Operations Manager

Thecolumbuspage; Nebraska; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Helena is seeking an Operations Manager in Nebraska to optimize business processes and improve productivity across locations. You will design procedures to meet objectives and support branch operations with leadership and direction.

You will identify opportunities to reduce costs, manage inventories, and ensure accurate invoicing and forecasting for Helena products. A hands-on leader with strong communication and multi-tasking abilities will thrive here.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or technical certificate required.
• Three years of operations, sales or branch management in agriculture.
• Leadership experience supervising five to ten team members.

Responsibilities

• Identify and improve practices to reduce inventory shrinkage costs.
• Train staff and ensure correct cost center for fertilizer freight.
• Provide guidance to branch leadership on improvements.
• Oversee invoicing for fertilizer and seed treatment.
• Forecast and stock plans for Helena brands.
• Advise on storage usage and inventory management.
• Manage overall inventories for tax position.
• Support divisions on capital and lease requests.
• Assist purchasing and leaders to reduce slow inventory.
• Direct inventory management tools and practices.
• Support seed group with long-term seed inventory.
• Manage team members.
• Possibly operate a company vehicle.
• Provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers.
• Follow all policies; reliable attendance.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Inventory control

Fleet/transport coordination

Safety compliance

Travel up to 10%

Driver's license

MS Office

English proficiency

Spanish language beneficial

Education

Bachelor's degree or technical certificate

Job description

The Operations Manager identifies needed improvements for business processes and operations to increase overall productivity, increase efficiencies and lower sales costs. This position is also responsible for creating processes and procedures to meet business objectives for the location.

WHAT YOUR DAY WILL LOOK LIKE

• Identifies and improves practices to lower average inventory shrinkage costs.
• Ensures fertilizer freight is captured at the correct cost center and trains the branch team.
• Serves as a resource to branch leadership and assists with specific improvement activities within the branch.
• Serves as a point of contact for Proprietary Products and Branch Managers to ensure branch fertilizer and seed treatment invoicing is accurate.
• Identifies and recommends product forecasting and stocking plans to create opportunity for Helena brands.
• Provides guidance to locations on the best usage of flat storage.
• Manages total inventories relative to the best taxable position.
• Corrects invoicing of tech fees and available system reports.
• Assists branches with justification and utilization of capital and lease requests.
• Provides assistance to division purchasing and business leaders on actions to reduce slow and dead inventory.
• Gives direction on inventory management tools and inventory management practices.
• Supports seed group in managing long-term seed inventory.
• Manages other members of the team.
• May be required to operate a company vehicle.
• Provides excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.
• Other work-related duties as assigned by leader.
• Reliable and regular attendance is required.
• Follows all company policies and procedures.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree or technical school certificate is required.
• Three years of operations, sales or branch management experience in the agricultural field is required.
• Experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• Leadership skills including supervising a five to ten member team is required.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Management skills including coordinating weekly and monthly team meetings.
• Ability to multi-task (i.e. dispatch trucks and equipment per client orders).
• Fabricating and heavy truck experience is preferred.
• Ability to manage safety regulations.
• Working knowledge of Helena products is preferred.
• Ability to travel by various means up to 10% is required.
• Motivated and a self-starter.
• Valid U.S. driver's license is required and must meet all company requirements to drive a Helena vehicle.
• Ability to read, write and speak in English is required.
• Communicating in Spanish is a valuable skill at Helena.
• Computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office are required.

Successful completion of a drug screen and background check is required for all positions at Helena.

Additional Postings available from Boone County Development Agency