Description

Summary/Objective 

As an Operations Manager, you’ll deliver inspiring, inclusive leadership for the teams you supervise. But at the same time, you don’t shy away from getting involved whenever necessary. You’ll be directly responsible for supervising a team and their direct reports: meanwhile, you will report to the Site Lead of your Fulfillment Center. The quality of your leadership is key to achievement in this role: you’ll motivate and inspire your teams to do their best work, while planning schedules and activities that balance their needs with that of the business. Additional duties may be assigned.

Essential Functions

• Safety - always ensure safe and appropriate use of all machinery and chemicals
• Deep knowledge of production management
• Understanding of quality standards and health and safety regulations
• Ability to manage projects while ensuring quality standards are being met 
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills, with the ability to effectively coach others
• Motivate, support, and provide guidance to production team members
• Ability to multitask and establish priorities.
• Accurately report operating data, including downtime causes
• Address issues quickly and effectively when problems arise
• Direct accurate set-up and changeover of machines
• Communicate and coordinate necessary information to appropriate shift/department personnel to ensure effective operations
• Regular attendance is critical to the operation of our business.

Job Duties: 

• Maintain a clean, safe work area and adhere to all safety policies. Consistently working in a safe manner with regard to self, co-workers and manufacturing systems
• Planning and organizing productions schedules
• Assessing projects and setting productions goals
• Checking on inventory and communicating needs to appropriate department
• Ensure that the quality of all projects is within the standards set forth by Grunt Style
• Document any discrepancies, quality issues and down time causes
• Ensure that maintenance of equipment is performed during each shift
• Ensure the cleanliness standards of equipment and workstations are met
• Additional duties may be assigned

Requirements

Competencies

• Ability to communicate, teach, coach and manage people
• Strong team player, thrive when working with others
• Flexibility, adaptable to change
• Demonstrate problem-solving and analytical capabilities: conducting and driving analysis on complex processes 
• Quick thinker, able to act decisively in a fast-paced environment
• Willing and able to work to flexible schedules and shift
• Commit the time required to get the job done.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in logistics or business administration preferred.

Experience managing large retail fulfillment center.

Supervisory Responsibility

Yes

Work Environment

Factory/Warehouse environment with production equipment. Moving mechanical parts/machines, ink, cleaning solution and heat. The Production Area Manager is exposed to a variety of extreme conditions in the warehouse. Warm weather can increase temperatures in the workplace. Noise levels are high due to machinery, dryers, music, and talking over equipment noise. 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. 

• The employee is occasionally required to sit; stand for up to 8 hours; kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Prolonged periods of working on screen printing equipment
• Must be able to reach, grasp and operate all buttons and controls
• Must be able to communicate well to coworkers and supervisors
• Regularly required to communicate verbally and understand conversation. 
• May occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include color acuity, close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is typically high. 

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Hours of work are Monday through Friday, 1st Shift 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 2nd Shift 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Must be available to work weekends and some holidays.

Travel

Minimal travel is required

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Management may change duties, responsibilities, and activities any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement 

Grunt Style provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Grunt Style complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.