Manager, Operations

Syncreon; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World in the Kansas City area seeks an experienced Operations Manager to lead frontline teams in a fast-paced warehouse setting, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality operations while developing and motivating staff to hit daily production goals.

This role requires hands-on leadership on the floor, driving performance through people, processes, and safety, with opportunities to influence global supply chains and collaborate within a diverse, multinational organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or related field preferred.
• Progressive experience performing professional level operational and plant management duties; preferably in automotive or logistics industry.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents; communicate effectively; write clearly; present to top management and customers.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; interpret technical instructions.
• Proficient PC skills including email, record keeping, databases, word processing, spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily activities of a logistics operation to maximize scheduling and delivery to the customer.
• Interface with customer to coordinate scheduling and maximize schedule adherence; assess staffing needs.
• Enact contingency plans; escalate issues during system problems or disasters; participate in post-mortem analysis.
• Review performance against targets and take corrective actions with authorization.
• Lead Warehouse Managers and teams, enforce standards, and model expected behavior.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

People leadership

Logistics operations

Safety compliance

Communication

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

WMS

ERP systems

Job description

DP World is seeking a driven and hands-onOperations Managerto lead frontline teams in a fast-paced warehouse and logistics environment. This role is critical to ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality operations while developing and motivating team members to achieve daily production goals.

If you enjoy being on the floor, leading by example, and driving performance through people, processes, and safety—this role is for you.

Why DP World?

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy—and at DP World, we’re transforming how the world moves goods.

With111,000+ employees,159 nationalities, and operations in77 countries, DP World is redefining supply chains through innovation, technology, and collaboration. Our family of businesses—includingsyncreon, Imperial, and P&O—works together to deliver smarter, faster, and more resilient logistics solutions.

We are committed to:

Innovation and continuous improvement

Inclusion, diversity, and belonging

Empowering our people to reach their full potential

At DP World, free minds and different perspectives change what’s possible.

Compensation & Growth

DP World offers amarket-competitive compensation packageand the opportunity to grow within aglobal, high-performing organization. We invest in our leaders and provide exposure to large-scale operations, innovation, and career mobility—locally and globally.

About the Role

How you will contribute

• Manage the daily activities of a logistics operation to maximize scheduling and delivery of commodities to the customer.
• Interface with customer to ensure smooth -coordination of scheduling and maximization of schedule adherence; provides input on local conditions, identifies needs and receives direction on real-time staffing increases or decreases.
• Enact contingency plans as needed; escalate and direct activities during system problems, disasters, etc.; identify potential problems, troubleshoot, escalate issues to local and senior management, and participate in post-mortem analysis of problems providing input for future process improvements.
• Review ongoing performance results to targets. Take corrective measures with authorization, escalate as needed
• Responsible for providing effective leadership to the Warehouse Managers and/or team, enforcing company standards, act as a role model.
• Other duties as assigned.

Your Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field preferred.
• Progressive experience performing professional level operational and plant management duties; preferably in automotive or logistics industry.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write documentsusing original or innovative techniques or style. Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management and customer.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between allnations and cultures– not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We arededicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, andempowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion anddiversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, andsocieties. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we canchange what’s possible.

The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

Nearest Major Market: Kansas City
Job Segment: Logistics, Supply Chain Manager, Operations Manager, Supply Chain, Operations