Manager, Service Department Innovation

The Home Depot; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a strategic thinker to identify emerging technology for the Service Department and translate insights into roadmap recommendations. The role requires aligning stakeholders across levels and driving transformation toward flexible, connected service experiences.

Responsibilities include leading store-operations improvements, managing projects, and delivering high-level insights to influence decision-making. A bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 5+ years of work experience preferred.
• Ability to analyze problems and translate insights into actionable roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Analyze problems and communicate correct course of action to team and field.
• Lead store-operations projects and process improvements to add value to the bottom line.
• Manage day-to-day processes and create/maintain project plans.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Financial acumen

Quantitative skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

This role identifies emerging technology that aligns with the Service Department vision and develops strategies to advance how customers and associates interact with the service experience. Responsibilities include benchmarking industry advancements, piloting new capabilities, and translating insights into roadmap recommendations. The ideal candidate is an innovative, curious self-starter who can align stakeholders across all levels of the organization and help drive the transformation toward flexible, connected experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze the fundamental components of problems and communicate the correct course of action to the team and the resolution to the field.
• Develop and implement changes that improve overall store operations processes that are likely to add value to the stores’ bottom line. Manage/drive core store operations projects and/or process improvements.
• Manage day to day processes related to their areas of responsibility. Create and maintain project work plans.
• Manage issues and roadblocks that arise related to their area of responsibility.
• Respond proactively to unanticipated store needs arising out of a variety of inputs. Manage action steps necessary for successful execution of both strategic projects/initiatives and process improvement.
• Communicate effectively and build strong, effective partnerships with the field/stores and throughout The Home Depot.
• Prepare and deliver high-level insights and recommendations based on multiple analyses of industry/ business, competitive landscape, consumer data for area of expertise.
• Provide guidance and training specific to area of expertise. Assist in collaborating findings from data and making verbal/written recommendations. Demonstrate proficiency/understanding of specific processes.
• Maintain knowledge base regarding specific operations and processes within store operations
• Responsible for appropriate selection, terminations, performance appraisal and professional development of support team (Business Analysts).

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Direct and indirect reports typically include 2-5 Business Analysts.
• Typically requires frequent persuasion or influencing of others. Usually assigns and reviews work of others.
• Typically procedures for analyzing situations and making conclusions are very diverse.
• Typically considers among many different options or procedures when solving problems.
• Typically, once given general assignments, determines priorities and defines what should be done and how to do it.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Under constant pressure to continuously meet tight deadlines, demanding quotas and/or must regularly deal with difficult situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cultivates Innovation
• Strategic Mindset
• Financial Acumen
• Business Insight

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 5

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Strong business, functional and/or store knowledge for their area of responsibility
• Leadership and management experience preferred
• Strong operations, retail and/or field experience required
• Ability to partner/communicate well with the field/stores
• High sense of urgency in responding to field needs
• Strong big picture; strategic thinking skills
• Strong quantitative skills such as statistics and data analysis.