VP - Business Transformation at Henny Penny in Eaton, Ohio

Job Description:

Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!


The Vice President of Business Transformation will be focused on transforming the way we conduct and operate traditional business functions, challenging the status quo and injecting innovative thought leadership to improve operational efficiencies and lead the flawless execution. The scope of this position is broad and includes working with multiple stakeholders throughout the organization, managing and executing a series of transformational and business expansion efforts allowing us to execute; better, smarter, and faster. The incumbent will work on building new capabilities throughout the organization across front office, middle office and back office. He/she will work across all operational areas that enable an enterprise-wide process evolution such that the organization becomes more flexible, scalable, adaptive, and responsive to new and existing markets and customers. As the VP - Business Transformation, the incumbent will play a critical role in leading the organization through a process/data/system transition by working with other senior leaders to understand the business operations and connectivity to various processes, data and systems. This individual will work closely with the Senior Operations and IT leadership teams to ensure a seamless, end-to-end transition occurs.



What We Offer:

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you'll stay)


• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary


• Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week


• Defined career paths so you'll always know what's next and what steps can get where you want to go


• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses


• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays


• Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners


• Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.


• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

What You'll Be Doing

• Partner with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders on transformational efforts


• Work with Senior Operations and IT leadership in the flawless transition of plan's core processing system.


• Ensure proper operational integration is maintained by understanding upstream/downstream impacts when operational system enhancements are being requested as it relates to plan's Customer Relations Management System


• Work with cross-functional partners/teams to support the deployment of new technology and process in targeted areas.


• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to ensure adherence with approved tools or identification of additional technologies as applicable.


• Lead efforts in business expansion opportunities


• Provide regular status reports on progress and risks to delivery for prioritized efforts.


• This is covered under all duties as assigned. Establish long-term and short-term strategies for business unit analysis and reporting solutions.


• Supporting the Transformation projects across Front Office, Middle Office and Back Office


• Drive Continuous Improvement methodology (LEAN) across Henny Penny


• Working with Business partners to define KPIs at functional levels and their teams that are easily measurable and are aligned to drive value for the organization. Is this similar to the bullet


• Monitors and reports progress on development projects, resource utilization, and production performance to executive leadership.


• Facilitates preparation of project plans and proposals, outlining project objectives, IS requirements


• Maintains pace with technological progress, economic change, and company needs by directing continual improvements of IS staff, equipment, and procedures.


• Work with key business partners to define, standardize and implement measurement programs that support key business initiatives or projects across the enterprise.


• Develops methodologies for design, development, delivery, and support of information systems to meet business needs as well as best practices for application development, testing procedures, and release processes.


• Recruit, manage, coach and lead managers and staff with the skills to maintain a high-quality organization. Perhaps combine this bullet with the bullet below.


• Train and develop staff to enhance skills, accountability, adaptability and capability to work individually and in teams


• Consistently demonstrate company values and expected behaviors.


• Other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business Administration or Finance with Business Transformation experience. Master's degree preferred


• 12 or more years of relevant work experience


• 5 or more years of experience in Manufacturing Industry. Is this preferred or required?


• Experience in being part of large, cross functional projects & programs


• Experience managing and prioritizing a product/program backlog


• Strong leadership attributes and the ability to manage both individuals and initiatives


• Strong prioritization skills to be able to navigate dependencies and high-value opportunities


• Knowledge of and ability to implement new and emerging technologies


• Must have a hunger to continually innovate Can this be combined with the ability to "innovate" below?


• Ability to present to both internal and external stakeholders


• Thought leadership and a "growth mindset" experienced in building adoption or onboarding plans


• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, and negotiation


• Excellent planning, facilitation, and organizational skills


• Ability to influence and coordinate with both technical and non-technical partners


• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations


• Ability to be innovative, creative and think "outside the box"


• Exceptional data and system skills Can this bullet and the next 2 be combined?


• Ability to collect and analyze data - use information to build a case for change


• Demonstrated experience conducting quantitative research and data analysis.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office - specifically Word, Excel, VISIO, and PowerPoint.

About Us



We're known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We're a behind-the-scenes engine in the world's most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy's. We're 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.


We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world's most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.


Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Apply Now