Meaningful Work From Day One

Work within assigned Regions to meet technology and process needs and to share best practices with other Regions within Brown-Forman. Work with Global IT to understand, articulate, and prioritize initiatives. Establish the use of corporate technologies within Regions. Manage a team of technical resources.

Perform analysis of regional technology needs and work with Global IT to understand best practices for both commercial processes and corporate technologies used in other markets. Manage the implementation of these new processes and technologies within assigned regions in a manner that provides scalability and security with our corporate systems. Improve the use of technology in the regions. Identify opportunities and gaps for future systems. Manage a team of IT resources, following the Performance and Growth Planning process. Work with IT leadership and the HR managers to ensure people are growing themselves and the company.

What You Can Expect

Basic Functions:

● Perform analysis of regional technology needs and work with Global IT to understand best practices for both commercial processes and corporate technologies used in other markets. Manage the implementation of these new processes and technologies within assigned regions in a manner that provides scalability and security with our corporate systems. Improve the use of

technology in the regions. Identify opportunities and gaps for future systems. Manage a team of IT resources, following the Performance and Growth Planning process. Work with IT leadership and the HR managers to ensure people are growing themselves and the company.

Responsibilities:

● Regional IT management - Supervises, and motivates a technically-skilled staff through coaching, training, personal and professional development in order to achieve maximum productivity and effective system solutions. Follows the Performance and Growth Planning process, focusing on achievement of performance goals and employee development.

● Vendor management - Engage approved IT vendors for delivery of Commercial Technology projects as needed, managing scope and deliverables. Ensure the vendor adheres to Brown-Forman standards and policies, maintaining a spirit of business partnership.

● IT process leadership - Negotiate and coordinate project priorities with global IT teams when resources from outside regional teams are needed. Ensure employees within regions are informed about, and adhere to, IT processes. Implement changes to IT processes within regions.

● Business process improvement – Work with both the region’s commercial leadership and with colleagues around the globe to understand how process and technology changes can enhance our sales and marketing teams around the world.

● Project management – Manage regional IT projects and represent IT in other commercial business projects within the region. Coordinate roles and responsibilities with Project Manager(s) assigned to global commercial and IT projects.

● CRM – Work with global leadership to understand and implement the right parts of our sales force automation strategy within regions. Work with both the business sales teams and global IT colleagues to enhance and improve the processes and technologies used by our sales teams to make them as efficient and effective as possible.

● Analytics - Work with global leadership and internal IT groups to define needs, manage and implement analytics projects. Support ongoing efforts as needed.

● Collaboration – Understand and enable the use of the company's many collaborative technologies within and across the commercial business teams. Enhance our collaboration with our distributor partners in regions.

● Execution – Ensure the implementation of IT initiatives in multiple regions, working with both the local and global IT teams. Assist other parts of IT in their implementations (HR, Finance, Supply Chain, etc.).

● Support and Training – Manage the support and training of new systems as they are rolled out within the regions. Provide a link between global IT, the global help desk and assigned regions.

● Adoption - Drive continuous digital transformation through adoption of technologies. Provide technical mentorship within the region driving the creation of change champions.

What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

• 8 Years of commercial reporting and analytics experience

• Solid problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking abilities

• Proven ability to effectively communicate ideas and solutions across all levels of the Region, including senior management, business system users, technical personnel and consultants

• Process thinking - demonstrated ability to solve businesses needs and opportunities, first with

• improved process design, and then enhanced with technologically toolsets.

• Business Planning – prior experience with commercial business planning processes and systems.

• Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders, all levels of employees and management

• Ability to handle multiple assignments on a timely basis with a high degree of accuracy

• Strong experience in supervising and providing guidance/ direction in task completion and team skill development.

What Makes You Unique

● Experience with Salesforce.com, Boomi, Tableau and some level of certification with Salesforce.

Who We Are

We believe great people build great brands. And we know there is Nothing Better in the Market than a career at Brown-Forman. Being a part of Brown-Forman means you will grow both personally and professionally. You will have the opportunity to solve problems, seize opportunities, and generate bold ideas. You will belong to a place where teamwork matters and where you are encouraged to bring your best self to work.

What We Offer

ブラウンフォーマンの包括的報酬パッケージは従業員エンゲージメントを強固なものにすることで、会社が将来にわたって持続可能で収益性の高い成長を実現できるように設計されています。プレミアムスピリッツカンパニーとして、個人と会社の業績に対して公正な給与体系を提供するとともに、一人一人の従業員にプレミアムな体験を提供します。当社の重視する企業バリューにのっとって、多様な従業員のニーズに応える幅広いプレミアムな福利厚生・職場環境・能力開発の機会を提供しています。

Total Rewards at Brown-Forman is designed to engage our people to ensure sustainable and profitable growth for generations to come. As a premium spirits company, we offer equitable pay structures for individual and company performance alongside a premium employee experience. We offer a range of premium benefits that reflect our company values and meet the needs of our diverse workforce.

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Business Area: Global Information Technology

Function: IT

City: Tokyo

State:

Country: JPN

Req ID: JR-00008080