Senior Business Owner- Asset Protection (Iris)
Posted:
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Valid Thru:
Saturday, 21 February 2026
Index Requested on:
01/22/2026 08:30:04
Indexed on:
01/22/2026 08:30:04
Location:
Cincinnati, OH, 45201, US
Industry:
Advertising and Public Relations
Occupational Category:
13-0000.00 - Business and Financial Operations
Type of Employment: FULL_TIME
Kroger Corporate is hiring!
Description:
Position Summary
Lead the solutions team and coordinate the development of solutions and projects as assigned. Direct the use of lean tools and methodologies to gather, summarize, and analyze data necessary for solution development, testing, and rollout. Support Freshness & Standards objectives and coordination with cross functional teams within General Office (G.O.) and divisions. Develop solutions working collaboratively with stakeholders from G.O., divisions and store associates in support of our Customer 1 st strategy. Demonstrate the companys core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
Desired Previous Job Experience: - Lean/Six Sigma project experience
- Assistant Process Change Manager
- Black Belt Certified
Minimum Position Qualifications: - 5+ years project management/process improvement experience
- 2+ years as a business owner
- Demonstrated competency in developing efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems
- Ability to lead a team of highly driven and talented individuals
- Ability to prioritize and assign work according to business priorities/strategies
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills
- Understanding of organizational impacts that result from changes to business processes/technologies
- Ability to develop, re-engineer and document business processes
- Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to drive toward solutions
- Ability to maintain a solutions-focused approach
- Knowledge of lean tools and methodologies
- Knowledge of in-store activities, including observations, performance measurements and summarizing observations
- Ability to work overnight/unusual hours to perform in-store tasks
- Ability to travel independently (
- Support the Sell-Through Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive strategies aligned with company goals. Ensure full adoption and consistent execution of the IRIS Sell-Through tool.
- • Maintain Tool Standards: Ensure the IRIS tool operates to standard and that all required acumen, updates, and training materials are current.
- • Upstream Merchandising Collaboration: Partner with Merchandising to ensure accurate targets are set for all events loaded into the sell-through tool.
- • Target Accuracy and Timing: Ensure targets are established to achieve 90% sales and that the most impactful events are loaded on time.
- • Cross-Functional Operations Collaboration: Work closely with Operations to ensure accuracy and alignment of the data pipeline with all supporting data resources, including Supply Chain, In-Stock, and Accounting/Finance.
- • Shrink Mitigation Best Practices: Ensure the IRIS sell-through tool and additional best practices related to shrink reduction are consistently executed and operating at standard.
- • Training & Development: Develop and deliver training programs for upstream and downstream leaders. Promote awareness of asset protection and shrink initiatives, fostering shared responsibility across the organization.
- • Awareness & Safe Decision-Making: Build organizational understanding that supports informed decision-making to reduce waste and shrink, while increasing associate awareness.
- • Reporting & Analytics: Provide regular updates, insights, and strategic reporting to upstream, downstream, and executive leadership.
- • Actionable Leadership Reporting: Deliver consistent, actionable information that enables leaders to proactively address opportunities and risks.
- Upstream Merchandising Collaboration: Partner with Merchandising to gain adoption of IRIS and develop accurate targets are set for all events loaded into the sell-through tool
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