Lead Operational Excellence Associate

Overview: We're looking for bold, entrepreneurial talent ready to help build something extraordinary "” and reshape the future of building products distribution. QXO is a publicly traded company founded by Brad Jacobs with the goal of building the market-leading company in the building products distribution industry. On April 30, 2025, QXO completed its first acquisition: Beacon Building Products, a leading distributor in the sector. We are building a customer-focused, tech-enabled, and innovation-driven business that will scale rapidly through accretive M&A, organic growth, and greenfield expansion. Our strategy is rooted in delivering exceptional customer experiences, improving operational efficiency, and leveraging data, digital tools, and AI to modernize a historically under-digitized industry. What you will earn:: Competitive Pay: We make sure that your hard work is recognized. 401(k) Match: Take advantage of our employer-matching contributions to help grow your retirement savings.Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits: Experience the peace of mind that comes with our comprehensive benefits package designed to prioritize your well-being. Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Receive support through personalized care, family services, therapy, legal and financial assistance, and wellness programs. Paid Leave: Our company holidays and paid time off and parental leave programs help employees to recharge, achieve work-life balance, and pursue personal interests. Paid Training and Advancement Opportunities: Open doors to exciting possibilities by engaging in our dynamic learning programs, which include the opportunity to earn valuable certifications. 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Also, this leader will collaborate with regional and district leaders, branch managers, facility managers and divisional finance to ensure that new and revised locations are set up to maximize customer service, operational productivity and branch consistency while supporting QXO's objectives with respect to growth, acquisitions, and greenfield sites. Duties and responsibilities Engage with Divisional leadership and branches to develop timeline, process, standards, and measurements to implement Branch of the Future in their assigned Division ensuring that seasonality, lease roll off dates, market requirements and workforce engagement are fully addressed.Work closely with members of the Strategic Expansion Team to ensure greenfield locations, On Time & Complete (OTC) hubs and new branches from acquisitions are established based on Branch of the Future guidelines and processes.Develop coherent strategy and tactics with required timing to ensure effective transition of the Division's branches to Branch of the Future format.Schedule, plan and implement branch conversion from location identification, planning and branch engagement to scheduling and providing full support to the local teams including BMs, DMs, and RVPs.Partner with Manager, Real Estate & Manager, Facilities and QXO's external Leasing and Facilities provider to align Branch of the Future principles and processes to greenfield locations including build to suit, existing sites and OTC hubs.Supporting the field with other productivity projects like transfer and third-party freight reduction.Lead training and implementation of Final Mile software to drive fleet efficiencies.Coordinate activities related layout, equipment, and contractor efforts and set up to ensure maximum service to the identified BM & DM.Develop a working cadence with functional departments such as FP&A, Supply Chain, Sales, Fleet and Safety to uncover cost-savings opportunities and organic productivity in the Branch of the Future process.Partner with facilities team and district leaders to ensure effective moves of branches result in new Branch of the Future facilities.Set targets for all new facilities and demonstrate dollarized impact that meets or beats cost targetsLeverage branch lean assessments & Branch of the Future initiative to ensure branch layouts, flow, fleet productivity and sales per hour are optimized. What you will bring:: Bachelor's Degree in related field of service preferred.Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated progressive experience in both distribution and transportation.Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives.Proficient with Personal Computer applications (Excel, Word, Power Point, AutoCAD, AS400 Based Warehouse Management Systems, TMS, Fleet Management and Routing Tools).Superior and demonstrated leadership, team building, communication, presentation, interpersonal, and coaching skills and the ability to ensure accountability using Lean Management Principles.Six Sigma Yellow or Green Belt certification preferred.Demonstrated ability to develop comprehensive company programs and processes.Proven experience managing cost savings and yield improvement projects.Ability to prioritize and drive multiple projects and teams.Excellent communications skills, both oral and written.Ability to travel up to 50%   

Created: 2025-05-09