Senior Operations Manager

Wayfair Fulfillment Team LeaderLocation: Cranbury, NJ | Job Type: Full Time | Annual Base Pay: $147-167kThe above base pay range may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. The range listed is just one component of Wayfair's total compensation package for employees. Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commissions and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a comprehensive suite of medical, financial and additional benefits.We are Wayfair; we deliver a best-in-class customer experience in the furniture and home space because of people like you, who are driven, determined, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. In order to maintain our high level of delivery standards and meet our customer's needs, the Wayfair Fulfillment team plays a key role in improving customer satisfaction and driving repeat business. We've been busy building a best-in-class fulfillment network that allows us to delight customers by speeding up deliveries, adding services, and reducing damage using our own physical, asset-based fulfillment centers. We are looking for talented hard-working individuals to join our growing team – your professional home awaits you at Wayfair!What You'll DoDevelop robust, trusting relationships with key stakeholders and senior leadership, and identify opportunities to improve the fulfillment center operations.Oversee the overall safety, employee engagement, collaboration, quality, performance and customer experience of the fulfillment center operationsCreate and maintain a strong safety culture that continuous seeks to eliminate risks from the operationCommand a strong senior presence, lead and build a team of high performing operations managers & operations supervisorsDrive creation of quality initiatives, process change initiatives and other Lean initiatives to enable their functional area and ultimately the fulfillment center to meet and exceed business plansPartner closely with a variety of groups company- wide, including transportation, network management, S&OP, data integration, employee engagement, inventory planning, engineering and others to coordinate cross functional projectsMonitor and drive key performance end to end metrics to ensure that we are providing excellent customer experience and delivering on our promiseContribute to the development of new tools, processes and technology which make our teams more efficient and effectiveSupport operational strategy and innovation to drive business goals for revenue, operational performance, and profitabilityManage multiple priorities in a face-paced environment with effective communication and thorough follow throughEstablish sound process improvement initiatives that drive year over year improvement, as well as streamline and optimize day-to-day operationsRegularly communicate performance trends and improvements to the organizationWhat You'll Need5+ years of e-commerce, supply chain, operations, or logistics experience.Experience with complex operational, process, and performance improvement projects (lean or six sigma experience highly valued) including process mapping and process re-designDemonstrated passion and continued focus of safety as a value rather than just a priorityStrong defect reduction, process, manufacturing, or engineering background with an ability to understand work flow and throughput in the operationAbility to work collaboratively across functions and synthesize multiple points of view into a streamlined action planProven ability as a passionate people-centric leader who can effectively drive results in a fast-paced and rapidly growing companyAble to hit the ground running – a confident, entrepreneurial self-starter with the ability to manage and prioritize projects to delegate tasks appropriatelyDemonstrated leadership in building a culture of Continuous Improvement for process and operationsStrong analytical ability necessary to gather and interpret data to further develop, recommend and implement solutions.Technologically savvy, collaborative confident leader, familiarity with google suite products a plusExtremely organized, meticulous and detailed oriented