Manager of Transformation

Company: Yum! Brands
Location: Plano
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

The Manager of Transformation will be responsible forassessing, monitoring, and enhancing business performance for the organization through continued innovation and improvement to business processes. Will support org changes by working to solve inefficiencies in processes, communication, and tools. They will also play an important role in helping to foster a culture of sustainable change through the creation and embedding of Agile and Lean methodology to deliver sustained business transformation.

* Partner with mission and function leads to determine and propose prioritization of areas for improvement
* Identify (through input from functions) and track broken, inefficient, or unnecessary process and ways of working within or across functions and teams and communicate the improvement opportunity
* Drive continuous improvement and process innovation initiatives across functions to enable greater speed, productivity, and efficiency throughout the organization
* Lead the development and implementation of a plan to resolve inefficiencies and process gaps, leveraging benchmarks to identify and own implementation of identified improvement initiatives
* Bring recommendations for solutions to fix processes to Amplify/PH US LT for decisions as needed
* Develop, maintain, and communicate measures or KPIs to report progress of initiatives and demonstrate impact of process improvements on function outcomes, productivity, etc.
* Assist in the development and implementation continuous improvement approach and strategy for functions, leveraging tools and methods like Agile to regularly identify opportunities to improve processes and re-priortize or stop unnecessary or low value work to better deliver outcomes
* Champion of Agile by providing leadership, training, and guidance in the Agile mindset, values, and process
* Support development of learnings and best practices in Agile usage across the organization, and partner with the Chief Transformation Officer and Scrum Masters to elevate the business org's agile maturity

Knowledge and Skills Required:

* Bachelor's degree in business or related field
* 5+ years continuous improvement experience from similar role including process improvement, project management, or business analysis
* Understanding of continuous improvement concepts and approaches to visualize or improve ways of working; particularly, demonstrated experience working in or successfully successfully implementing Agile
* Embraces continuous improvement practices and Agile principles and methods
* Skilled in consultative approach and root-cause problem solving methodologies
* Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders, and communicate and collaborate with senior leaders
* Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
* Strong proficiency in Office Suite

Who We Are

Founded in 1958, Pizza Hut - a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. - now operates more than 18,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. Pizza Hut is leading the way in providing customers with great experiences, innovating with technology and new products, as well as delivering exceptional service.

Our People & Culture

We're looking for people who LOVE pizza and thrive in a fun, past paced, and customer-centric environment. At our corporate campuses, Pizza Hut has created the perfect place for you to grow your career. Every day, you'll work to support our franchisees and teams across the U.S., continuously challenging yourself to feed more possibilities. In return, we'll provide professional development and career growth opportunities so that you can become your best and achieve your goals. And we'll sweeten the deal by immersing you in our world-class recognition culture and providing a robust array of benefits, some highlights include:

* 4 weeks PTO, plus standard holidays and time off to volunteer
* Generous parental leave (16 weeks for moms, 6 weeks for dads)
* 401(k) with 6% match, vested immediately
* On-site daycare
* 24/7 fitness center with laundry services
* Half-day Fridays, year round

Giving Back

As a global company, Pizza Hut aims to make the world better by acting responsibly with respect to food, planet and people. Whether it's donating food through the Harvest Program or supporting literacy with the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program - the company, our franchisees and our team members are committed to improving the communities we serve.

Pizza Hut is an equal opportunity workplace and committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability and genetic information (including family medical history).

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