Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

• Health & Wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and Paid holidays

Avery Dennison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Key Responsibilities:

The Director of Information Technology (IT) will act as the IT Partner for the Materials Group North America business (MG). You will combine your knowledge of desired business outcomes with functional expertise to develop technology plans and roadmaps to drive competitive advantage for these businesses.

This person plays a critical role in guiding and enabling the business strategy. The role's main focus will be within the Materials Group, the largest business unit in North America. We have 20+ locations, 2900 employees, and $2B in revenue. We are an execution and innovation-driven business. As a business, we prioritize key initiatives with a ‘customer first’ focus on promoting loyalty and profitable growth and establishing a more resilient and efficient supply chain. We are working to improve our capability in the critical areas of forecasting, digitization, system optimization, and process redesign -- all aimed at anticipating and meeting our customer's needs.

The Director of IT fully understands the breadth of IT services available within the existing organization and combines this with knowledge of emerging technologies to share options and recommend and deliver solutions. The Director of IT shares accountability with its business partners for meeting the desired business outcomes.

The Director of IT will be an active member of the MG NA leadership team and will be responsible for driving the IT strategy for the NA business unit and collaborating with other IT functions to support initiatives across the business unit to meet agreed-upon business outcomes.

Key priorities for the role include:

Develop an IT Strategy and Roadmap. Technology strategy and investments will need to be aligned with business strategy. The Director of IT will then lead the development and implementation of a prioritization process to enable MG NA to make investment decisions that drive growth and profitability and work with the business leaders to integrate IT solutions into the business and customer strategy.

The Director of IT will collaborate with other functions (inside and outside of IT) to formulate a long-term IT strategy and recommendations for technology investments to enhance current IT potential and advance the business. They will assess the potential and business applications of existing and emerging technologies.

Partner to Drive Innovation and Execution of Regional Digital Optimization Initiatives. This role will be a key strategic voice and leader in the digital optimization of our business. Partnering with the BU leadership team, the Director of IT will bring new insights and fresh perspectives and operate as a domain expert on guiding our business and internal teams through digital optimization initiatives which can transform our business. This leader must maintain a solid understanding of our architecture technology standards and emerging technologies and be able to incorporate solutions into digital strategies.

Act as the primary lead/point of contact for IT in the region. This person fully understands the AD IT strategy, departments, and infrastructure to properly guide and ensure the execution of current and planned projects and programs. The Director of IT will actively partner with other IT functions (PMO, Applications, Sourcing, Infrastructure, Information Security, etc.) to drive execution and deliver successful business outcomes. The incumbent will partner with the business functions to ensure that the programs meet the expected benefits.

Role Location

Mentor, Ohio

Reporting Relationship

This role reports to the Senior Vice President and CIO with a dotted line to the Senior Vice President and General Manager, MG North America.

Minimum Requirements:

• 12+ years of strong business experience and significant experience in leading IT for a region in a manufacturing organization, preferably a director of IT for a sophisticated region of a business unit or a global business unit.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or Computer Science (or equivalent). A Master’s Degree is a plus.
• Strong business experience, as well as experience in IT, with tried experience leading organizations in a matrixed organization
• Experience in defining, developing, and implementing IT strategies and major systems; a broad-based business person capable of applying current and future technology and competencies to meet overall business strategies and priorities. Must have experience with ERP implementations.
• Solid understanding of Oracle EBS or Fusion experience preferred.
• Proven expertise in supply chain knowledge and IT transformation in manufacturing companies.
• Strong leadership ability and proven collaboration and communication skills – navigating global, business, and regional structures across IT and the business to influence and implement effectively.
• Strong social skills, performance-oriented.
• Ability to see “the bigger picture” and to focus on and work in the details, this is a ‘hands-on’ role.
• Proven ability to act as a change agent for the organization (beyond the IT organization).
• Ability to travel regionally and globally (approximately 25% of the time, and possibly more at times).

Core Capabilities

The Director of IT should be highly proficient in ten core capabilities:

1. AGILITY: Readily accepts change. Recognizes when changing customer or organizational priorities and needs requires a different approach and can meet the new standard. Effectively and independently leads competing priorities and demands.
2. BROAD THINKING: Approaches problems from a range of perspectives. Considers the effect their decisions have over the short and long term. Sees and considers cause-effect relationships within basic systems. Develops a compelling vision and strategies that achieve critical outcomes. Provides options and recommendations to achieve success.
3. BUSINESS ACUMEN: Solid understanding of financial drivers of the business and how the direct work in their area of responsibility gives to the profitability of Avery Dennison. Prioritizes their work in a way that adds maximum value to the organization.
4. CURIOSITY: Consistently takes inquisitive risks in trying new and different ways to get the job done. Effectively applies existing practices or processes to new tasks and situations. Highlights inefficiencies in work processes and practices within the department.
5. DECISION MAKING: Analyzes problems effectively and makes appropriate decisions without missing deadlines or causing service delays. Able to cope with reasonable levels of uncertainty and incomplete sets of facts to develop solutions. Uses standards/methods to solve common problems. Able to predict the consequences of decisions made with some level of consistency.
6. EXCELLENCE: Expects the best from ourselves and each other. Deliver Avery Dennison’s commitments. Always look for ways to improve. Act decisively, with speed and agility. Consults with functional and IT owners to help drive success. Tracks and measures benefit realization from IT-enabled products and services and influence corrective action where needed.
7. INFLUENCING OTHERS: Involves key partners in developing messages, actions, and plans to ensure the final approach reflects their insights and has their commitment. Effectively articulates their position and helps others understand the underlying issues and concerns. They are a strong ambassador for the technical solutions that enable and drive business success.
8. INNOVATION: Uses creativity and insightfulness to create new possibilities. They challenge the status quo. They use failure as an opportunity to learn and improve. Identifies new technologies and approaches to improve business outcomes.
9. LISTENING & COMMUNICATION: Demonstrates flexibility in communication style to adjust to most audiences and situations. Puts self in others position to understand their point of view. Obtains consensus from those affected by decisions made. Shares own ideas, feelings, and information openly and directly. Conveys information to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, that is easily understood and useful. Ensures consistent and timely communications with partners and ITLT to share accomplishments, challenges, and learning with key programs
10. SELF-AWARENESS & IMPROVEMENT: Explores formal and informal opportunities to enhance own skills and strengths and applies new takeaways to daily work. Open to constructive feedback and uses this feedback to enhance their performance. Solid awareness of own strengths and development needs.

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