Primary Function:

The Senior Manager, Product Information and Maintenance Operations is responsible for leading the teams and operating processes that add new items and maintain product information. This role sets and executes the strategy for new product information and maintenance processes in partnership with Product Information, Digital Merchandising, Pricing, Legal, and Category Management. This role establishes operating practices, quality standards, and performance measures that improve product information quality, process efficiency, and the customer experience

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the team that manages new item additions and maintenance processes while driving continuous improvement.
• Own strategy around end-to-end NPI processes, including collection, normalization, ingestion, quality review, and strategic prioritization to ensure accurate, high-quality product content.
• Operationalize product and content quality standards across internal teams and suppliers, while enhancing tools and processes for duplicate review, NPI scrubbing, and overall data quality.
• Partner with Product Information, Digital Merchandising, Legal and Category Management teams to continuously strengthen data quality and content for new and existing items, to align with Zoro's strategic priorities.
• Present operational metrics, strategic priorities, and go-forward plans to leadership across Category Management and cross functional teams.
• Evaluate workload, performance, and capacity to flex resources dynamically toward high-impact priorities.
• Define functional KPIs, establish operating mechanisms to track performance, and communicate monthly progress.
• Develop team vision, mission, and annual roadmaps aligning operational priorities with overall business strategy.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, MBA or equivalent preferred
• 7+ years of proven experience in a related field
• People leadership experience required with a proven ability to lead through others
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and presentation skills
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge and exposure to New Product Information workflows and product information governance
• Proven ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners to drive key initiatives
• Experience working with JIRA, BigQuery, Looker, and ability to apply AI tooling to create efficiencies

Total Rewards

Zoro's total compensation plan includes our Zoro Incentive Plan (ZIP) that is designed to foster and reward our team members for strong performance. Total compensation will be highly competitive.

In addition to competitive compensation, Zoro offers comprehensive benefits and perks including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents. We also support growing your family through access to adoption assistance program
• 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist and Wellhub portal membership to support your mental and emotional wellbeing
• At least 18 paid time off days annually for full-time employees and 6 company holidays per year
• 6% company contribution to a 401K Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required
• Tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and access to financial counseling, education, and tools
• Charitable Gift Program - match gift to an eligible educational, cultural, community health, and human service organizations
• Employee discounts and admission to various civic and cultural institutions around Chicago
• Zoro office perks including coffee bar, beer on tap, unlimited snacks, access to the onsite gym, and incredible city skyline views

For additional information and details regarding our benefits and our parent company, W. W. Grainger, please click on the link here.

The pay range provided is not a guarantee of compensation. The range listed reflects the expected base pay for this position at the time of posting, based on the role's job grade. Actual compensation may vary depending on factors such as location, relevant experience and individual qualifications.

Illinois

$127,100-$211,900 USD

We also know that flexibility matters. Our hybrid work model gives you space to focus and the flexibility to live your life - asking team members to be onsite at least two days a week. Our Chicago HQ (right above Ogilvie Transportation Center in the Accenture Tower) is always open and ready for connection, collaboration, or just a good cup of coffee.

At Zoro, we’re growing fast toward big aspirations - and we’re continuously excited about the new challenges we get to solve together.