Manager, Workforce Enablement (Equipment Services)

The Home Depot•Atlanta, GA

18h

About The Position

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: The Workforce Enablement Manager ensures HDES technicians are equipped with the right tools, training, processes, and information to perform at a high standard. This role drives technician readiness, onboarding, upskilling, workflow adoption, and overall field capability. It serves as the bridge between the field and business operations, ensuring all enablement programs are aligned with real operational needs.

Requirements

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
5 years of work experience
Strong business, functional and/or store knowledge for their area of responsibility
Leadership and management experience preferred
Strong operations, retail and/or field experience required
Ability to partner/communicate well with the field/stores
High sense of urgency in responding to field needs
Strong big picture; strategic thinking skills
Strong quantitative skills such as statistics and data analysis.

Nice To Haves

Ability to influence cross-functionally and build relationships across field and corporate teams.
Strong understanding of HDES operations, technician workflows, and asset types.
High capability in training program design, readiness assessment, and content alignment.
Change management, communication, and facilitation skills.
Ability to analyze readiness gaps and translate them into actionable training or process improvements.

Responsibilities

Analyze the fundamental components of problems and communicate the correct course of action to the team and the resolution to the field.
Develop and implement changes that improve overall store operations processes that are likely to add value to the stores' bottom line.
Manage/drive core store operations projects and/or process improvements.
Manage day to day processes related to their areas of responsibility.
Create and maintain project work plans.
Manage issues and roadblocks that arise related to their area of responsibility.
Respond proactively to unanticipated store needs arising out of a variety of inputs.
Manage action steps necessary for successful execution of both strategic projects/initiatives and process improvement.
Communicate effectively and build strong, effective partnerships with the field/stores and throughout The Home Depot.
Prepare and deliver high-level insights and recommendations based on multiple analyses of industry/ business, competitive landscape, consumer data for area of expertise.
Provide guidance and training specific to area of expertise.
Assist in collaborating findings from data and making verbal/written recommendations.
Demonstrate proficiency/understanding of specific processes.
Maintain knowledge base regarding specific operations and processes within store operations
Responsible for appropriate selection, terminations, performance appraisal and professional development of support team (Business Analysts).
Usually assigns and reviews work of others.
Typically, once given general assignments, determines priorities and defines what should be done and how to do it.