Job Description
Title: VP of Operations - Warehousing
Responsibilities:
- Provide Leadership for the Product Line/ Operational development in short, immediate, and long-term business development strategies for key customers.
- Develop recommended strategy to implement and monitor improvement programs in cost reduction, revenue growth, quality improvement, safety and best practices across established and new contracts.
- Develop, foster and grow positive and professional relationships with executive level customers and colleagues.
- Provide leadership in coaching, mentoring, personnel selection, professional development and oversight of operations management within company guidelines.
- Lead and manage business case justification for capital and the deployment / allocation of existing and new assets. Develop recommended strategy and implement for the start-up of new operations.
- Direct and manage multiple high-volume logistics/supply chain operations within a given industry or region.
- Accountable to maximize profitability through superior customer service, effective and prompt communications and follow-up on all pending customer matters.
- Full accountability for P&L of sites in area of responsibility.
- Oversee preparation and present management and financial reports, budgets, expense reports and forecasts for facilities under responsibility to Senior Leadership.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics or 3PL, Master’s Degree, preferred. A combination of Education and experience may be substituted for degree if experience is with Transportation or 3PL.
- Minimum ten to twelve years managing a large logistic operation or Warehouse/Transportation facility.
- Minimum seven years in a leadership role with some experience over multiple, geographically dispersed facilities.
Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, internet, web-based and job specific software applications.
- Experience driving revenue growth, retaining customers and managing profitability of multiple sites.
Characteristics:
- Advanced, applied understanding of project management methodologies with focus on managing solution driven strategy plans to achieve goals.
- In depth, experience-based knowledge of managing revenue, budgets, EBITDA, operations problem solving, customer service and managing managers.
- Excellent planning, time management, collaboration, decision-making, and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of Strategic Planning processes.
- Ability to develop short and long-range project planning and effectively communicate information to diverse work groups.
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