Abacus Solutions Group is currently seeking an Operations Manager for a new warehouse site in the Ft. Worth area. The Operations Manager provides leadership and supervision to an operations team working for the same value stream to create a world-class operations team. This includes, but is not limited to, managing inbound, and, pick/ pack operations, and outbound shipments, and maintaining inventory. The Operations Manager also ensures that departmental and support personnel are focused on continuous improvement and supports a lean culture of inventory, people, and processes.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Accountable to client SLA agreements and site-specific quality and fulfillment targets.
- Create and manage day to day operational strategy ensuring the campus operates in a safe, and productive manner.
- Actively contribute to the development of direct reports.
- Full work week responsibility of client or clients (including 2nd shift & weekend/donut shifts if applicable).
- Lead Individual Performance Management program for area.
- Responsible for planning, prioritizing, and communicating shift directives to insure efficiency, accuracy, and quality.
- Interact with clients on operational topics.
- Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
- Deliver performance evaluations to direct reports and provide feedback as necessary including salaried member of management.
- Promote and develop a culture of continuous improvement within the value stream.
- Deliver productivity and improvements in line with KPIs.
- Ownership of lean process improvement and CI initiatives.
- Organizes and manages all necessary resources required to improve safety, improve quality, increase customer service, and lower cost.
- Ensure all training and skills development programs, along with all Standard Operating Procures (SOPs) within the value stream are up to date and maintained.
- Promote a culture of high accountability, engagement, and associate empowerment.
- Manage relationship with on-site seasonal staffing representatives and advise director of operations on seasonal labor needs.
- Budget management for value stream.
- Perform all other duties assigned by supervisor or manager.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred / HS Degree or GED required.
- Experience working with process improvement ideologies, e.g., LEAN, Six Sigma, or similar / Six Sigma certification preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of progressive Operations experience in a manager role.
- Experience leading up to 100 associates.
- Experience in creating productivity improvement through continuous improvement efforts.
- Execution and performance focused.
- Ability to be flexible.
- Good motivational skills.
- Awareness of internal customer requirements.
- Ability to collaborate and drive performance.
- Analyze data to identify defects and root cause analysis.
- Identify process opportunities to create growth.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to establish and or enhance quality control procedures.
- Must demonstrate capacity to learn ALL operational functions.
- Ability to coach, mentor, and motivate direct reports.
- Ability to influence and collaborate with peers and upper management.
- Must be proficient with Microsoft Office with a strong emphasis in Excel.