Operations Manager

Advatix; South Bend, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HRforGrowth is recruiting an Operations Manager for Fulfillment Operations. This role manages facility operations, overseeing Receiving/Stocking, Production, Shipping, and Inventory Control for assigned clients, with financial accountability and leadership of plant personnel.

You will lead process improvements, budgeting, labor planning, and compliance with ISO, MNOSHA and OSHA standards, while partnering with Client Services and Engineering to optimize cost, quality, and safety.

Qualifications

• Evidence of significant supervisory and leadership expertise with a track record of initiative and process improvement.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and excellent organization.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Working knowledge of warehouse management systems (WMS) required.

Responsibilities

• Manage facility operations and oversee Receiving/Stocking, Production, Shipping, and Inventory Control.
• Provide coaching and direction to plant Supervisors and staff.
• Participate in budgeting and implement cost-control measures.
• Plan labor and scheduling; direct workflow to meet productivity, turn-time, quality, and safety standards.
• Lead projects for new client integrations and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Inventory Control Manager and Client Services to achieve objectives.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reporting for Archway management; support ISO compliance and safety initiatives.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Decision making

Process improvement

Leadership

WMS knowledge

Education

High School diploma

Four-year degree preferred

Tools

WMS

Job description

Department: Fulfillment Operations, Type: Full Time

Operations Manager

HRforGrowth® is engaged as the talent acquisition partner to conduct this search on behalf of a client organization that is hiring for this role. HRforGrowth is not the employer for this position. HRforGrowth identifies, evaluates, and presents top-tier candidates through its global talent acquisition practice; all employment decisions — including final selection, offer terms, compensation, and conditions of employment — are made solely by the hiring organization.

Role Summary To manage all facility operations to ensure company objectives are achieved. Develop, oversee, direct, and have financial accountability for the work activities of plant personnel, including Receiving/Stocking, Production, Shipping, and Inventory Control for assigned clients.

MAJOR AREAS OF PERFORMANCE:

• Ensure cost-efficient use of resources and on-going process improvement including planning, scheduling, and evaluation
• Perform management functions and provide coaching and direction to plant Supervisors and staff
• Participate in the budgeting process and implement cost-control measures
• Responsible for labor planning and scheduling
• Direct workflow to meet plant productivity, turn-time, quality, and safety standards
• Project management for new client integrations
• Leads plant in continuous improvement Ensure proper training of all plant staff
• Work directly with the Inventory Control Manager to ensure proper control of all client and company inventory
• Partner with Client Services to develop relationships and ensure service and company objectives are achieved
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reporting and analysis for the Archway management team
• Partner with Industrial Engineer to develop costing models, workflow and scheduling analysis, and process improvements
• Ensuring ISO processes are up to date and continuous improvement of processes is taking place
• Compliance with MNOSHA and OSHA standards and participation in the safety committee
• All other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

• High School diploma required; Four-year degree preferre
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant operations, warehouse, distribution, or pick/pack and ship experience required
• Minimum 4 years of manufacturing/warehouse supervision
• Evidence of previous significant supervisory and leadership expertise with a track record of initiative, coaching, performance management, and process improvement
• Working knowledge of warehouse management systems (WMS) required
• Demonstrable verbal and written communication skills in both interpersonal and team settings
• Excellent organizational abilities
• Ability to evaluate and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to make decisions and excel in a fast-paced time-sensitive environment
• History of successful innovation including development, proposal, and implementation of ideas to improve overall facility operations
• Demonstrated a history of effective cross-departmental partnership to achieve common goals for the company and clients
• Experience managing capacity in a high-paced and high-turn environment

About HRforGrowth:

HRforGrowth is a full-service HR and talent partner built to support companies that are scaling, transforming, or navigating change. HRFG is globally recognized for delivering quality, speed, and cost-effective talent solutions across every level of the workforce. Through its global talent acquisition practice, HRforGrowth applies world class rigor and precision to identifying exceptional professional and executive talent on behalf of its clients — from temporary staffing to permanent hourly workers through to placing C-suite executives. HRforGrowth is presenting this opportunity in its capacity as the retained search partner and does not serve as the employer of record for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity: In its recruiting and search practices, HRforGrowth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity, and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. HRforGrowth evaluates and presents candidates to its clients without regard to any protected characteristic.

HRforGrowth endeavors to advise the hiring organization to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws — including those enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) — in its hiring decisions, terms of employment, and workplace practices.