Performance Manager - Paramus, NJ, United States - Veolia North America

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Company Description About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.

VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America.

Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.

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Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

As part of the Municipal Water Performance Team's mission of driving efficiency and growth initiatives across all our contract operations sites, mostly serving municipal clients and corporate functions, the Manager Performance will work under the general direction of a Senior Director on a wide range of operational, technical and strategic issues across municipal water utility operations.

The Manager Performance develops practical recommendations, identifies potential implementation challenges, manages projects, and tracks progress.

The Manager Performance has strong abilities to lead a PMO (Program Management Office) to oversee the implementation of several initiatives, in close partnership with our operational teams.

He/She works side-by-side with our internal clients and takes ownership of the overall project and its end-products. Managers also work in close collaboration with senior leadership to execute the Performance Team's mandate.
Lead the day-to-day execution of a client project while guiding and developing individual team members.
Lead a PMO (Program Management Office) to oversee the implementation of several projects.

Contribute to the analysis, design and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.

Conduct efficient and effective analyses to solve complex problems through the use of innovative frameworks.
Establish initiatives and structure work plans to deliver business impact on high-priority issues in a timely manner.
Establish performance measures (both financial and operational), monitor and analyze performance metrics to identify and implement performance-based improvements.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or Environmental Sciences related field.
~ Advanced degree or MBA preferred.
~5+ years of professional experience in a top-tier management consulting firm, utilities or company focused on manufacturing/operations improvements.

Experience in operational excellence methods and approaches (e.g. lean services, large-scale project/program management) with a proven track record of impact generation.
Understanding of the principles of change management and performance metrics and dialogs.
Experience in mid/large scale transformations is a plus.
Strong PC skills are essential with high proficiency in MS Office Suite/Google Suite.


Required Certification/Licenses/Training:
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.
A Lean Six Sigma Professional Certification is a plus.
Ability to travel up to 30% is required.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.