Operations Manager

Nir Yu; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nir Yu is seeking an Operations Manager to coordinate site operations across sales, production, purchasing and customer service, while leading a team and ensuring safety and environmental compliance.

The role requires hands-on leadership, experience with heavy equipment, staffing, scheduling, reporting, and process improvement to meet production goals in a remote location. You will liaise with corporate support to enforce policies and drive efficiency.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years’ management or leadership experience in industrial manufacturing, automotive or distribution
• Experience with Heavy Equipment operations and maintenance
• Loader and heavy equipment operator license would be considered an asset
• Quantitative skills to understand site financial performance and operating statistics (KPIs)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Windows, Outlook and Excel)
• Able to handle multiple priorities while performing quality work with minimal supervision
• Strong leadership with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Willingness to work weekends and holidays and travel to sites within reasonable distance

Responsibilities

• Staffing, scheduling and managing the day-to-day operations of the site
• Recruitment and selection of employees
• Provides performance feedback, counseling, coaching and training to the team
• Follows company policy and procedures and leads by example
• Ensures policies and procedures are communicated and implemented
• Prepares operating reports for the management and operations team
• Responsible for the overall safeguarding of company assets
• Partners with internal corporate support resources to ensure compliance with regulations and policies
• Contributes to operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepares and completes action plans; implements production, productivity, quality and customer-service standards; resolves problems; completes audits; identifies trends
• Develops operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements; develops, implements, enforces and evaluates policies and procedures; develops processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management and shipping
• Analyzes process workflow, employee and space requirements and equipment layout; implements changes
• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations
• Communicates customer issues with operations team and devise ways of improving the customer experience, including resolving problems and complaints
• Develops and maintains equipment maintenance schedule
• Performs other duties as they might be assigned

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Customer service

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

The Role:

The Operations Manager coordinates all aspects of site operations including but not limited to; sales, production, purchasing, customer service and managing a team. The Operations Manager will also ensure that the site remains safe and environmentally compliant, while effectively and efficiently working within the guidelines of the administrative policies and procedures of the company.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for staffing, scheduling and managing the day-to-date operations of the site
• Responsible for recruitment and selection of employees
• Provides performance feedback, counseling, coaching and training to the team
• Follows company policy and procedures and leads by example
• Ensures policies and procedures are communicated and implemented
• Prepares operating reports for the management and operations team
• Responsible for the overall safeguarding of company assets
• Partners with all internal corporate support resources to ensure compliance with all regulations and policies to achieve results
• Contributes to operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepares and completes action plans; implements production, productivity, quality and customer-service standards; resolves problems; completes audits; identifies trends
• Develops operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements; develops, implements, enforces and evaluates policies and procedures; develops processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management and shipping
• Analyzes process workflow, employee and space requirements and equipment layout; implements changes
• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations
• Communicates customer issues with operations team and devise ways of improving the customer experience, including resolving problems and complaints
• Develops and maintains equipment maintenance schedule
• Performs other duties as they might be assigned

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• Minimum of a 5-7 years’ management or leadership experience in industrial manufacturing, automotive or distribution
• Experienced with Heavy Equipment operations and maintenance
• Loader and heavy equipment operator license would be considered an asset
• Quantitative skills to understand site financial performance and operating statistics (KPIs)
• Must have the ability to reconcile sales, prepare reports and read technical manuals
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office, including Windows, Outlook and Excel)
• Able to handle multiple priorities while performing quality work in an efficient manner with minimal supervision
• A track record for of leadership excellence with exceptional interpersonal skills, able to build strong relationships
• First-rate communication skills with a proven ability to interact productively with supervisors, peers, subordinates and clients
• Able to perform well under pressure with superior abilities to de-escalate or intervene/manage conflict with customers and employees
• Excellent customer service, committed to making sure that all purchases are handled professionally and expeditiously
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, react to changing conditions and function well under the pressure of deadlines
• Able to work required hours which includes weekends and holidays and also at any site assigned within reasonable distance from home site
• Must have reliable transportation to and from work (remote location, not accessible by bus)