated business cases and recommendations for senior executivesEvaluate key organizational questions to ensure our company is best positioned to deliver on our commitments to customers, clients, and shareholdersResearch emerging solutions and work with internal stakeholders to determine business rationale for adoption, potential value, and tradeoffs associated with developing new or improved digitalDuties and Responsibilities:Develop growth strategy and 3-year strategic plan for our multiple business segments. Transform the foodservice industry with best in class customer innovationLead initiatives to drive acquisition and penetration of customers by leveraging both sales channel and direct to consumer channelLead a team to make recommendation on best solution from customer and business perspective including content creation and end to end customer journey mapping. Present on growth roadmap to ELT including CEO to drive key transformation initiatives.Education Required:Bachelor’s degreeEducation Preferred:MBAExperience Required:At least 4-6 years experience post MBAEngagement manager or equivalent level experience with top-tier management consulting firms with significant work in development and execution of growth, Go to Market and/or commercial strategyExperience Preferred:Experience in food service and B2B industries preferred but not requiredTechnical Skills & Abilities:Ability to think strategically and tactically from customer perspectiveAbility to structure unique problems and lead cross-functional teams in a way that enables the organization to make significant progress quicklyExcellent analytic and problem-solving skillsStrong interpersonal, leadership, communication, and presentation skillsProven experience to get work done in a complex matrix organizationStrong ability to manage ambiguity and guide the organization through it towards clear and decisive action plansAbility to understand and manage P&LStrong project leadership and management backgroundProven success in change managementProven ability to establish credibility and influence executive-level stakeholders as well as the ability to work across boundaries and lead through influenceStrong communication and collaboration skillsLeader/doer with the ability to operate effectively and influence others in a matrix organizationExcellent pattern recognition and predictive modeling skillsSelf-starter with a strong ability to lead and develop a new teamExperience in a startup-like environment and ability to foresee the needs of the organization, plan accordingly and direct the team to achieve quick wins and long term successProfessional attitude, service orientation, strong work ethic; superb team playerExcels in nebulous environments where the path to address a problem is not always clear or directApproaches every problem with an outside-in perspective first and does not allow the status quo to influence your analysisExperience using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPointLanguage Requirements:English RequiredBy applying, you consent to your information being transmitted by StaffAttract to the Employer, as data controller, through the Employer’s data processor SonicJobs.See SYSCO Privacy Policy at and SonicJobs Privacy Policy at and Terms of Use at
Created: 2025-12-23