SR MANAGER ASSURANCE & ADVISORY MG

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Position Purpose:This position is part of the Assurance & Advisory Management Program (AMP). This is a two-year leadership development program where you will work on a variety of business needs with a focus on merchandising, marketing, and ecommerce. Upon completion of the program, 75% of the associates will graduate to other departments while 25% will continue to advance within the department. Major Purpose: The AMP Senior Manager, Merchandising is responsible for developing and executing multiple, concurrent projects across the merchandising functions (Merchandising, Marketing, Ecommerce, Merchandising Services) including originating risk-based project opportunities, establishing scopes and timelines, managing stakeholder relationships, overseeing staffing, and reporting out results to executive management through written and verbal communication.

Key Responsibilities:• 20% Own relationships with business leaders throughout the organization including identifying key stakeholders and developing and maintaining relationships with them

• 15% Develop and maintain thorough understanding of key retail processes in merchandising, marketing and online business units; own risk assessment for these areas including identifying and prioritizing key risks
• 15% Develop pipeline of projects consisting of defined risk management and process improvement opportunities in merchandising, marketing and online business units
• Lead report-outs of results to business owners and executive management including CFO/CEO as required
• 15% Manage scope, objectives and resources of multiple projects concurrently to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality results
• Create effective written communications to report results to business owners and executive management including the CFO/CEO and Board of Directors
• 15% Design tests and analytics to identify and quantify specific process improvement opportunities including cost-out and risk mitigation
• Develop talent by supporting the recruitment of strong candidates, leading training courses and providing on-the-job coaching to managers and staff associates
• 20% Lead change management for all project teams including establishing a vision for the change, building alignment with key business partners and establishing implementation plans that mitigate challenges and ensure sustainability of results
• Provide performance feedback/career counseling for direct reports on a consistent basis

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:• Position reports to AMP Director

• Number of Direct Reports = 2

Travel Requirements:• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:• Must be eighteen years of age or older.

• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:• Limited overnight travel of up to 10% or as job requires

• Prior Six Sigma, auditing or consulting experience a plus; Process Improvement background
• Prior retail experience a plus
• Prior supervisory experience required including providing performance feedback
• Project management experience required

Minimum Education:• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:• 8

Preferred Years of Work Experience:• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:• None

Certifications:• None

Competencies:• Strong analytics - ability to develop hypotheses about the business and build detailed analytics to test

• Financial acumen - ability to create cost/benefit and other financial analyses to support decision making and enhance profitability
• Strategic thinking - ability to understand the business cross-functionally and develop strategies to drive value
• Networking - strong existing networks (ideally in merchandising) with the ability to establish and maintain relationships at all levels
• Project management - strong organization skills with the ability to breakdown large bodies of work into discrete project plans; ability to set deadlines and oversee execution on multiple projects concurrently
• Talent development - experience managing direct reports (preferably including manager level directs)
• Communication - ability to develop accurate and compelling written materials to drive alignment and decision making; experience reporting out to executive management