Lead, New Market Openings Program (Hybrid)

Ross Stores; Dublin, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Ross Stores in Dublin, CA seeks a Senior Manager of the New Market Opening team to steer cross-functional initiatives from site selection through post-opening analysis. You will liaison Property Development, Merchandising, and Store Ops to ensure successful Grand Openings and scalable plays across markets.

You will analyze performance data, create compelling narratives for leadership, and drive execution of strategic plans, staffing, and capacity initiatives in new markets while traveling as

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional work experience in strategic management consulting, retail, and/or consumer products.
• Bachelor's Degree required and MBA preferred.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration across teams.
• Ability to develop strategy and operationalize it through scalable execution plans.
• Experience with strategic initiatives, cross-functional stakeholder engagement, and project management.
• Excellent interpersonal and people leadership skills.
• Detail-oriented approach to managing work processes balancing progress over perfection.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate efforts across all new market stores and serve as point of contact for workstreams tied to enabling new market stores (e.g., capacity planning, merchandise planning, inventory optimization).
• Create and maintain knowledge of key store details and projects on the path towards each new market Grand Opening, keeping leadership informed of critical action items and roadblocks that may impede success.
• Identify any special execution needs for new market stores and work with the Store Ops team to build relevant operations plans, quantifying and reporting out on potential impact to the new market.
• Work with the field and HR to ensure adherence to operational plans developed in relation to recruiting and staffing new market Grand Openings.
• Travel to the market to support store training and ensure consistent execution of all processes for new markets.
• Analyze reporting and drive simple stories with sophisticated analysis to help the field and executives monitor and assess store performance.
• Validate potential opportunities to improve process post Grand Opening and partner with corporate teams and the Field to troubleshoot solutions.
• Support hindsight efforts across greater cross-functional workstreams and teams to inform new playbooks for future store openings.
• Develop strategy and push urgency to action on a high-performance team.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Strategic planning

Leadership

Retail experience

Data storytelling

Communication

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Ross Stores in Dublin, CA seeks a Senior Manager of the New Market Opening team to steer cross-functional initiatives from site selection through post-opening analysis. You will liaison Property Development, Merchandising, and Store Ops to ensure successful Grand Openings and scalable plays across markets.

You will analyze performance data, create compelling narratives for leadership, and drive execution of strategic plans, staffing, and capacity initiatives in new markets while traveling as