Join our team of more than 34,000 team members, supporting our members and communities in our Club Support Center, 235+ clubs and eight distribution centers. BJ’s Wholesale Club offers a collaborative and inclusive environment where all team members can learn, grow and be their authentic selves. Together, we’re committed to providing outstanding service and convenience to our members, helping them save on the products and services they need for their families and homes.
The Benefits of working at BJ’s
• BJ’s pays weekly
•Eligible for free BJ's Inner Circle and Supplemental membership(s)*
• Generous time off programs to support busy lifestyles*
o Vacation, Personal, Holiday, Sick, Bereavement Leave, Jury Duty
• Benefit plans for your changing needs*
o Three medical plans**, Health Savings Account (HSA), two dental plans, vision plan,flexible spending
• 401(k) plan with company match (must be at least 18 years old)
*eligibility requirements vary by position
**medical plans vary by location
Job Summary:
The PMO Manager is a key role on the merchandising transformation team tasked with leading the governance of all the highest priority transformation initiatives.
The main initial responsibility for the PMO leader is to lead the overall CMP (Category Management Process) governance to ensure a smooth and on time execution of category transitions.
This will be accomplished through various levers including: developing and maintaining the required project management tracking tools, interacting with the key CMP stakeholders, delivering status updates and maintaining a regular cadence of leadership governance meetings.
Additionally, the role will be tasked with supporting roles on the merchandising transformation team, including the coordination and preparation of materials for merchandising transformation updates and the development of training content for the Merchant Academy.
This roles reports into the VP of Merchandising Transformation and provides a unique opportunity for exposure to the senior merchandising team.
Success for this role will be:
- Management and improvement of the CMP governance process
- Incorporating new business processes into CMP in partnership with the VP of Merchandising Transformation
- Management and improvement of the required tools and knowledge management tools
- Development of strong collaborative relationship with CMP stakeholders across the merchandising and ops teams.
The ideal candidate is a quick learner able to rapidly become an expert in the existing category transition process, well-organized, planful, collaborative, proactive and thrives in a culture of mutual support, rigor and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities:
- Merchandising transformation PMO:
Update the Transformation Scorecard which is shared at the monthly Merchandising Transformation meetings by coordinating with the merchandising leadership team to capture status updates on the major transformation workstreams
Maintain the calendar of deep-dive topics to be presented at the Merchandising Transformation meetings by connecting monthly with the merchandising leadership team
Create and compile the supporting documentation for the monthly Merchandising Transformation meeting (Transformation Scorecard + Deep dives)
Participate in the Merchandising Transformation meetings
- CMP Governance:CMP Calendar
Maintain and update the CMP transition calendar listing all the category transitions for the upcoming year by working with merchant leadership, merchant analytics, assortment and space and club operations
Develop the CMP transition calendar for future years by working with merchant leadership, merchant analytics, assortment and space and club operations
Coordinate and run the quarterly CMP calendar prioritization meeting designed to validate the CMP priorities for the year and capture feedback from leadership
Scope the impact of any changes suggested to the calendar, flag any potential issues (e. g. constraints on merchandising analytics or club ops capacity), identify potential solutions and socialize them for approval with the VP of Merchandising Transformation and other impacted stakeholders
Support the classification of CMPs as Full Transitions, Revisions or SWAPs in collaboration with the VP of Merchandising Transformation and the merchant leadership
Post the updated calendars to the merchant landing page
CMP Progress Tracking:
Work with the rest of the CMP team (CMP leads) to track the status of each CMP and flag any delays or issues as well as their impact on the timelines
Find solutions and alternatives should any CMPs fall behind schedule and require a new transition date in club
CMP milestone meetings:
Ensure that the planned CMP milestone meetings listed in the CMP calendar have indeed been scheduled by the merchant teams, at least 2 weeks in advance of the meeting planned date.
Ensure that the milestone meeting invites have been sent to the VP of Merchandising Transformation and other relevant stakeholders on the merchandising transformation team
Report on any discrepancies to the merchandising transformation team and engage the relevant merchant team as needed
Share a reminder of the milestone meetings planned for each upcoming week with the merchandising transformation team
Prepare the agenda for the weekly merchandising transformation team program meeting
- CMP Knowledge management:
Curate the CMP supporting documentation posted on the merchant landing page (CMP playbooks, training materials, templates and resources)
Ensure CMP milestone meeting documentation is posted by the merchant teams on the merchant landing pages per the established guidelines: develop and maintain a tracker to achieve this
- Be the trusted “go-to” resource for the merchant and merchandising transformation team for all things related to CMP governance
Qualifications:
- Project-management experience: ability to develop and maintain a work plan, adhere to milestones, flag roadblocks early
- Structured working style and approach to problems
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office package: Excel, PowerPoint
- High motivation and strong sense of ownership of results
- Collaborative working style: openness to different points of view, empathy and good listening skills to enable fruitful collaboration with CMP stakeholders
- Flexibility and openness to reprioritizing work based on evolving needs
- Proactiveness
- Eagerness to learn and develop professionally by always learning new skills/tools
- Ability to learn the CMP methodology
- Preferred: understanding of BJ’s merchandising processes and culture
- Preferred: proficiency with project management tools: e. g. Jira, Monday. com, etc.
This is a hybrid role. Tuesday through Thursday are in-office days at BJ's Club Support Center in Marlborough, MA and Monday and Friday are remote days.
In accordance with the Pay Transparency requirements, the following represents a good faith estimate of the compensation range for this position. At BJ’s Wholesale Club, we carefully consider a wide range of non-discriminatory factors when determining salary. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, education, experience, and qualifications. The pay range for this position is starting from $112,000.00.