Welcome to the world of LSG Sky Chefs, where we provide end-to-end on-board products and services with the finesse of a Michelin-starred restaurant. But what makes us stand out is not just our culinary expertise, but also our transportation department that ensures timely delivery of our delectable meals to your flights.

Our transportation team is the backbone of our operations, ensuring that our meals are delivered with the utmost care and precision. And who better to lead this team than our transportation manager, who ensures that everything runs like clockwork?

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision ELIGIBLE DAY 1!
• Employer paid life insurance, AD&D, and a variety of voluntary benefits. ELIGIBLE DAY 1!
• Flight Benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Vacation, Sick, and Holiday Pay
• 401(k) including company match
• Free Meals & Parking
• Opportunities for Advancement

Why you'll enjoy this job

As an Operations Manager for Transportation at LSG Sky Chefs, your role is to ensure the smooth and efficient control of all transportation activities in accordance with customer policies and requirements. Additionally, you will be required to ensure compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, FDA, HACCP, safety, health, environmental, and other regulations.

What you'll do

• Strategically plan, organize, and manage a department with regards to daily hours, schedules, productivity, quality and safety.
• Responsible for department costs to budget through effective manpower planning, scheduling and overtime usage.
• Ensure compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, Food and Drug Administration (FDA),Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), safety, health, environmental and other regulations.
• Ensure on-time and accurate production in the preparation of food/equipment and catering of flights
• Investigate customer quality issues, develop and implement corrective actions
• Strong knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), FDA, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.
• Maintain an ongoing, positive and pro-active relationship with all internal and external customers
• Attend the daily operations briefing
• Provide data for the development of an annual business plan and budgeting for the department
• Ensure optimal deployment of human, technical and material resources in the department
• Initiate and control continuous optimization of processes

What you should have for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
• In addition, three to five years of transportation/logistics experience in a management role
• Experience in using and managing Variable Production Systems and schedules
• Strong presentation, communication, training and interpersonal skills
• Proven success in improving work processes and leading change in a complex, fast environment
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills
• Demonstrable record of understanding and meeting customer expectations
• Proven track record of understanding the drivers of product and labor cost variances with the ability to manage budgets
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows-based computer applications
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing situations

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $84,144.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus opportunities

Application Question(s):

• What are your salary expectations?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Logistics: 5 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Portland, OR (Required)

Work Location: In person