Improvement and Analysis Manager I - Military Veterans

JOB DESCRIPTION

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

I. Job Summary
Manages and coordinates implementation, execution and performance management of Market Areas with less than $400 Million in revenue. Oversees productivity & profitability analysis, labor management, standard operating processes, best practices, routing and mapping. Collaborates with various functional and LOB Managers to evaluate and coordinate continuous improvement objectives.

This role can sit in Sacramento, CA Lodi, CA or Oakland, CA.

Role will require travel 30%-50% of the time.

Ideally seeking someone with Bachelors Degree in Management, Economics or Data Science.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Function

• Partners with Managers to analyze Productivity performance, develop and implement continuous improvement plans.
• Promotes MA, BU, Site, LOB and Driver benchmarks, assisting Managers in labor management planning (LMT).
• Coordinates and coaches Operating Standards Guidelines (OSG) processes.
• Partners with others (Pricing, Sales etc.) to analyze route & customer profitability, coordinating appropriate corrective actions.
• Introduces and coaches fundamentals of Business Improvement Program (BIP), evaluating current operating processes and assisting with priority process improvements.
• Validates budget planning information; analyzing year-to-date data versus prior year and budget.
• Reviews routing with Route Managers and/or Route Auditors, proactively flexing labor with anticipated +/- volume fluctuations.
• Supports Standard Operating Procedures for data collection, routing, and dispatching processes.
• Collaborates with system users and management to assist SAP transition; acts as a local "super-user" regarding aspects of system post-deployment.
• Works directly with local management to ensure periodic route reviews, optimizing routes, identifying route reductions with +/- volume, re-routes and communicating changes and benchmarks to Route Managers, Route Auditors and drivers.
• All other duties as assigned.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities
The highest level of supervisory skills required in this job is the management of supervisory employees. This includes:

• Direct supervision of 3-5 full-time employees, including:
• Indirect supervision of 0 full-time employees.

IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

• Education: High School Diploma or GED (accredited)
• Experience: Four (4) years including at least three years as an Industrial Engineer/Project Manager in a logistics environment and/or three years in Operations or District management or related industry.

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

• None required.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

• Industry operating experience
• Strong communication, coaching & motivation skills
• Ability to drive process culture change
• Ability to act independently and evaluate people, processes and performance management objectively and continuously
• Computer and associated software literacy
• Familiarity with IT logistic systems
• Strong analytical skills

The expected salary range for this position is $113k - $130k per year. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for incentive pay.

Benefits
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply".

ABOUT US

ABOUT WM
WM (WM.com) is North America's largest comprehensive waste management environmental solutions provider. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them achieve their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials and is the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants in North America. WM's fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks - the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America - where more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas. To learn more about WM and the company's sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com.

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