Operations Manager

CMC; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Benefits Coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Bonuses

Life and disability insurance

Stock Purchase Plan

Training and advancement opportunities

Job summary

CMC in Baton Rouge, LA seeks an experienced Operations Manager to lead daily operations across trucking, shipping, and receiving. You will develop efficient strategies to boost productivity, control costs, and maintain branch inventory while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with the Area Operations Manager to forecast budgets and business plans, coach frontline teams, resolve issues promptly, and support sales objectives through reliable product delivery.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of management experience in construction services, logistics or manufacturing.
• Proven leadership with a results-driven mindset and collaboration across teams.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise daily operations including trucking, shipping, and receiving.
• Develop and implement efficient operation strategies to drive productivity and reduce costs.
• Maintain branch inventory, minimizing loss due to fraud, quality issues, or miscounts.
• Collaborate with the Area Operations Manager to develop forecasts, budgets, and business plans.
• Demonstrate strong front-line leadership by coaching, mentoring, and developing team members while fostering accountability and engagement.
• Resolve customer and employee issues promptly and professionally.
• Support sales objectives by ensuring timely and accurate product delivery and service execution.
• Maintain facility cleanliness, equipment condition, and regulatory compliance.
• Participate in community engagement networking to enhance the company's reputation.

Skills

Management experience

Leadership

Communication skills

Transportation knowledge

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in operations, logistics, business

Job description

There’s more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

• Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
• Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
• 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
• Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Advancement Opportunities

It’s what’s inside that counts

There’s more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

• Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
• Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
• 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
• $500 Annual Company-paid Lifestyle Benefit
• Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Advancement Opportunities

Why This Job

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel, construction reinforcement and ground stabilization industries and to grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day brainstorming in an office cubicle, operating a crane, running manufacturing equipment or troubleshooting technical obstacles, at CMC, you’ll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and supervise daily operations including trucking, shipping, and receiving
• Develop and implement efficient operation operational strategies to drive productivity and reduce costs.
• Maintain branch inventory, minimizing loss due to fraud, quality issues, or miscounts.
• Collaborate with the Area Operations Manager to develop forecasts, budgets, and business plans.
• Demonstrate strong front-line leadership by coaching, mentoring, and developing team members while fostering accountability and engagement
• Resolve customer and employee issues promptly and professionally
• Support sales objectives by ensuring timely and accurate product delivery and service execution.
• Maintain facility cleanliness, equipment condition, and regulatory compliance
• Participate in community engagement networking to enhance the company's reputation.

What You’ll Need

• 3-5 years of management experience, preferably in construction services, logistics, or manufacturing.
• Proven leadership skills with a results-driven and collaborative mindset
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of transportation, logistics, material handling, and equipment maintenance.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs regularly and stand/walk for extended periods
• Ability to work in uncontrolled climate environment and in the elements

Your Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in operations, logistics, business, or related field.
• High School Diploma or GED required

We are CMC, a Fortune 500® company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We’ve built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years — and we’re just getting started.

If you’re ready to join a team working to make our industry more sustainable, support the bridges, roadways, buildings and infrastructure that connects our communities, and do meaningful work, you’re ready to join CMC.

Let’s build a better world!

CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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