Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Savers | Value Village is one of the largest for-profit thrift operators in the United States, Canada, and Australia, focused on promoting reuse and sustainability. The Recycling Field Manager oversees operational practices related to recycling, ensuring compliance with policies and standards while driving performance through training and collaboration with store teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive results through hands on training and active team member coaching
• Guide & challenge management’s continuous, effective assessment of recycling performance
• Provide initial training and support for new store openings
• Guide store teams in the implementation of new required recycling programs
• Conduct training using effective training techniques and materials
• Participating in Regional, District and store meetings
• Detailed ongoing training of Recycling Standard categories
• Review store recycling paperwork with management to insure proper reconciliation of invoices and completion of required recycling documents
• Development of new recycling categories to have a positive impact on financial results
• Focus on reducing the companies waste stream through monitoring and evaluating current recycling initiatives
• Review company reports, recycling performances, status, opportunities and results
• Ensure proper utilization of company assets through maximizing trailer weights, compactor efficiencies and proper bale making procedures
• Support of the company’s recycling goals and objectives
• Visit Distribution Centers and Consolidation Centers to review recycling Standards
• Review store recycling performance prior to store visits
• Oversee recycling logistical services to the stores
• Perform documented Recycling store visits and performance reports (audits)
• Track and monitor required bi-annual store completed Recycling Performance Reports
• Create and email monthly recycling updates and other recycling reports
• Involved in new store planning and creating a new store recycling profile
• Weekly/ monthly recycling report
• Observe and enforce all the company’s safety policies and procedures

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field, or a combination of education and experience that yields the required knowledge, skills and abilities
• Minimum of 3 years management experience and/or a training position
• Consistent track record of delivering key metrics, high level of energy, commitment, optimism and passion about the business
• Comfortable and adaptable to using technology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Superior organizational, prioritization and time management skills
• Strong sense of self confidence, balanced by genuine humility, with the ability to respectfully challenge & influence up, down and sideways with a unique and powerful perspective
• Strong desire to learn, observe, assess and continuously seek ways to add value
• Able to connect with others of diverse backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints and with the values and mission of the company, along with priorities of the region/district and recycling strategies
• Recognized as a leader among peers and others inside and outside the organization
• Critical to the effectiveness of this position is the ability to exhibit overall enthusiasm for their work and to demonstrate core skills such as: Ambiguity - Able to successfully function during times of uncertainty and changing priorities
• Business Acumen - Knows the business and the mission-critical capabilities needed to do the job, and draws accurate conclusions from financial and quantitative information
• Communication – Writes & presents effectively, adjusting to fit the audience and the message, to strongly convey the message
• Complex Decisions – Solves tough, complex problems, adding personal wisdom & experience for the best conclusion/solution
• Customer Focus - Delivers outstanding service that meets and exceeds customer expectations. Both internal and external
• Ethics & Integrity - Adheres to Savers' values, mission, strategic objectives in good times and bad
• Influential – Gets the most and best out of people through a compelling vision and commitment to what needs to be done
• Interpersonal Ability - Builds effective relationships with all people; up, down, sideways, inside and outside Savers
• Results Driven - Attacks everything with drive and energy with an eye on the bottom line; not afraid to initiate action before all the facts are known; drives to finish everything he/she starts
• Strategic - Align the strategic priorities of own functional area with the direction and strategic priorities of the broader organization, linking critical goals and success factors to the business

Benefits

• Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Team member discounts
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement Plan
• Life insurance
• Annual Bonus
• Performance Merit Increases
• Disability Insurance
• Parental Leave

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