[Hiring] Director, Innovation and Business Optimization @Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

Role Description

Responsible for accelerating the rate of change across the enterprise by leading cross functional teams to drive economic and operational efficiency through innovation, agility, scalability and reliability to existing processes or new business ideas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages complex projects over long periods of time and across multiple disciplines.
• Develops new ideas and processes and manages pilot implementation to drive improved business operation; reports against economic and process improvement.
• Builds implementation plan for new business ideas; responsible for the pilot, reporting, and management training.
• Develops and implements an effective operations improvement process, consistent with the accomplishment of long range objectives which will enhance effectiveness, while working closely with District Managers, Area Vice Presidents, and other management personnel.
• Leads, trains, monitors and motivates the operations management teams to implement new process.
• Utilizes financial analysis software/techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of current processes.
• Ensures process implementation and improvement through direct communication and solicitation of feedback.
• Maintains awareness of competition and trends affecting the industry.

Qualifications

• Must live and work in the US.
• Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Finance, Business Administration, Engineering or similar area of study, or in lieu of, High School Diploma (accredited) and 4 years relevant experience.
• 10+ years previous experience with a proven track record of continual business process improvement and innovation simultaneously meeting financial, operations and customer demands (in addition to education requirement).
• Preferred Qualifications:

Requirements

• Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Office: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

Benefits

• At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability.
• In addition, we offer a stock purchase plan, company matching on a 401(k), and more.
• Employees also receive paid vacation, holidays, and personal days.
• Please note that benefits may vary by site.