Sr. Manager, Innovation & Transformation Delivery
Company: Xcel Energy
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: April 17, 2024
Job Description:
Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your
skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a
part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer
you opportunities to learn and grow? - A - position at Xcel Energy
could be just what you're looking for.Position SummaryLeadership
position responsible for planning, managing, and implementing a
portfolio of transformation focused program initiatives that
develop process innovation and continuous improvement capabilities
across the enterprise. Provides leadership, guidance, and support
to owners to help them achieve continuous improvement goals.
Fosters a culture of sustainable change through embedding
continuous improvement methodologies and tools to deliver business
transformation. Manages business results and the daily operation of
a team that provides continuous improvement identification,
development, and implementation support to the enterprise for a
portfolio of initiatives.Essential Responsibilities
- Project Management: Develop work plans, budgets, and
cost/benefit analyses. Align direct reports to prioritized process
improvement activities. Support and drive successful delivery of
committed project benefits and operational metrics. Ensure lessons
learned are effectively applied to subsequent efforts.
- Team Management: Manage and lead a team whose primary
responsibility is to provide continuous improvement support to the
enterprise for a portfolio of initiatives. Manage the daily
operation of the team and business results. Support, coach and
develop direct reports to ensure objectives are achieved
effectively and efficiently.
- Coach & Mentor: Coach BU leadership and senior leadership
through change and BU Continuous improvement Champions on
improvement activities, expectations, and opportunities. Provide
coaching and training to less experienced team members.
- Opportunity Identification & Business Case Development:
Responsible for the identification of improvement opportunities
within their Enterprise Process value streams; quantifying the
impact (value) across the streams; and securing approvals. Supports
the Enterprise prioritization and governance process and leads the
business case development.
- Continuous Improvement: Engage owners across various enterprise
process streams responsible for identifying and driving process
improvements. Acts as a key liaison between Business Unit
Leadership, Finance, Technology Services, and the Innovation and
Transformation Office. Drives enterprise capability building and
process management activities. Continually identify opportunities
for innovation and improvement. Provide strategic change management
consultation for process improvement initiatives.
- Relationship Management: Effectively communicate and build
relationships with frontline through executive leadership. Develop
and sustain strong relationship with vendors, leadership teams,
business management personnel, program/project managers/leads.
- Financial Management: Provide financial management of projects
including budgeting, forecasting, and actuals tracking.
- KPI Development & Tracking: Influence enterprise and process
level metrics accountability across multiple process streams at the
program level.Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, information
technology, related field, or equivalent combination of education
and experience.
- At least 8-10 years related business/industry experience.
- Internal/External consulting experience leading improvement and
transformation initiatives.
- Ability to effectively communicate to a variety of audiences
and analyze complex business scenarios.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence others. Ability to
adapt to change quickly and work within a diverse, cross-functional
team environment.
- Change management and program/project management
experience.
- Understand and effectively translate technological and business
language.
- Knowledge of core business processes/industry trends with
ability to interpret and react to ongoing changes.Preferred
Requirements
- Gas and/or Electric Utility Industry experience.
- MBA, Industrial Engineering, or other related
certification.
- Business process management skillset, including Six Sigma/Lean
Toolsets, Kaizen, and data management skillsets.
- Vendor/contract management experience.
- PMP certification.As a leading combination electricity and
natural gas energy company, Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive
portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million
electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight
Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy, we strive to be the
preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If
you're ready to be a part of something big, we invite you to join
our team.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability,
or status as a protected veteran.Individuals with a disability who
need an accommodation to apply please contact us at
.Non-BargainingThe anticipated starting base pay for this position
is: $122,000.00 to $173,933.00 per yearThis position is eligible
for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program,
Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent
Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account,
Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan),
Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA),
Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD),
Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP),
Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan),
Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition
program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays,
Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental LeaveBenefit plans are
subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or
amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.Deadline
to Apply: 04/25/24 - - - - - ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENTXcel Energy
endeavors to make https://www.xcelenergy.com/ accessible to any and
all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the
accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the
application process, please contact Xcel Energy Talent Acquisition
at recruiting@xcelenergy.com. This contact information is for
accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the
status of applications.
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