Manager, Operations

Americold Logistics, LLC; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Americold Logistics, LLC is seeking an experienced Operations Supervisor to oversee product handling, customer service, and safety compliance across our facility. You will monitor budgets, supervise staff, and ensure adherence to company policies and regulatory requirements.

The role focuses on coordinating warehouse activities with sales, purchasing, and distribution, maintaining quality for perishables, and developing a skilled team through training and performance management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of supervisory experience.
• Associate's Degree preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
• Proficient with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Radio Frequency (RF) technology.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Oversee product handling and customer service operations meeting KPIs.
• Develop annual facility budgets and monitor progress toward goals.
• Conduct regular inspections to ensure compliance with food safety and occupational safety laws and guidelines.
• Manage staff including recruiting, training, scheduling, and performance reviews.
• Maintain procedures for shipment verification, inventory control, and quality for perishables.
• Ensure OSHA compliance and safety training and reporting injuries.
• Coordinate activities between warehouse, distribution, sales, records control, and purchasing to ensure merchandise availability and security.
• Other essential duties may be assigned.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Microsoft Office

WMS proficiency

RF technology

Multitasking

Education

Associate's Degree preferred

Job description

What You'll Do

You will oversee and coordinate product movement and customer service operations ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable laws. You will manage facility budgets, monitor operational procedures, and maintain quality control standards while supervising and developing team members. Regular inspections and reporting will be conducted to ensure safety, security, and adherence to company and regulatory requirements.

Essential Functions

• Oversee product handling and customer service operations ensuring procedures and key performance indicators are met.
• Develop annual facility budgets and monitor progress towards departmental goals.
• Conduct regular inspections to ensure compliance with food safety and occupational safety laws and guidelines.
• Manage staff including recruiting, hiring, training, scheduling, appraising performance, and resolving issues.
• Maintain operational procedures for shipment verification, inventory control, and quality standards for perishables.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and all Federal, State, and Local OSHA regulations including safety training and reporting injuries.
• Coordinate activities between warehouse, distribution, sales record control, and purchasing departments to ensure merchandise availability and security.
• Other essential duties may be applicable and assigned as necessary.

What Experience and Education You Need

• Minimum 5 years of supervisory experience required.
• Associate's Degree preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
• Proficient with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Radio Frequency (RF) technology.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.

What Could Set You Apart

• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Ability to manage supervisors and employees.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to reason, negotiate, instruct, persuade, or speak with others.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret HR regulations, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Ability to solve complex problems.
• Willingness to mentor and support development of subordinate employees.

Physical Requirements

• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, reaching, and/or bending.
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work including the operation of computers, telephones, and similar equipment.
• Requires ability to comprehend and communicate with others verbally and/or in writing.
• May require travel by automobile and airplane for business.
• May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing.
• May require the occasional lifting, carrying, positioning, and/or moving of objects weighing up to 20 pounds.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE/AA M/F/D/V.