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Director, Locations Merchandising Zipcar
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Overview:Zipcar is seeking an exceptional talent to take on this new and exciting role as our Director of Fleet Locations Management and Merchandizing within the Global Center of Excellence. The Director of Locations will play a key leadership role in our maturing operation by achieving high adoption in existing fleet location zones and competitive expansion rates for new service areas. This newly created role will provide overall strategy and leadership for Zipcar fleet locations planning operations.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement a global location sourcing strategy to keep Zipcar at the forefront for innovation and member experience and deliver Zipcar?s growth objectives
Identify best practices for merchandising and procurement; manage pipeline of availability to support future requirements
Manage RFP/tender process with municipalities; develop strategic relationships with global partners
Establish, monitor and continually improve location optimization including target revenue, cost and margin by location type, fleet uptime etc.
Negotiate rents and contract terms with national and global vendors or parking authorities; source and manage national and global supply vendors
Provide vision, leadership and mentoring for locations teams
Provide leadership on locations infrastructure management with local location and fleet teams ? including the sourcing and managing of all locations related passes permits etc.
Provide leadership on locations merchandising working with local marketing managers
Identify signage opportunities that best leverage locations and zoning
Design, measure and manage location optimization scorecard ? analyze performance by location and by market
Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the organization?s business plans and fleet locations implications of same
Foster strong and collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Qualifications:
Bachelor?s degree, Master?s preferred
Minimum of five years of merchandising or other relevant experience
Previous experience working across organizational lines within a global organization
Strong communication skills required, as well as the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
Holds a valid driver license
Ability to travel to Zipcar markets as needed
Key Competencies
Collaborative relationship builder (internal and external) with flexibility and finesse to ?manage by influence?
Ability to serve as a unifying force and to position operational discussions at both the strategic and tactical levels; leads with transparent objectives and results, applying best practices across markets
Ability to develop a vision motivate a team towards fulfillment
Ability to develop and coach direct reports
Ability to coordinate and manage cross-regional projects
A strong track record as an implementer who thrives on managing a variety of key initiatives concurrently
Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills
Change agent with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
Strong leadership presence; excellent communicator in writing and in presentation to stakeholders
Strong business acumen, ability to differentiate strategic vs. non-strategic opportunities
| Location: | 25 First Street Fourth Floor Cambridge, MA 02141 United States |
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Zipcar
Investors: Benchmark Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, Greylock Partners, RevolutionAll Jobs: at Zipcar
| Web Site: | www.zipcar.com |
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| Headquarters: | 25 First Street Fourth Floor Cambridge, MA 02141 United States |
| Industry: | Other |
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