Night Shift Operations Manager

A well-establish fresh produce company is expanding and looking for a dynamic leader to be their night shift Operations Manager based at their Florida facility. This position will be responsible for the overall success of team and department with day-to-day emphasis on managing people, succession planning, job descriptions, strategy, budgeting, shrink and yield optimization. Exhibits communication leadership while working directly with supply, sales, logistics, distribution, and performance departments.

• Hands on supervision and training of production personnel
• Directs dispatching personnel to ensure timely and accurate scheduling of customer shipments using customer invoices
• Manages to receive personnel to ensure proper count and physical inspection of merchandise based upon purchase orders received
• Manages proper distribution of products to designated slot locations for stock rotation
• Coordinates inner-company transfer of products among warehouses for customer deliveries
• Conducts any secondary deliveries to customers due to shortages or mistakes on originally scheduled deliveries
• Coordinates with Purchasing Department to ensure adequate inventory is received and available for prompt customer deliveries, including short pick-up purchases
• Prepares warehouse for physical inventory
• Oversees proper warehouse, maintenance, and safekeeping
• Maintains warehouse in full compliance with all Federal, State, and local regulatory safety, labor, worker's comp, and health requirements
• Participates in the overall development of the Division's Profit Planning Program and control reporting system
• Communicates effectively, ie. Staff meetings, employee reviews, reporting, etc
• Enforce all Company policies and procedures
• Maintain an effective and productive line of communication and cooperation with other departments
• Prepare all paperwork in a neat, legible, and timely manner
• Complete special projects as assigned
• Performance of specific cost studies as required (e.g. delivery, Labor sorting)
• Control labor cost
• Minimize shrinkage of product
• Establish staffing schedules
• Ensure the maintenance of all warehouse rolling stock, ie. Forklifts
• Ensures that the refrigeration system is working properly in all sections of the warehouse and all proper temperature levels are maintained for all stored products
• Selection, training development, motivation, review, and control of warehouse employees to ensure continuity of efficient operations

• Fresh Produce/CPG Experience
• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Industry Experience
• 2+ years of Operations Experience
• Basic skills in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Leadership qualities (positively affect/influence others/delegate responsibility)
• Possession of key competencies, including conflict management, business negotiation, organization, and decision-making
• Prepared to complete relevant training and certification provided or requested by the General manager
• Efficient working knowledge of Food Plant Quality, HACCP, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Ability to follow complex verbal and written instruction and be able to work independently to evaluate and resolve Quality related problems and identify and communicate short-term remedial actions.
• Embodies a high level of problem-solving skills.