What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Manager - Fort Worth, TX position at SECO - Southeast Consolidators?
Company Description
SECO - Southeast Consolidators specializes in high-volume, flow-through logistics, processing over 450 million pounds of freight annually across facilities in Ellenwood, GA; Garland, TX; and Fort Worth, TX.
Role Description
Manage overall operations and is responsible for the effective and successful management of labor, productivity, and quality control of a start-up location. Facility maintenance and safety measures as established and set for the Operations Department. Key responsibility to drive the core values of the SECO organization with employees, management staff, customers, carriers, and vendors. Primary responsibilities are focused on management staff development and the impact in the core functional areas of overall safety, labor management, quality, customer service, and controllable costs for the facility. Expectation to collaborate directly with senior leadership on the development of strategies to enhance the value and cost-effectiveness of all outcomes within the functional area of operation and participates in decision making through this collaboration.
Qualifications
1. Demonstrated competency evaluating operational performance, formulating actionable tactics and strategies, developing business cases for change, and managing change in a supply chain context.
2. Ability to work creatively and analytically, both independently and in a problem-solving team-oriented environment.
3. Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
4. Strong supervisory, coaching and project management skills
5. Strong problem-solving techniques and statistical analysis skills
6. Ability to maximize resources to accomplish key metrics
7. Demonstrated ability to understand key financial, clinical, and operational drivers affecting business
8. Willingness and desire to create a team learning environment and to foster a positive, fulfilling work environment.
9. Demonstrated ability to balance department efficiency and service excellence
10. Willingness to assist teammates to achieve departmental goals
11. Demonstrated strengths in teambuilding and leadership skills
12. Supervisory experience or demonstrated willingness, desire, and ability to supervise with aptitude for coaching, mentoring, training, and developing teammate performance
13. Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teammates with confidence in work processes and goals
14. Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills including ability to listen attentively and to communicate information clearly and effectively
15. Demonstrated interpersonal, collaborative, and relationship-building skills; ability to interact positively with teammates at various levels across the company and customers
16. Demonstrated ability to work well with cross-functional groups
Education
High school Diploma or GED required
Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management or Transportation and Logistics
Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other graduate degree preferred
Experience
Preferred 3-5 years’ experience with emphasis on Logistics Operations and/or Service Supply Chain
Working Conditions
1. The role frequently requires standing and walking throughout the shift.
2. Ability to lift up to 10 pounds as needed.
3. Exposure to outdoor weather conditions on a continual basis.
4. Exposure to consistently loud noise levels in the work environment.
Must be able to execute all the above functions and meet all the above demands safely, posing no threat to themselves or those around them while doing so, and must willingly comply with applicable safety regulations in the completion of all work.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.