Company Description

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement. 

Position Purpose: 

This position will be in Veolia's ESS Business side. As part of the Performance Team’s mission of driving efficiency and growth initiatives across all our business units and corporate functions, the Senior Manager Performance will work under the general direction of a Director and/or Vice President on a wide range of operational and technical issues across hazardous waste management, municipal and industrial water utility operations, building energy services, business support functions and more. The Senior Manager Performance works side-by-side with internal clients and takes ownership of the overall projects and their end-products, develops practical recommendations, identifies potential implementation challenges, and tracks execution progress. The Senior Manager Performance is assigned to more than one project at any point in time and also works in close collaboration with senior leadership to execute the Performance Team’s mandate.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day execution of a client project while guiding and developing individual team members.
• Contribute to the analysis, design, and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.
• Conduct efficient and effective analyses to solve complex problems through the use of innovative frameworks.
• Identify major areas of opportunities using tools/techniques such as benchmarks, ride-alongs, interviews and site visits.
• Synthesize information across a variety of sources to drive meaningful insights and make actionable recommendations.
• Establish initiatives and structure workplans to deliver business impact on high-priority issues in a timely manner.
• Establish performance measures (both financial and operational), monitor, and analyze performance metrics to identify and implement performance-based improvements.
• Manage client team members efficiently and build strong mutual respect even in challenging situations.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or a related field; an advanced degree or MBA is preferred.
• 10 years of professional experience in a top-tier management consulting firm or company focused on manufacturing/operations improvements.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Exceptional problem-solving ability with logical reasoning, creative thinking, and experience-based judgment to complex challenges.
• Demonstrated superior analytical, quantitative, and conceptual thinking skills.
• Experience in operational excellence methods and approaches (e.g. lean services, large-scale project/program management) with a proven track record of impact generation.
• Understanding of the principles of performance and change management.
• Able to communicate complex ideas clearly both in written and verbal formats.
• Initiative taker, eager to break new ground and create opportunities for others.
• Demonstrated leadership within or outside a work setting.
• Passionate about coaching and mentoring individuals and teams.
• An analytical person who is open-minded and able to take a non-conventional approach to problem solving where precedent may not exist.
• Intellectual curiosity and drive to succeed.
• Experience in mid/large scale transformations is a plus.
• Ability to develop rapport and credibility with people at all organizational levels, build strong relationships and create true followership.
• Must be comfortable working in a fast paced and collaborative team setting closely with others but also autonomously with little direction.
• Must possess strong time management skills and have a demonstrated ability to work in both team and independent settings.
• Strong PC skills are essential with high proficiency in MS Office Suite/Google Suite.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Regular office work environment.
• Ability to travel up to 50% is required.
• Preferred locations: New York City area (NY), Paramus (NJ), Houston (TX), Milwaukee (WI), or Boston (MA), but a work-from-anywhere option could be considered.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.