Job Summary
The Sr. Implementation Manager leads the delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives by creating structure, driving momentum, and ensuring outcomes are achieved with quality and consistency. Reporting to a Director, this role operates as a senior individual contributor who partners across functions to move work from concept to reality.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of assigned initiatives with full ownership for timeline, scope, risk, and results.
- Translate initiative goals into clear milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and sequencing.
- Drive cross-functional accountability without direct authority.
- Anticipate and manage risks, changes, and decision points throughout execution.
- Maintain consistent delivery cadence, governance, and status communication.
- Facilitate alignment across stakeholders when priorities, scope, or timing conflict.
- Ensure solutions are implemented, adopted, and stabilized, not just delivered.
- Support change readiness through implementation planning, communications coordination, and manager enablement.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery standards and tools.
- Partner closely with the Director to calibrate priorities, capacity, and sequencing.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Technology, HR, or related field.
- 6–10 years of experience leading cross-functional initiative delivery.
- Experience operating as a senior individual contributor.
- Strong ability to influence without authority.
- Exceptional organization, prioritization, and communication skills.
- Comfort navigating shifting priorities and stakeholder complexity.
- Strong business judgment and decision-making capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or process improvement methodologies.
- Experience supporting transformation, system rollouts, operating model changes, or enterprise initiatives.
- Background in matrixed or multi-location environments.
- Exposure to People, Technology, Operations, or Enterprise Programs.
Leadership
- Embodies the following values: serve, perform, influence, respect, innovate, team.
- Effectively communicates by motivating and inspiring others through clear and proactive communication.
- Delivers results and drives customer success by committing and focusing on outcomes to deliver results and making the customer the center of decisions.
- Makes balanced decisions and thinks strategically by being a forward thinker.
Physical Demands / Working Environment
- Must be able to work remote or in an office setting.
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GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Technology, HR, or related field
- 6-10 years of experience leading cross-functional initiative delivery
- Experience operating as a senior individual contributor
- Strong ability to influence without authority
- Exceptional organization, prioritization, and communication skills
- Strong business judgment and decision-making capabilities
Genuine Parts Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Genuine Parts Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Genuine Parts Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company match and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, with profit sharing and pension plans also mentioned. These elements indicate strong long-term financial support alongside ownership opportunities.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits encompass medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA and FSA options plus income-protection coverages like life, AD&D, and disability. This breadth suggests a robust core health and protection offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity and paternity leave are provided in addition to short‑term disability, and an Employee Assistance Program supports families with counseling and life tools. These programs reinforce family support alongside standard PTO.
Genuine Parts Company Insights
What We Do
Genuine Parts Company (GPC), founded in 1928, is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. We serve hundreds of thousands of customers from a network of more than 10,000 locations in 14 countries and have approximately 50,000 employees.
