Manager, Innovation & Design – Retail Online Fulfillment

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Position Summary:

The Retail Online Fulfillment team enables customers to shop CVS online by supporting accurate complete and timely fulfillment of front store merchandise and prescription orders across pickup delivery and ship-to-home channels. The Manager Innovation & Design is responsible for developing testing implementing and continuously improving front store online fulfillment capabilities. This role translates customer colleague operational inventory and performance insights into a strategic roadmap that drives measurable business improvements.
The position partners closely with Store Operations Digital Product Technology Supply Chain Final Mile Workforce Management Analytics and field leadership to deliver scalable solutions. A key focus is improving order completeness by addressing inventory accuracy replenishment item data workflow and operational barriers that prevent customers from receiving full orders. The Manager owns the process of identifying opportunities validating solutions in stores measuring results and scaling successful interventions across the business. Success in this role requires a blend of strategic thinking and hands-on operational leadership with the ability to navigate ambiguity influence cross-functional partners build data-driven recommendations and clearly communicate outcomes risks and tradeoffs.

Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the omnichannel fulfillment strategy and roadmap across Buy Online Pickup in Store (BOPIS) Same-Day Delivery Ship from Store Grab & Go curbside and emerging fulfillment capabilities aligning initiatives with customer needs business priorities and operational goals
• Lead end-to-end innovation design testing and implementation of fulfillment solutions partnering with Product and Technology teams to develop pilot launch and continuously improve scalable capabilities that enhance customer and colleague experiences
• Drive improvements in order completeness and inventory availability by partnering with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve inventory replenishment item-data merchandising and store execution challenges that impact fulfillment performance
• Monitor performance analyze insights and lead continuous improvement efforts by leveraging operational and customer metrics conducting root cause analyses evaluating pilot results and implementing corrective actions that improve fulfillment outcomes
• Provide cross-functional leadership and change management by building strong partnerships across Store Operations Digital Technology Supply Chain Analytics and field leadership to align stakeholders drive decision-making support adoption and ensure sustainable execution of new capabilities

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives from problem definition and business case development through design testing implementation stabilization and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and drive strategic outcomes including defining future-state solutions prioritizing workstreams managing risks and making data-driven recommendations in evolving environments
• Strong knowledge of retail operations and frontline workflows with the ability to translate customer operational and business needs into practical scalable processes and solutions
• Experience partnering effectively with cross-functional stakeholders including Product Technology Operations Inventory Supply Chain Analytics field teams and senior leadership coupled with strong communication facilitation and influencing skills
• Strong analytical and project leadership capabilities including the ability to evaluate performance data identify root causes manage multiple priorities and dependencies and drive measurable business results; proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and willingness to travel up to 20% as business needs require

Preferred Qualifications:

• Retail store or field operations experience with a strong understanding of frontline workflows execution challenges and customer experience in a retail environment
• Experience with omnichannel and online fulfillment operations including Buy Online Pickup in Store (BOPIS) same-day delivery ship-from-store order management pick-and-pack processes and last-mile delivery solutions
• Proven success improving inventory and fulfillment performance including inventory accuracy item availability replenishment substitutions shelf availability and Packed in Full metrics within a retail setting
• Experience developing and presenting strategic recommendations to senior leaders including business cases roadmaps pilot results research findings and implementation plans supported by qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Experience supporting large-scale operational change and innovation including research design vendor partnership management change management field communications training launch readiness and the use of analytics and reporting tools such as Excel PowerPoint SQL Tableau Snowflake and generative AI solutions

Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

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