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President Professional Services

UNFI · Providence, RI · 3 mo ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time

Job Responsibilities

  • Define and lead the long-term vision and strategic direction for Professional Services in alignment with company objectives.
  • Drive growth through expansion of existing services and development of new, differentiated offerings.
  • Leverage data, analytics, and omnichannel capabilities to enhance customer engagement and value delivery.
  • Position the organization as a market leader in retail services, insights, and execution.
  • Establish and execute plans to achieve EBITDA, revenue, and customer acquisition targets.
  • Build and optimize an integrated commercial engine spanning demand generation, conversion, and retention.
  • Leverage technology and innovation to improve efficiency, scalability, and service effectiveness.
  • Establish standardized processes, KPIs, and performance frameworks to drive operational excellence.
  • Maintain full P&L ownership, including revenue growth, cost management, and profitability.
  • Set financial targets and ensure execution against budgets, forecasts, and strategic plans.
  • Allocate resources to maximize return on investment and strategic priorities.
  • Monitor business performance and adjust strategies to consistently meet or exceed objectives.
  • Anticipate market trends and evolving customer needs to inform innovation and competitive positioning.

Job Requirements

  • Education/ Certifications: Bachelor's degree required, Master’s degree preferred.
  • Experience: 15+ years of progressive executive leadership experience in retail, grocery, services, or related industries.
  • Proven track record of leading a business with full P&L responsibility and delivering sustained growth.
  • Deep expertise across sales, marketing, operations, and customer experience.
  • Experience scaling service-based or solutions-oriented businesses.
  • Demonstrated success leading large, complex, cross-functional organizations.
  • Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Strategic leadership and enterprise mindset, strong financial and operational acumen, customer-centric approach with deep understanding of retail dynamics, proven ability to drive growth, innovation, and transformation, exceptional communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills, ability to align teams and stakeholders to a shared vision, strong track record of talent development and organizational leadership, good judgment.

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