Special Projects Associate, Operations
About Ruggable:
Ruggable is a Los Angeles-based, venture-backed, rapidly growing e-commerce startup that is disrupting the $7B rug industry and revolutionizing the market for residential rugs. Our patented 2-Piece Rug System allows you to remove the top layer of your rug and wash it in your home washing machine, offering an affordable, stylish and convenient solution for young families, pet owners, and busy individuals. We're a small, entrepreneurial team with big ambitions. We have a strong brand, established traction, and amazing advisors fueling our steady growth. This is an opportunity to get in at the ground floor and solve for complex challenges, while charting your own career.
Job Summary:
As the Operations Special Projects Associate, you will play a pivotal role in the growth and success of Operations at Ruggable, focusing on the highest priority initiatives and projects. You will be a creative problem solver and data-driven thinker. Working across multiple areas of Operations, including Manufacturing, Logistics, Sourcing, Procurement, Inventory Management, and Strategy, you will take ambiguous operational challenges from initial diagnosis to analysis to implementation. You will help us advance our Operations function as we expand into new product categories and international markets.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead and support mission-critical projects and initiatives within Operations
- Support new product launches and expansions into international markets
- Build data-driven models and analyses to create actionable insights that inform strategic decisions and operational improvements
- Analyze existing Operations processes and monitor real-world supply chain developments to identify opportunities for efficiency gains and cost reduction
- Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, Operations, and Finance, ensuring change management takes hold across the organization
- Create project management plans and tracking tools to ensure successful and timely project completion
What You’ll Need to Have:
Required:
- 1-3+ years of professional experience working in supply chain, logistics, operations, or consulting
- Experience conducting quantitative analysis to drive insights and results
- Track record of managing and/or supporting large projects from start to finish, including project management, problem solving, and delivering recommendations
- Excellent proficiency with spreadsheets and slides
- Enthusiasm towards working with diverse teams of internal and external stakeholders
- High attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities simultaneously
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Preferred:
- Previous experience working at a high-growth company
- Experience utilizing and/or building dashboards (ex: Tableau / Looker / Sheets)
At Ruggable, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. Ruggable is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We proudly recruit and hire a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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