Job Description
Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!
Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.
As part of our team, you will experience:
- Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
- Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
- Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
- Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.
Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.
GENERAL PURPOSE: The IT Applications Lead for Store Systems Backend Applications leads projects that apply new or existing technologies and solutions to solve business needs. They partner with the business to determine system needs, influencing and guiding the change process from concept to implementation. They coordinate the efforts of internal and external staff, as well as key business partners on initiatives. They provide support of existing production systems and leads in the execution of new system projects/initiatives. The IT Applications Lead also serves as a functional and/or technical expert in one or more disciplines and works with software and/or hardware vendors on enhancements and production issues.
The base salary range for this role is $109,900 - $187,450. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Develop partnership, acting as a liaison between technical and business teams to understand, troubleshoot, interpret and advise on technical questions/issues/projects or business use cases.
• Collaborate with internal and external IT teams to resolve/improve IT processes and procedures. Maintain stability and quality of service by ensuring standard operation standards, processes and documentation are followed and kept current.
• Ability to lead development of content and deliver / present to Senior Leadership.
• Lead in analyzing the use of new and existing technology to meet current and future business needs and drive new capabilities or enhancements. Investigate new tools, applications, and technologies and determine how these can be used to solve business problems. Understand business trends and the need for competitive advantage.
• Lead projects throughout the entire IT Project Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring that requirements are defined accurately, systems are designed / coded or purchased that meet the defined requirements and are executed efficiently.
• Create detailed project plans, coordinates team resources and manages to overall project timeline. Ensure that test plans, communication plans, training plans and support plans are designed and executed successfully, on time and in budget.
• Required system and user documentation is created accurately, projects are completed on time and within or under budget and anticipated business benefits are achieved.
• Work with other leads on large projects and collaborates, either as a lead or a team member. Expected to perform business design and analysis, internal consulting, application testing, and application design reviews.
• Plan and communicates execution of release and deployment approach with all stakeholders.
• Support activities for defined area/department. Align management on activities to prioritize problems and requests.
• Support existing production systems, coordinate related support and enhancement activities.
COMPETENCIES :
People • Building Effective Teams (for managers of People and Projects)
• Developing Talent (for managers of people only, N/A for this role/level)
• Collaboration
Self • Leading by Example
• Communicates Effectively
• Ensures Accountability and Execution
• Manages Conflict
Business • Business Acumen
• Plans, Aligns and Prioritizes
• Organizational Agility
With particular emphasis on the following specific position-related competencies: • Time Management
• Planning and Organization
• Problem Solving
• Analysis and Judgement
QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED: • 7 to 10 years' experience supporting retail systems or IT management consulting experience. Solid understanding of retail dynamics within a complex, highly integrated environment.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in information systems, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
• A solid understanding of industry best practices in retail; specific demonstrated experience mapping business processes and comparing those processes to industry best practices.
• Technical orientation balanced by project management discipline.
• Demonstrated track record managing technical application projects.
• Able to articulate issues, build consensus around recommendations, define next steps along with defined timeline.
• Experience implementing and/or supporting hardware and packaged solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and forward thinking.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills; outstanding listening skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization (i.e. Business Users).
• Outstanding work ethic; displays a high sense of urgency to resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
• Highly organized, detail oriented and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications • Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project and Visio.
• Experience with client/server hardware and software and understanding of network components.
• Experience dealing with cross-functional teams and business partners on projects.
• Experience working for a national retailer with multiple Stores/locations or consulting firm.
• Project Management skills and experience.
• Deployment experience, rollout of hardware/software across distributed systems.
• Vendor Management experience.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/ADA: This position requires the ability to work in an office environment, including using a computer, attending meetings, working as part of a team, and the ability to communicate with team members and others. Regular attendance also is a requirement of the position.
This role requires regular in-office presence, including attending in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in-office and remote work. #LI-Hybrid
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: N/A
DISCLAIMER: This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management's discretion.
Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company's overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented and diverse workforce. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.
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