Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Circle K is a prominent retail company, and they are seeking a Manager of Operational Excellence. This role involves overseeing program roll-outs, training compliance, and auditing processes to ensure operational efficiency across multiple locations.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates, schedules new program roll-outs and manages roll-out teams
- Collaborates with other departments to ensure timely ordering and delivery of needed supplies, materials for efficient roll-outs
- Maintains budget compliance of roll-outs through review and approval of invoicing
- Ensures training compliance and completion through CBTs and by conducting training classes for new programs that effect operations
- Conducts routine training meetings for management
- Oversees the BU’s store auditing processes by: reviewing store audits completed by the auditing team, auditing locations that fail two consecutive Operational Excellence audits, conducting random Operational Excellence audits and ensuring Aims 4 audits are completed annually by the auditing team
- Provides analysis of various reports including, but not limited to: store’s P&Ls, audits and budgets
- Ensures delivery of routine communication on Operational Excellence programs including any changes
- Attends Annual Summit for new programs, roll-outs, and to exchange knowledge of best practices
- Adheres to the company operating policy of Legal, Ethical and Moral practices
- Performs multiple tasks in fast paced and detail-oriented environment
- Maintains a professional and supportive image among subordinates and supervisors
- Enhances professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reading professional publications; establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies
- Performs other duties as assigned and deemed necessary
Skills
- Must have demonstrated leadership ability, significant operations and marketing knowledge, effective communication skills, be self-directed, self-motivated and an advocate of Operational Excellence
- Ability to communicate (orally and in writing) in English
- Ability to present in meetings and conduct training
- Ability to supervise and manage the functions related to employees on roll-out teams
- Ability to travel
- A current valid driver's license is required to operate a company vehicle
- Bachelor's Degree in business, or related field preferred. Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted
- Three to five years of retail business experience in multi-site leadership or more preferred; including minimum of two years of management responsibility
- Expertise with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Power Point and Word preferred
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