Work Location Type: Hybrid
As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.
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Position Details
The Product Compliance team focuses its efforts on ensuring the products we bring into Grainger's U.S. and Canadian assortment are compliant and that simultaneously we stay up to date on their respective regulations to protect Grainger. As Manager, you will oversee a team that monitors, evaluates and implements compliance efforts including product restrictions, overseeing compliance data, documentation and Grainger's response to regulations across North America. You will ensure Grainger is in compliance for our vast product assortment through providing continuous improvement data insights and regulatory guidance to leadership teams. You will collaborate cross-functionally across various verticals and functional departments to achieve common objectives and ensure alignment with broader strategy.
You Will
- Identify opportunities to continually improve upon overall operations, systems and standards for information flow and management, business processes, and reporting.
- Analyze existing programs, perform best practice benchmark gap analysis, and provide insights into opportunities to improve outcomes.
- Applies best practices in the design and implementation of projects and activities with continuous improvement in mind.
- Responsible for standardizing, scaling, and simplifying operations through leveraging technologies.
- Lead with a strategic mindset the prioritization, planning, and deployment of large initiatives such as developing and managing large vendor relationships.
- Develop and maintain program metrics, process documentation and manage tools to support the execution of initiatives and enhance analytical capabilities required for successful operations.
- Establish program milestones, proactively tracking issues, escalating and mitigating risks threatening program delivery.
- Responsible for developing and coaching less senior team members to ensure standardization and adherence to policies and best practices.
You Have
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years relevant work experience
- Experience managing projects.
- Experience leading continuous improvement process analysis, initiatives redesign and change management for impacted teams.
- Experience translating data into measurable actions.
- Experience presenting data insights and processes to various stakeholder levels for approval and prioritization.
Rewards and Benefits
With benefits starting day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs. Check out the highlights below and review all our benefits at GraingerTotalRewards.com.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance plans and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no match required
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education and tools
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.