{"id":1112,"date":"2017-07-31T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/?page_id=1112"},"modified":"2017-09-04T20:09:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T00:09:30","slug":"career-paths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/career-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Paths"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Career paths in Operations Management are rather broad, and operations in one company may mean something different in another company. Based on the need, a company may be looking for operations specialists for developing operation\u00a0strategies, improving processes, manage projects, manage in house operations, input and output supply chains, etc. Here, we have listed a few of the career paths in operations management that are seen at Rotman. However, it is advised that students network with industry professionals to learn more about operations careers in different companies.<\/p>\n

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Financial Services:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Popular operations roles:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Process Management
\n\u00b7 Process & Innovation Analyst
\n\u00b7 Tech Ops<\/p>\n

These roles can be with various business units within a bank such as capital markets, payments processing or even with the Tech and ops teams which operate at the enterprise level. Most process improvement roles involve current state analysis of existing processes and procedures, to identify areas for improvements. Use methods such as value stream analysis, lean six sigma techniques to develop solutions for future state and then present them to senior management.
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Logistics & Retail:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Popular operations roles:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Supply Chain Strategy and \u00a0Innovation
\n\u00b7 Sourcing and Procurement
\n\u00b7 Operations Management<\/p>\n

These roles usually leverage data to manage\u00a0and improve business and warehouse operations, manage vendors, schedule procurements, develop and improve sourcing strategy, collaborate with procurement to deliver cost reduction projects, streamline business processes and implement growth and product strategies aligned with the goals of the company.
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Consulting:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Popular operations roles:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Supply Chain Consulting
\n\u00b7\u00a0Operations Consulting<\/p>\n

Operations focussed consulting firms usually take up projects such as process assessment and improvement aimed to minimize costs and maximize\u00a0efficiency\u00a0of operations and business processes in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and energy sectors, leveraging technology, LSS techniques etc.
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Healthcare:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Popular operations roles:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Process Improvement
\n\u00b7 Internal Consulting<\/p>\n

These roles often involve project management and delivery, implementing strategies to streamline operations and business processes, monitoring performance, etc.
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Technology:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Popular operations roles:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Process Improvement
\n\u00b7 Tech-ops
\n\u00b7 Automation
\n\u00b7 Project Management<\/p>\n

Tech ops roles are rather popular and involve project management, automation and digitization of business processes, reporting and analytics on performance, developing and implementing plans to leverage technology to optimize business processes.
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Manufacturing:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Popular operations roles:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Line management
\n\u00b7 Project management
\n\u00b7 Quality Assurance
\n\u00b7 Supply Chain management
\n\u00b7 Production Planning
\n\u00b7 Process Improvement<\/p>\n

Most roles in Manufacturing are operations related, and range across project management, managing and streamlining shop floor operations using LSS, quality testing and assurance, managing performance targets and budgets, Monitoring and setting up KPIs to track performance, oversee production and planning processes, etc.
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Career paths in Operations Management are rather broad, and operations in one company may mean something different in another company. Based on the need, a company may be looking for operations specialists for developing operation\u00a0strategies, improving processes, manage projects, manage in house operations, input and output supply chains, etc. Here, we have listed a few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112\/revisions\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/roma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}