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Arcwood Environmental · 1 day ago

Senior Manager, Strategy Acceleration

Indianapolis, IN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Arcwood Environmental is a pioneer in industrial waste management, committed to creating a cleaner, safer world. As the Senior Manager, Strategy Acceleration, you will drive critical value creation initiatives focusing on Operations and Service Delivery, aiming for margin expansion and profitability improvements while collaborating with various departments.

Environmental Services

Responsibilities

Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices at all times

Rapidly diagnoses operating and service-delivery performance across plants, service centers, and transportation networks by understanding end-to-end workflows, identifying constraints and inefficiencies, quantifying financial impact, and prioritizing initiatives based on value and feasibility

Owns execution of operational improvement initiatives from problem definition, business case sizing, and implementation, working side-by-side with Operations, Service Delivery, and functional teams to drive change on the ground-not just design solutions

Translates operational insights into implementable action plans, including detailed operating changes, resourcing requirements, sequencing, and performance metrics required to sustain results

Drives day-to-day execution rigor by actively removing barriers, escalating risks early, and holding stakeholders accountable for commitments, timelines, and performance outcomes

Holds full accountability for assigned value-creation initiatives aligned to the Company's Full Potential Plan (FPP), with clear ownership for delivery of results rather than advisory support

Uses data as a tool for facts and insights, analyzing large and imperfect operational data sets (e.g., throughput, utilization, labor, transportation) to identify root causes, validate hypotheses, and make fact-based decisions

Maintains an independent, operator's point of view, incorporating stakeholder input while grounding decisions in observed performance, data, and frontline realities

Implements operational performance management mechanisms, including KPIs, cadence reviews, issue escalation routines, and standard work, to ensure improvements are sustained beyond initial implementation

Partners with the Vice President, Strategy Acceleration to shape the operational value-creation agenda, supporting prioritization, sequencing, and resource deployment across initiatives

Identifies incremental operational improvement opportunities during execution and integrates them into the broader value-creation roadmap as appropriate

Flags delivery risks, performance gaps, and execution slippage early, proposing concrete countermeasures to recover value and maintain momentum

Tracks and reports initiative progress and realized financial impact, with clear visibility into EBITDA contribution, timing, and sustainability for senior leadership and the TMO

Delivers and tracks measurable EBITDA impact through operational efficiency, service-delivery effectiveness, transportation optimization, and disciplined execution across the operating model

Supports broader operational priorities as needed, including rapid-response problem solving in underperforming sites or critical service areas

Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization

Qualification

Operations ManagementPerformance ImprovementData AnalysisKPI DevelopmentMBAEnvironmental Industry ExperienceAnalytical ToolsChange ManagementCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration