About the role
<div class="content-intro"><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About Us</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":280}"> </span></p>
<p>SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. <strong>Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja</strong>, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. </p>
<p><strong>AI at SharkNinja </strong></p>
<p>At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.</p></div><p></p>
<h3 class="mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">About the Role</h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">Based remotely and reporting to the Sr. Vice President, Global Logistics, the Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement will play a critical leadership role in driving cost savings, service improvement, and operational excellence across SharkNinja's Operations organization. This individual will own the visibility, governance, and execution of initiatives that reduce cost, improve service, and unlock scalable efficiency across the business.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This role partners cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Sales, Planning, and other key stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and deliver high-impact opportunities across the Operations expense base. The Senior Manager will own the Operations Efficiency project portfolio, ensuring initiatives are clearly defined, delivered on time, financially validated, and incorporated into forecast updates in partnership with Finance.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This is a highly visible, hands-on role for a strategic operator who can move seamlessly from executive-level portfolio management to deep analytical problem solving and cross-functional execution.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Other requirements:</strong></p>
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<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Travel required (domestic & international) – up to 20%</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Flexible work schedule to accommodate virtual meetings with other regions</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">What You'll Do</h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Own the Operations Efficiency Agenda</strong></p>
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<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead the Operations Efficiency program across SharkNinja, serving as the central owner for cost savings, service improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Operations expense base</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Develop and manage the Operations Efficiency project portfolio, including opportunity identification, business case development, initiative prioritization, execution tracking, risk management, and benefits realization</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Establish clear governance, routines, and reporting mechanisms to ensure initiatives remain on track, roadblocks are escalated quickly, and leaders have visibility to progress, savings, and risks</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Act as a thought partner to Operations leadership by identifying where cost, service, process, or organizational improvements can unlock meaningful business value</li>
</ul>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Drive Cost Savings and Service Improvement</strong></p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1">
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Identify opportunities to reduce Operations Expense while maintaining or improving service levels, customer experience, and operational reliability</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner with Global Logistics to deeply understand distribution, transportation, delivery, warehousing, carrier, and network cost drivers</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead cross-functional workstreams focused on improving cost-to-serve, delivery efficiency, network utilization, freight optimization, accessorial management, productivity, and service performance</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Translate data and operational insights into actionable recommendations, business cases, and execution plans</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Challenge existing ways of working and bring a continuous improvement mindset to how SharkNinja scales operations with speed, agility, and discipline</li>
</ul>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Partner Cross-Functionally to Deliver Results</strong></p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1">
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Collaborate closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Planning, Consumer Experience, and other business partners to identify and execute opportunities</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Build strong working relationships with Finance to ensure savings methodologies are aligned, benefits are validated, and impacts are reflected in forecast updates, budgets, and financial reporting</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Create transparency across initiative owners, milestones, financial impacts, dependencies, and risks</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Influence without authority across a fast-moving, matrixed organization, ensuring teams are aligned around common goals and accountable for delivery</li>
</ul>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Lead Continuous Improvement</strong></p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1">
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Bring structured problem-solving, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methods to complex operational challenges</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Identify root causes of cost increases, service misses, process inefficiencies, and operational friction</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Develop scalable processes, playbooks, and tools that improve how SharkNinja identifies, manages, and delivers efficiency opportunities</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and speed in delivering operational improvements</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">What You'll Bring</h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">The ideal candidate is a high-energy, analytical, commercially minded operator who thrives in a fast-paced environment — equally comfortable building an executive-ready savings roadmap, digging into logistics cost drivers, challenging assumptions, aligning Finance on benefit validation, and pushing cross-functional teams to deliver. This person brings a "CEO mindset" to Operations Expense: seeing the full picture, owning outcomes, making tradeoffs, driving accountability, and relentlessly pursuing better ways to deliver cost, service, and operational performance.</p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-c
<p>SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. <strong>Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja</strong>, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. </p>
<p><strong>AI at SharkNinja </strong></p>
<p>At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.</p></div><p></p>
<h3 class="mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">About the Role</h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">Based remotely and reporting to the Sr. Vice President, Global Logistics, the Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement will play a critical leadership role in driving cost savings, service improvement, and operational excellence across SharkNinja's Operations organization. This individual will own the visibility, governance, and execution of initiatives that reduce cost, improve service, and unlock scalable efficiency across the business.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This role partners cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Sales, Planning, and other key stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and deliver high-impact opportunities across the Operations expense base. The Senior Manager will own the Operations Efficiency project portfolio, ensuring initiatives are clearly defined, delivered on time, financially validated, and incorporated into forecast updates in partnership with Finance.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This is a highly visible, hands-on role for a strategic operator who can move seamlessly from executive-level portfolio management to deep analytical problem solving and cross-functional execution.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Other requirements:</strong></p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1">
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Travel required (domestic & international) – up to 20%</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Flexible work schedule to accommodate virtual meetings with other regions</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">What You'll Do</h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Own the Operations Efficiency Agenda</strong></p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1">
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead the Operations Efficiency program across SharkNinja, serving as the central owner for cost savings, service improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Operations expense base</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Develop and manage the Operations Efficiency project portfolio, including opportunity identification, business case development, initiative prioritization, execution tracking, risk management, and benefits realization</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Establish clear governance, routines, and reporting mechanisms to ensure initiatives remain on track, roadblocks are escalated quickly, and leaders have visibility to progress, savings, and risks</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Act as a thought partner to Operations leadership by identifying where cost, service, process, or organizational improvements can unlock meaningful business value</li>
</ul>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Drive Cost Savings and Service Improvement</strong></p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1">
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Identify opportunities to reduce Operations Expense while maintaining or improving service levels, customer experience, and operational reliability</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner with Global Logistics to deeply understand distribution, transportation, delivery, warehousing, carrier, and network cost drivers</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead cross-functional workstreams focused on improving cost-to-serve, delivery efficiency, network utilization, freight optimization, accessorial management, productivity, and service performance</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Translate data and operational insights into actionable recommendations, business cases, and execution plans</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Challenge existing ways of working and bring a continuous improvement mindset to how SharkNinja scales operations with speed, agility, and discipline</li>
</ul>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Partner Cross-Functionally to Deliver Results</strong></p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1">
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Collaborate closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Planning, Consumer Experience, and other business partners to identify and execute opportunities</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Build strong working relationships with Finance to ensure savings methodologies are aligned, benefits are validated, and impacts are reflected in forecast updates, budgets, and financial reporting</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Create transparency across initiative owners, milestones, financial impacts, dependencies, and risks</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Influence without authority across a fast-moving, matrixed organization, ensuring teams are aligned around common goals and accountable for delivery</li>
</ul>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Lead Continuous Improvement</strong></p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1">
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Bring structured problem-solving, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methods to complex operational challenges</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Identify root causes of cost increases, service misses, process inefficiencies, and operational friction</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Develop scalable processes, playbooks, and tools that improve how SharkNinja identifies, manages, and delivers efficiency opportunities</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and speed in delivering operational improvements</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">What You'll Bring</h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">The ideal candidate is a high-energy, analytical, commercially minded operator who thrives in a fast-paced environment — equally comfortable building an executive-ready savings roadmap, digging into logistics cost drivers, challenging assumptions, aligning Finance on benefit validation, and pushing cross-functional teams to deliver. This person brings a "CEO mindset" to Operations Expense: seeing the full picture, owning outcomes, making tradeoffs, driving accountability, and relentlessly pursuing better ways to deliver cost, service, and operational performance.</p>
<ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-c
Requirements
- 42000 - Logistics