National Capacity Manager in Northlake, IL at Empire Today

Opportunity Description

About EMPIRE TODAY®  

Empire Today has been a leading provider of installed home improvements for 60 years. Empire offers the largest in-stock selection of flooring in the United States. Convenience, quality, and selection make Empire stand out. With Empire Today, homeowners and business customers can get quality Carpet, Hardwood, Laminate, Tile, Vinyl Flooring, and Window Treatments from top brands they know and trust. And because Empire warehouses thousands of products, customers can get the right product, professionally installed when they need it, as soon as the next day.  

Empire was founded in 1959 and provides service to more than 70 metropolitan areas in the United States. With more than three million satisfied customers, Empire Today is dedicated to its mission of Making Beautiful New Floors Easy.

Business Area

At Empire Today, our Installation Department is the base of our company. All installation team associates work with the installers to ensure all customer, sales and internal requests and requirements are fulfilled. Through daily assignment, jobsite visits and post install inspections, the installation team helps our installers perform quality and complete installations while following our company mission of making beautiful new floors easy.

Responsibilities

This position is responsible for coordinating installer capacity activities across all markets nationally.  They ensure that the tools and processes required to effectively forecast and schedule installers in sufficient quantities, and quality, are utilized by all markets.  They will implement and maintain national action logs, as well as write and publish weekly capacity reports.  They will coordinate activities across all functions, including the NIT, TA and Market teams.

• Assist markets in completing all capacity and scheduling set up requirements for installers, including but not limited to the capacity calendar, the capacity planning tool, and other local market actions.
• Providing training to newly on-boarded installation team members to ensure all installation department personally nationally understand company standards and processes for capacity planning and management.
• Assist with coordination of recruiting, qualifying, and on-boarding of all installer sub-contractors nationally.   
• Analyze business results by using required reports to develop and execute action plans for improvement in meeting all service order needs, and achieving targeted % of AB installers. 
• Support General Manager or Satellite Operations Manager with all capacity related market needs as requested.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will possess:

• Associate’s Degree, Bachelors preferred
• Sales and operations planning experience (S&OP)
• Trade or sales experience a plus
• Extensive experience managing large teams
• Working knowledge of home improvement codes, permitting and licensing requirements Experience with material take-offs and estimating competency
• Good knowledge of local competitors and the home flooring industry
• Complete understanding of revenue, margin, and profit components and what drives success.
• Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Outlook required 
• Strong ability to effectively communicate at all levels in written, verbal and presentation formats

Benefits

Employees are eligible for numerous benefits including:

• A premium 401K Investment Plan, with the company matching your amount invested dollar for dollar up to 4% with no vesting.  Find another Company that can beat that!
• Medical Insurance with several plan options and a Health Savings Account to meet you and your family’s health needs.
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Dental Insurance – Twice a year visits at no cost.
• Vision Insurance with materials coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical & Dependent Care
• Wellness Program – A best in class program offering substantial awards payable right on your paycheck
• Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
• Short Term Disability Coverage
• Long Term Disability Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Holidays including Floating Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO) that grows with years of service
• Empire Perks – An employee discount purchasing program offering you great savings on the things you want.

The company conducts a background check and drug screen for all new hires. 

Empire Today is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.

By Submitting your resume and application information, you authorize Empire Today to transmit and store your information in the Empire Today group companies’ worldwide recruitment database, and to circulate that information as necessary for evaluating your qualifications for this or other job vacancies.

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