Retail Workforce Strategy Lead

BoF Careers; Nutley (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation seeks a Workforce Strategy Manager to drive productivity and optimize the 4-wall profitability across stores. You will lead payroll budgeting, analyze field KPIs, and partner with Retail Operations, Finance and field leadership to implement action plans.

This role emphasizes data-driven decisions and change management to improve labor models. The position requires collaboration across finance and business partners, strong communication, and the ability to travel as

Qualifications

• Experience driving workforce strategy in retail or frontline operations.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute workforce strategy to drive productivity and 4-wall profitability.
• Lead payroll budget preparation and payroll model optimization.
• Communicate payroll performance to field and partners.
• Analyze data to identify trends and translate into strategy.
• Support KPI initiatives and project implementation.

Skills

Smartsheet

Excel

Adobe Acrobat

MS Word

Outlook

Adobe Creative Suite

Payroll budgeting

Data analysis

KPI management

Change management

Budget forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel flexibility

Tools

Smartsheet

Excel

Adobe Acrobat

MS Word

Outlook

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation seeks a Workforce Strategy Manager to drive productivity and optimize the 4-wall profitability across stores. You will lead payroll budgeting, analyze field KPIs, and partner with Retail Operations, Finance and field leadership to implement action plans.

This role emphasizes data-driven decisions and change management to improve labor models. The position requires collaboration across finance and business partners, strong communication, and the ability to travel as