Manager, Business Process Automation bei Paint Stores Group

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

1. Program Advocacy and Leadership

   • Champion the automation COE’s mission and capabilities across the enterprise, promoting awareness and understanding of process mining, document automation, and RPA. 

   • Use knowledge of automation tools to identify new use cases aligned with business needs and strategic goals. 

   • Lead cross-functional project teams including business analysts and developers, ensuring alignment with program objectives, timelines, and standards 

   • Act as a strategic partner to stakeholders, translating business challenges into automation opportunities and promoting enterprise-wide engagement with supported platforms

2. Strategic Planning and Prioritization

   • Collaborate with your Director, Global Process Owners, and Functional Leads to develop and prioritize automation roadmaps. 

   • Evaluate business needs and support intake and prioritization of automation opportunities across process mining, document automation, and RPA. 

   • Work closely with end-users, Developers, Business Analysts, and Cross-Functional Stakeholders to define scope, requirements, and resourcing for automation projects.

3. Solution Design, Development, and On-going Support

   • Partner with business groups to gather requirements, document functional designs, and oversee end-to-end testing for automation solutions

   • Collaborate with COE peers and technical teams to ensure consistent performance monitoring, issue resolution, and optimization of deployed automations. 

   • Support the development and maintenance of scalable, reusable automation components that align with enterprise standards and business objectives.

4. Process Standards and Methods

   • Conduct periodic reviews with Global Process Owners and business stakeholders to assess end-to-end processes and identify automation opportunities 

   • Promote consistency in solution design, documentation, and implementation to support scalability and enterprise-wide adoption 

   • Maintain and evolve standard operating procedures, templates, and governance frameworks to ensure quality, compliance, and value capture. 

   • Collaborate with COE peers to align on best practices and continuously improve automation delivery methods.

5. Change Management

   • Partner with your Director and other COE team members to lead enterprise-wide automation capability awareness and training

   • Mentor and coach COE team members to support their growth in business knowledge, implementation methods, and technical proficiency across supported platforms. 

   • Develop and publish reporting and dashboards to communicate key metrics, KPIs, and realized value from automation initiatives. 

   • Collaborate with stakeholders and COE peers to drive adoption, overcome resistance, and integrate automation into everyday business operations

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

FORMAL EDUCATION: 

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or Information Technology 

Preferred:

• Advanced degrees or certifications (MBA, CPA, CIA, etc.)  

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a technical or business role, focusing on process improvement and data management
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
• Experience in technical implementations, defining system architectures, and identifying gaps between current-state and desired-end-state for processes and delivering a solution that will achieve the desired outcomes
• Creative/innovative problem-solving
• Organization and task management
• Adaptable in a fast-paced environment
• Developing and motivating others
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communications, with the effective use of active listening and interviewing skills

Preferred:

• Experience managing people preferred
• Experience in automation tools (e.g. RPA, Document Automation, Process Mining, etc.)
• Working experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Must possess expert knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Travel: 10%

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