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Operations Manager
🇺🇸 Jefferson City, MO
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Operations
🗓️ September 30th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Supervise daily office operations and department workflow delegation.
- Establish and communicate department goals related to quality, service time, and cost efficiency.
- Manage staffing, including job descriptions, employee selection, and workforce adjustments for seasonal needs.
- Support employee growth through orientation, training needs assessment, and performance reviews.
- Enforce company policies and ensure compliance with federal, state, and OSHA regulations.
- Maintain regular maintenance schedules for facilities and equipment.
- Required qualifications include a BA/BS in Management, Business, Logistics/Supply Chain or related fields preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of front-line management experience in distribution or manufacturing operations.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to coach, mentor, and motivate staff.
- Ability to work flexible hours and manage stressful situations professionally.
Operations Manager Full Description
Job Description:
Establish and communicate department goals and results to employees
1. Establish department goals with assistance from the director of operations:
a. Quality
b. Service time
c. Cost per unit
2. Conduct weekly department planning and updating meeting.
Staff department and delegate workload to meet service requirements.
1. Establish and update job descriptions for all positions within the department.
2. Recommend selection for employees based on job requirements.
3. Staff and adjust workforce to fit seasonal needs with a minimum of unproductive labor cost.
4. Employ seasonal work-sharing arrangements to minimize layoffs and unemployment compensation costs.
Actively support employee growth.
1. Schedule and supervise orientation for new department employees.
2. Update employees regularly on new product knowledge.
3. Identify, in writing, training needs for individual employees.
4. Discuss performance regularly with each department employee.
5. Complete and administer a yearly merit review with each department employee following management approval.
Uphold company policies.
1. Uphold and enforce all company policies.
2. Ensure that department facilities and equipment meet all federal, state, and OSHA regulations.
3. Inform all employees of safe product handling.
4. Develop and maintain a regular maintenance schedule for all department facilities and equipment.
Qualifications
• BA/BS degree in Management, Business, Logistics/Supply Chain or Operations-related curriculum preferred
• Proven ability to motivate staff and handle a variety of personnel and technical issues on an ongoing basis.
• Minimum of 5 years of proven front-line management experience in operations for a distribution or manufacturing company.
• Must be able to communicate effectively.
• Must be able to work flexible hours and overtime as needed.
• Ability to handle and diffuse stressful situations.
• Excellent overall work record.
• Ability to handle confidential information professionally.
• Ability to coach and mentor direct reports
• Demonstrated capability to manage a high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective operations is a must.
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