What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Manager position at Laird Plastics?
POSITION: Operations Manager
About the role:
The Operations Manager is responsible for driving all facets of operational and fulfillment. This role is to maximize profitability by driving lean processes and implementing low-cost solutions while meeting and exceeding customer expectations of quality and on-time delivery.
Are you a well-rounded business leader who has a passion for developing people, driving a team toward success, and cultivating and delivering results?
What you’ll do:
- Lead on-site employees in the day-to-day operations
- Establish team goals & objectives, measure performance, provide feedback, develop talent, and foster personal
accountability
- Effectively work with all team members, general manager, sales, and warehouse, communicating needs, driving
change, and holding accountable to processes
- Deliver measurable continuous improvement on cost-out initiatives for warehouse expenses
- Provide exceptional service to customers (both internal and external)
- Purchase inventory and manage inventory levels to ensure efficient operations while minimizing costs and
excess inventory
- Implement new practices to provide operational efficiencies and condense cycle time to processing orders.
This includes but is not limited to; warehouse layout, overall process flow, and administrative activities (paperwork
to processing inventory and orders)
- Identify and employ new capabilities, technology and system updates to drive overall improvements to cost and
quality of fulfillment
- Promote workplace safety as the Safety Leader for the location which includes adhering to and enforcing basic
housekeeping standards, safe operating procedures, site policies and regulations
- Perform daily audits/walk-throughs to ensure all is clear, clean, and safe
We are looking for passionate leaders who bring initiative and creativity while putting the customer at the center
of all they do!
What you’ll need:
- BA/BS Degree or substantial business experience
- Excellent customer service skills and computer savvy
- Well organized, with a continued desire to learn and improve
- Strong analytical and strategic abilities
- Quick to understand customers’ needs and concerns, and capable of providing thorough, accurate, and relevant
information regarding our products
- Able to work in a team-oriented environment
- (Preferred) Plastics/industrial distribution experience
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $28.00 - $33.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $28 - $33
