Retail Operations Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Summary

Evolving our organization’s highest‑value opportunities into measurable wins—lead improvement events, pilot changes to the Distribution Centers (DC), Retail Space and enable adoption at scale with simple, resilient ways of working across all key Business Processes.

Responsibilities

• Run structured problem surfacing with input from the operational areas (Distribution Channels, Retail Operations) and maintain a visible, prioritized improvement pipeline.
• Translate Improvements into deployment plans with stage-gate governance (scope, milestones, change management, communications).
• Lead Improvement workshops and events (Kaizen / VSM / PDCA) for Distribution Channels and Retail Teams.
• Design and execute pilots with clear success metrics, quantify baselines & benefits and create a library of Best Practices.
• Own the Improvement Pipeline (Focused Improvement + Automation candidates) and partner with IT / Automation as opportunities mature. Define and track Automation Coverage per process.
• Produce bite‑size micro‑learning and training rollout kits to accelerate new ways-of-working adoption and sustain results.
• Facilitate cross‑functional RCA; coach teams on 5‑Why, Fishbone, 8D.

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