Automation Transformation Manager

Reynolds Consumer Products•Lake Forest, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Reynolds Consumer Products and drive your career across a world of opportunities! The company is passionate about achieving results and winning as a team, offering job opportunities for growth with competitive pay and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. The Automation Transformation Manager leads enterprise-wide automation initiatives that drive process efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. This role is responsible for identifying, prioritizing, and implementing automation opportunities — including robotic process automation (RPA), workflow digitization, AI/ML solutions, and system integration. The Manager partners closely with business units, IT, and data teams to deliver measurable business outcomes through strategic automation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
7+ years of experience in process improvement, automation, or digital transformation leadership roles.
Proven success managing large-scale automation or RPA programs across multiple business units.
Up to 25% travel required
Hands-on experience with automation platforms such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, or Microsoft Power Platform.
Knowledge of process mining tools (e.g., Celonis, ABBYY Timeline) and workflow technologies.
Familiarity with cloud-based solutions, APIs, and system integrations.
Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive organizational change.
Results-oriented mindset focused on measurable business impact.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or other process optimization methodologies (certification preferred).
Understanding of AI/ML, OCR, and data analytics technologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the organization’s automation transformation roadmap, aligned with overall business and digital strategies.
Collaborate with business leaders to assess current processes, identify automation candidates, and quantify potential savings and efficiency gains.
Lead the planning, prioritization, and execution of automation projects across multiple functions using structured methodologies.
Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of automation solutions, ensuring scalability, compliance, and sustainability.
Partner with business process owners to ensure automation initiatives meet functional needs and deliver expected outcomes.
Establish and maintain best practices for automation development, documentation, and lifecycle management.
Drive adoption of automation solutions by managing communication, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Evaluate and manage relationships with automation technology providers (e.g., UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Power Automate).
Define KPIs and measure impact on cost savings, process efficiency, error reduction, and cycle time improvements.
Explore emerging automation trends such as intelligent document processing, generative AI, and hyperautomation to expand capabilities.