Manager Process Innovation

Position Overview

The Manager, Process Innovation’s primary responsibilities are to identify and lead initiatives that drive increases in productivity, associate workload simplification and store operational processes. This job requires problem solving skills and strong analytical capabilities, along with cross-functional partnership and great communication skills. This role must effectively identify and implement new initiatives within the stores using observations, interactions with store leadership, partnership with Store Industrial Engineers, and competitive benchmarking.

A Day In The Life

Process Improvement and Analysis

• Identify productivity and process improvement opportunities by providing insightful analysis and making compelling recommendations to senior leadership

• Collect in-store observations, understand current operations, and collaborate with corporate and field subject matter experts to identify improvement opportunities

• Partner with the Industrial Engineering team to estimate productivity opportunity of ideas that emerge during process improvement ideation

• Leverage data to validate hypotheses or analyze improvements

Business and Financial Acumen

• Generate stakeholder interest in pursuing ideas leveraging financial acumen to build strong business cases

• Support business objectives through scoping, analysis, and implementation

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to generate improvement ideas and develop pilots to test hypotheses

• Partner with Finance and Industrial Engineering teams for financial and workload impact measurement

Project Management

• Own overall timelines, updates, milestones, and general project management across a variety of store process projects

• Use project management tools to plan, develop, and coordinate the completion of assigned tasks and deliver quantifiable results

• Build strong relationships with field partners to implement best practices and change management

You'll Come With

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to lead and prioritize projects for the Process Engineering & Innovation team

• Proven written and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on translating technical and financial data to non-technical audiences

• Ability to independently gather, analyze and interpret information and develop, recommend, and implement solutions

• Demonstrated ability to interact across a broad range of organizational levels and functions

• General knowledge of process improvement, engineered labor standards, statistics and probability

Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or related analytical discipline

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in operations consulting, project management, or process engineering

• Preferred experience working in a retail or stores environment

• Expertise in both written and verbal communication and presentation

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Come join our team. You’re going to like it here!

You will enjoy competitive wages, flexible hours, and an associate discount. Burlington’s benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage including life and disability insurance. Full-time associates are also eligible for paid time off, paid holidays and a 401(k) plan. We are a rapidly growing brand and provide a variety of training and development opportunities so our associates can grow with us. Our teams work hard and have fun together! Burlington associates make a difference in the lives of customers, colleagues, and the communities where we live and work every day. Burlington Stores, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.

Individual pay decisions will be based on a variety of factors, such as but not limited to, qualifications, education, job-related skills, relevant experience, and geographic location.

Min-Mid $95,000.00 - $125,000.00

Posting Number R102847

Location New Jersey-Burlington

Address 1830 Route 130 North

Zip Code 08016

Pay Rate Salaried

Career Site Category Corporate

Position Category Store Operations

Job Type Full-Time

Remote Type Hybrid

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