Sr. Manager, Strategy Implementation

At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: We know life is way better when you are free to Let Go & Have Fun in an amazing experience, filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low, you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff! Just ask any of our over 17,000 associates who work at Five Below and they’ll tell you there’s no other place like it. It all starts with our purpose and then, The Five Below Way, which is our values and behaviors that each and every associate believes in.

It’s all about culture at Five Below, making this a place that can inspire you as much as you inspire us with big ideas, super energy, passion, and the ability to make the workplace a WOWplace!

POSITION SUMMARY:

Do you love the idea of helping to execute Five Below’s long-term strategy? Are you a champion for rigor and process to ensure successful, collaborative strategic planning? Can you bring your energy and project management expertise to the table to drive complex projects-based initiative implementation? If yes, then bring your talent to the game and join us in bringing to life a portfolio of initiatives designed to move Five Below forward.

In Strategy Implementation, you will work alongside team members from the Strategy & PMO team and core business functions to bring Five Below’s enterprise strategies to life. To do this, it requires a deep understanding of project management methodologies, strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration all used to execute the organization’s strategic initiatives. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and strategic professional to drive organization growth and success through effective Strategy Implementation.

Job Responsibilities:

Project Management

• Lead the end-to-end management of multiple strategic projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope and within budget.
• Utilize project management best practices, ensuring standardized processes and methodologies are followed across all initiatives.
• Develop a comprehensive and realistic project plan that incorporates all functional needs.
• Execute detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports.
• Drive execution by asking tough questions and ensuring deadlines are met.
• Escalate risks and facilitate leadership discussion to resolve and bring the group to decision quickly.
• Establish KPIs to track progress and ensure deliverables are meeting stated goals/success criteria.
• Manage all tracking and weekly progress reporting for functional leads and senior management team, using systems and automation where possible.

Collaboration & Communication

• Get work done through cooperation with other groups with no direct reporting relationship to ensure that programs are delivered as planned.
• Interact with peers across the enterprise to ensure alignment, while also motivating them to work together and achieve organizational goals.
• Develop change management strategies, including training and communication, to build stakeholder awareness of new programs or initiatives that are upcoming and/or underway.
• Construct senior management presentations, communicating complicated matters in a simple, structured way, to keep them informed and able to clearly make decisions.

Portfolio Roadmap Creation

• Support the overall Five Below strategic initiatives planning and implementation process.
• Collaborate on prioritization and advancement of process, tool and technology solutions that support and enhance consistent business process and ease of operation across core user groups.
• Translate strategic goals into actionable project plans, ensuring alignment between individual projects and the broader long-range plan.
• Ensure deliverables are achieved to meet enterprise-wide objectives.

Qualifications:

• 4-year or advanced degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of practical experience, including Strategy Implementation, project management, consulting roles or other applicable retail industry experience.
• Proven track record of successfully managing and delivering complex strategic projects.
• Ability to take risks, learn quickly, challenge the status quo and work under ambiguous circumstances.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills; ability to break down problems into fundamental parts, identify root causes, synthesize findings, and make informed decisions.
• Strong written, verbal, communication, networking, and presentation skills required, including proficient skills in PowerPoint presentation creation.
• Able to communicate complicated matters in a simple, structured way to senior management.
• High-energy, highly motivated, self-starter that is attracted by the opportunity to have significant and measurable impact on an organization and how it scales the business.
• Relationship oriented, strong influencing and interpersonal skills.
• Highly accountable, possess a “can-do” attitude and a strong, results orientation.
• Comfortable in a collaborative environment; flexible and open to ideas coming from all areas and levels of the organization, but also confident and decisive.
• Highly collaborative, fully capable of functioning both independently and a s part of a t e am.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Five Below is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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