Portfolio Manager

Take your career further with McLane!

McLane teammates, the driving force behind our success, are diverse professionals who work together seamlessly to keep our operations running smoothly. As a teammate, you will pair your dedication, expertise, and collaborative spirit with your fellow teammates to serve America's most beloved brands. McLane leaders think long-term, act with purpose, and inspire high performance. They lead with accountability, communicate clearly, and drive results through collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth. They empower each teammate to learn from industry leaders, develop their skills, and build lasting connections nationwide.

We're looking for a Portfolio Manager who thrives at the intersection of strategy, technology, finance, and execution-someone who can shape investment decisions, bring clarity to complexity, and ensure our most critical initiatives deliver real, measurable value.

In this role, you'll own a multiyear digital portfolio supporting our supply chain and enterprise technology landscape. You'll partner with senior leaders across business, IT, engineering, and finance to ensure the right work is funded, sequenced, and delivered-balancing innovation, modernization, growth, and runthebusiness priorities.

This is not a traditional PMO role. This is enterprise portfolio leadership.

This is a hybrid position which will require the candidate to report and work from the office at least three days a week. Therefore, interested candidates should be within a 50-minute radius from Temple, TX.

Benefits you can count on:

• Day 1 Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA, and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off begins day one.
• 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan after 90 days.
• Additional benefits: pet insurance, maternity/paternity leave, employee assistance programs, discount programs, tuition reimbursement program, and more!

What You'll Do

• Translate enterprise and supply chain strategy into a cohesive, multiyear portfolio of initiatives, platforms, and capabilities
• Partner with VPlevel leaders to define strategic themes, "North Star" outcomes, and OKRs tied to business value.
• Lead portfolio planning, sequencing, and scenario modeling to optimize demand, capacity, funding, and throughput
• Drive datadriven investment decisions through portfolio governance forums, steering committees, and executive reviews
• Partner closely with Finance on budget management, forecasting, capital vs. expense planning, and variance tracking.
• Provide endtoend portfolio oversight-ensuring initiatives deliver on scope, timeline, budget, and outcomes
• Establish portfolio health metrics, dashboards, and executiveready reporting across financial, operational, and customer dimensions
• Identify crossteam dependencies, systemic risks, and delivery bottlenecks-and proactively drive resolution
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, enabling clarity, confidence, and alignment in portfolio decisions
• Champion modern ways of working, including Lean Portfolio Management, Agile/productcentric delivery, and OKRs

What Sets You Apart

• You think enterprisewide, not projectbyproject
• You're fluent in both strategy and execution
• You're comfortable influencing executives and navigating complex, matrixed organizations
• You use data, storytelling, and insight to drive decisions-not just status updates
• You're passionate about improving how organizations prioritize, fund, and deliver work

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in portfolio management, program leadership, product management, strategy consulting, or enterprise PMO
• Proven experience supporting largescale digital transformation initiatives
• Strong expertise in portfolio governance, financial planning, investment management, and value measurement
• Experience within supply chain domains (planning, S&OP/IBP, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, fulfillment)
• Familiarity with Lean Portfolio Management, Agile frameworks (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban), and OKRs
• Executivelevel communication skills with the ability to clearly convey insights to VP+ audiences
• Working knowledge of enterprise platforms (ERP/SAP, WMS, TMS, data and workflow systems)
• This position requires the ability to read, write, and understand English at a level sufficient to perform job-related tasks effectively and safely. This includes understanding work instructions, safety protocols, and communications essential to the role. The requirement is directly related to the nature of the job and ensures compliance with workplace safety and operational standards.

Why This Role

You'll have visibility, influence, and impact-helping shape how the organization invests in technology and transformation. If you're looking for a role where your work directly influences strategy, funding, and outcomes at scale, this is it.

Fit the following? We want you here!

• Teamwork oriented
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Detailed

Our roadmap. Our story.

We've been forging our path as a leader in the distribution industry since 1894. Building an expansive nationwide network of team members for 130+ years has allowed us to stay agile for our clients across the restaurant, retail, and e-commerce industries. We look to the future and are ready to continue making industry-defining moves by embracing the newest technology into our practices, continuing team member training, and emphasizing our people-centered culture.

Candidates may be subject to a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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