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Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nation’s second largest off-price retailer with fiscal 2009 revenues of $7.2 billion. As of January 30, 2010 the Company operated 953 Ross Dress for Less® (“Ross”) stores and 52 dd’s DISCOUNTS® locations.

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Job Description 

POSITION OVERVIEW:This position is responsible for the planning, development and execution of all assigned Transportation initiatives, process improvements, and cost reduction/control projects. This position is responsible for looking for every opportunity to simplify all Transportation processes, take inefficiencies and related costs out of current processes by applying analytical support to identify improvement opportunities. Additional responsibilities include partnering with Transportation Operations and Administrative positions and Training to provide cross functional project support. As process change ideas are implemented, this position will also be responsible for creating process documentation and control plans with Transportation Operations and Training. In addition, they will be responsible to identify trends, problems and then analyze, develop resolution plan in combination with operational teams, develop presentations to communicate project plans, deliver presentations, and implement solution. RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Plan, develop, identifies risks, communicate and monitor through to completion; process improvement and cost control projects for Transportation. Specific goals and cross functional initiatives to be determined annually.
  • Responsible for risk assessment, collaborative mitigation assessment and communications based on industry dynamics, market trends and specific operational details
  • Responsible for providing analytical support to all Transportation
  • Responsible for preparation, maintenance and updating of all new documentation relating to new processes implemented. Ensure Training has current best methods training in place. Clearly define controls to ensure success after transition to execution phase
     


  • Job Requirements 

  • Analysis & Judgment
  • Collaboration
  • Planning & Organizing
  • Drive Results
  • Integrity
  • Innovation
  • Business Acumen
  • TechnicalQUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:
  • Four-year degree in Transportation or equivalent field, MBA preferred
  • Six or more years related experience; discount retail Transportation operations preferred.
  • Ability to manage a team of analysts.
  • Strong operations knowledge of transportation processes required
  • The ability to effectively communicate and interact at many organizational levels including non-exempt associates, operations supervisors, and high-level management.
  • Working knowledge of warehouse management systems and transportation management systems required
  • Experience with Manugistics Transportation Management System preferred
  • The ability to think in terms of process flow and identification of component operations and interrelationships.
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational and technical writing skills.
  • Experience in using PCs in a professional setting – developing and using standard applications such as spreadsheets, databases, and word processors as typical tools to execute.
  • Potential travel up to 25% of the time M****cb***Auto req ID1665BR 
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