The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Ross Stores is hiring a Operations Manager in Carlsbad, CA.

• Role description

  $115,000 - $170,000, an Operations Manager title, and a Carlsbad, CA team that ships, that's the offer; Process Improvement is the price of entry at Ross Stores. Rare is the manager opening that pairs $115,000 - $170,000 with the freedom to shape general work the way this Carlsbad one does.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Turn 8 of pattern recognition into faster general calls
  • Find the craft-obsessed workaround when the official path is blocked
  • Keep CA reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on
  • Show up for the unglamorous general maintenance nobody volunteers for
  • Absorb 7 of context fast and start contributing sooner
  • Keep Ross Stores's Carlsbad, CA site running while improvements ship underneath
  • Track key metrics and report findings to your manager each week

  What You'll Bring

  • Proven Public Speaking judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
  • Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
  • A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame
  • A values-led attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
  • Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
  • 7 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it

  Ross Stores is an underdog-spirited Carlsbad, CA studio where Resilience gets treated with the seriousness most companies reserve for marketing. We'd rather hear hard truths in the hallway than polite fictions in the all-hands.

  Our Ross Stores offer leans on substance: $115,000 - $170,000, mentorship, benefits, and a flexible schedule that respects Carlsbad life.

  Hiring as we speak in Carlsbad, with daily reviews still underway.

  Bring your Public Speaking, your questions, and your ambition; we'll bring the rest at Ross Stores.

• Required skills

  • Change Management
  • Communication
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Written Communication
  • Resilience
  • Multitasking
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Public Speaking
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Attention Management

• Benefits & perks

  • Paid volunteer days
  • Asynchronous work culture
  • Accrued vacation time
  • Sabbatical for long-tenured employees
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Burnout prevention resources
  • Kitchen Facilities
  • Parental leave
  • Performance bonuses
  • On-site cafeteria
  • Tax preparation assistance
  • Tuition Reimbursement

• Apply before 2026-09-07

  Submit your application for this Part-time general position.