WWAKE is an award-winning high quality jewellery model primarily based in Brooklyn, New York. Based in 2013, our distinctive model expertise is rooted in clear sourcing, communication, and native manufacturing. We consider that our jewellery is the connection between you, the earth, and each hand in between.
We’re in search of a acutely aware & energetic chief to develop our people-powered staff. As Chief of Employees, it will likely be your accountability to nurture the ecosystem that’s our firm. This contains overseeing a seamless workflow from division to division and making certain that our programs facilitate blissful workers, high-quality work, and long-term, sustainable, development for the corporate.
Most significantly, the Chief of Employees position is essential to nurturing a tradition of vibrant workers, who work collectively to succeed in our firm targets and regularly enhance WWAKE’s holistic operational capabilities. You will have implausible management expertise, in addition to a ardour for course of enchancment and considering outdoors the field. Sensitivity to the expertise of immigrants and folks of colour is a should. As a result of nature of our in-house manufacturing studio, this position is anticipated to be bodily current to help our in-person staff.
Obligations:
● Course of & Course of Enchancment
○ Draft Normal Working Procedures in partnership with cross-functional companions to allow repeatable outcomes
○ Present steering on trade greatest practices
○ Establish and implement course of enhancements, together with however not restricted to:
■ Streamlining current processes
■ Creating instruments in google sheets to remove non-value-added exercise (ex. Copying and pasting knowledge)
■ Create new processes the place processes didn’t beforehand exist
● Calendar
○ Personal the creation of and drive the product calendar
■ Draft calendar dates in partnership with cross-functional companions
■ Schedule all Calendar Milestone conferences (ex. If you find yourself having formal opinions for samples)
○ Personal Cross-Practical Group assembly
■ Evaluation upcoming milestones
■ Increase any points/issues for upcoming milestones
■ Facilitate dialogue round any raised points and various options
■ Guarantee communication throughout the group for any up to date Calendar Milestone dates
○ Personal improvement of departmental targets in help of overarching firm targets
■ Analyze the effectiveness of operational procedures with the intention to present clear steering to staff managers and leaders on discovering methods to evolve and combine firm targets into strategic departmental motion plans.
■ Personal improvement of departmental motion plans in help of overarching firm targets
● Present steering to staff managers on deadlines
■ Assist staff leaders use knowledge to tell and adapt their strategic planning as obligatory
● Challenge Administration
○ Lead and handle cross-functional initiative tasks
○ Outline scope, timing, useful resource want, and finances for every assigned mission
● Management
○ Sturdy capability to know and take into account international enterprise targets and wishes as they relate to each day operations and staffing.
○ Instill belief in and with firm leaders and direct stories to domesticate a mutually participating and collaborative setting
○ Functionality to handle on multi-directional ranges with the intention to facilitate the suitable course
○ Stage and use the suitable discernment to assume by options/resolutions as wanted.
○ Present staff leaders with the required sources wanted to help and develop their management roles, together with strategic planning, communication, programs improvement
○ Assist and coach managers to repeatedly and thoughtfully strengthen the work of their respective groups.
○ Appearing as a optimistic position mannequin of management that helps their staff members embrace their potential for development and enchancment
○ Teaching Managers on management development, growing targets and technique
○ Assist and coach managers to repeatedly and thoughtfully strengthen the work of their respective groups.
○ Promote the protection of workers and of the high-value product always
Our ideally suited candidate:
● Capability to work in particular person at our Greenpoint studio
● 2-3 years expertise in operations administration
● Sensitivity to the expertise of immigrants and folks of colour
● A powerful understanding of retail, e-commerce, and wholesale gross sales channels
● Understanding of native manufacturing and willingness to be taught
This new place will accomplice straight with our founder and enterprise supervisor on the expansion of WWAKE. Please e-mail your resume and canopy letter with the topic line “Chief Of Employees” to careers@wwake.com.
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