Senior Leadership Program
Position Summary
Our vision is to attract highly talented people to Sears Holdings and develop them into our future leaders.
Candidates will report directly to a Senior Executive.
Position will provide unique career development opportunities and exposure to the day-to-day issues and decision-making processes of senior management. Successful candidates will be presented with the rare ability to shape the future of a Fortune 50 company and will be empowered to create value across Sears Holdings
Essential Functions
• Develop close partnership with senior executives to help them fulfill their existing responsibilities
as well as develop and define their future priorities
• Champion innovation projects and lead new ideas from inception to execution
• Serve as organizational change agents
Qualifications
A successful candidate will have the following characteristics:
• Entrepreneurial: energetic and innovative; can lead new initiatives from idea generation to execution,
develop business models, drive action plans to completion, and report results and earnings
• Analytical: must enjoy gathering and digging deeply into data to identify issues and solve problems
• Strong work ethic: self-starter able to demonstrate strong proactive approach and
self-initiative; tenacious
• Positive attitude: commitment to self-improvement and excellence
• Strong business acumen: strong financial, strategic, operational and leadership skills; ability to
understand business models and key drivers quickly
• Communication and interpersonal skills: confidence to interact with senior management and maturity to
succeed through teamwork; willingness to learn from and coach others; ability to build strong
relationships both internally and externally
• Organizational skills: ability to manage projects and work effectively under tight deadlines
• Focused on results: willingness to do what it takes to get the job done right