Senior Manager of Ops Engineering, Rent the Runway
1+ day a week in office (Secaucus, NJ)
Women's clothing subscription service
Open for applications
Women's clothing subscription service
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
1+ day a week in office (Secaucus, NJ)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Rent the Runway's mission is to power women to feel their best every day.
Role
Who you are
- We are open to NJ or TX based person
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Science
- 5+ years of experience in the job offered or related occupation of Design/Innovation, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing/Process/Industrial Engineering, or related fields. Or 10+ years of experience in lieu of the required degree
- Experience in technical leadership and project management for complex, large-scale industrial engineering projects
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
Desirable
- Master’s Degree or other advanced degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Process Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Operations, Business Administration or related field
- Experience managing MHE integrators
- Experiencing running RFQ processes
- Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems including robotics and high-speed manufacturing
- Experience designing and launching new facilities
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and other 3D CAD
- Certifications: Green Belt, Quality, PMP, and/or Lean
- Experience managing plant flow
- Design-in-Safety experience
What the job involves
- RTR is seeking an outstanding Senior Manager, Fulfillment Project Engineer to join our Operations Engineering team to plan and execute high impact, large CAPEX projects that will transform and scale the operation
- In this position, you will partner with cross-functional teams and interface with business leaders to drive critical business initiatives. This role provides the opportunity to shape strategic planning and tackle key challenges that will take RTR fulfillment and the customer experience to the next level
- Design, launch, and operationalize large CAPEX, transformative projects spanning across a breadth of operational areas, including automation, productivity, quality, lead time, dry cleaning technology, capacity management, and safety
- Manage relationships with major international vendors and source new vendors to launch new automation systems, equipment, and other solutions
- Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and the rationale driving overarching leadership decisions
Our take
Rent the Runway seeks to profit from two important trends in apparel consumption: wanting to stay on top of the latest fashion trends while living and purchasing sustainably. By providing a platform for women to rent designer pieces, its users can have it all.
The company allows users to rent, subscribe, or buy designer apparel and accessories. It achieves this with its network of partnerships with hundreds of top designers and managing the crucial but complicated logistics in-house. It offers its partnered brands sophisticated analytics about potential customers in return for lower prices on designer garments.
Rent the Runway is now focused on diversifying revenue streams while reducing its costs. Its recent partnership with Amazon is an example of this new direction: while it will use this chanel sell to clothes previously rented through its platform, it will for the first time be selling new clothes based off of rental items modified in line with market data.
While moves such as this may well shift Rent the Runway towards profitability, it also risks undercutting the company's central message of sustainability and supporting the circular economy. The company believes that by creating better quality clothing it will nonetheless be aiding in the fight against fast fashion. Time will tell if this move helps or hinders the sustainability movement, but it is likely to boost Rent the Runway's bottom line regardless.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Apr 2020
$80m
SERIES G
Mar 2019
$125m
SERIES F
Total funding: $401.2m
Company benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off including annual leave, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
- Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
- Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service
- Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts
- 401k match
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive health, dental care and dependents care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
- Competitive Stakeholder Pension - taking care of your future
- Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
- Hybrid Work - our corporate employees have the option to work remotely 3 days a week, in accordance with Company policies
Company values
- Great ideas can come from anywhere
- Opportunity is yours for the taking
- Risk and failure are encouraged
- Embrace and trust the RTR Family
Company HQ
Hudson Square, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Jennifer Hyman
(CEO)Prior to Rent the Runway, was director of business development at IMG where she focused on the creation of new media businesses for IMG's fashion division.
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