Director, Strategic Projects And Business Transformation

The Director - Strategic Projects & Business Transformation is responsible for supporting the planning and successful implementation of BJ’s Wholesale Club’s highest-impact strategic projects. As BJ’s leadership continues to elevate and transform our company’s way of doing business, this highly visible internal consulting role is key to our long-term success.

Reporting to the VP of Strategic Projects & Business Transformation, the Director will:

• Influence company leadership and the C-suite in making key business decisions
• Projects at any given time)
• Collaborate effectively across functions to ensure our action plans reflect the input of the relevant stakeholders
• Develop supporting materials to facilitate executive working sessions
• Support the annual Strategic priorities setting process
• Plan, project-manage and coordinate high-impact, cross-functional strategic programs (expect 2-3
• Solve BJ’s toughest problems through thought-leadership and analytics
• “Roll-up their sleeves” to augment functional teams when required to get things done

We are looking for a leader with strategic acumen, strong quantitative aptitude and senior-level communication skills who will take a structured approach to problem solving: structuring the problem at hand, developing an analytical approach, turning data into insights and insights into concrete, implementable actions that impact our business. This opportunity is ideally suited for a highly motivated general athlete with a background in Consulting or Strategic Planning. Retail/CPG experience is a plus. If you thrive in an environment of intellectual challenge, collaborative problem solving, quantitative analysis, exposure to senior leadership and high-stakes strategic decision making, this opportunity is for you.

Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

Project Management of cross-functional strategic initiatives:

• Set-up meetings and working sessions to advance and govern the project
• Identify key deliverables, activities and owners
• Influence key stakeholders
• Measure project progress against the plan
• Hold functional owners accountable for advancing on their deliverables
• Develop strong relationship with key stakeholders
• Develop project briefs, workplans and timelines
• Recommend and set-up project governance (e.g. coordination forums, participants)
• Memorialize and share next steps following working sessions

Own and advance workstreams on strategic projects which may involve:

• Developing a clear, well-supported and implementable answer to the problem at hand
• Presenting confidently in meetings with senior leadership, turning meetings into collaborative working sessions that advance our strategic objectives
• Conducting competitive benchmarking
• Developing impactful communication materials (ppt/word/email) to convey recommendations to leadership
• Mapping existing business processes
• Validating solutions with the relevant functional stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Identifying and clearly framing problems/questions to be answered before jumping into analysis/execution
• Maintaining a collaborative working relationship across the business
• Engaging senior leadership, capturing their input on the proposed approach o Performing zero-defect, world-class analysis

Support the VP of Strategic Projects & Business Transformation in the running of the

annual strategic initiatives prioritization process

Support ad-hoc initiatives

Qualifications

• High motivation, with eagerness to run the extra mile to deliver world-class results
• Collaborative working style: openness to different points of view, empathy and good listening skills to enable fruitful collaboration with our internal clients
• 5-7 years of experience in Strategic Business Planning function or equivalent
• Preferred: Proficiency in Alteryx or willingness to learn
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with manipulating large data sets
• Demonstrable ability to frame and logically structure new or unfamiliar problems
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office package
• Inquisitive: going beyond the immediate task at hand to identify implication, next steps or questioning the assumptions of the work / how we look at things
• Ability to learn quickly, becoming an expert in previously unfamiliar topics
• Advanced work-planning ability, managing work to deliver against tight deadlines. Project Management / PMO experience preferred
• Flexibility and openness to reprioritizing work based on evolving strategic needs
• Preferred: Proficiency with a statistical analysis software or willingness to learn
• Insight-orientation: ability to distill data analysis down to they key messages that matter
• Bachelors Degree Required
• Senior consultant or Engagement Manager with at least 4 years of experience in Strategy Consulting, Management Consulting or Private Equity
• Developed business judgement to problem-solve effectively with a senior audience and recommend actionable solutions
• Very strong communication skills in Power-Point: ability to illustrate complex analysis and concepts in an easily accessible way that senior leadership can readily understand and act upon