Sr. Operations Manager - Warehouse

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Sr. Operations Manager - WarehouseAssists in leading all aspects of a manufacturing plant. This includes safety, quality, production and cost in various departments within the plant. Developmental opportunity to prepare an individual to step into the role of Plant Director.Essential Functions

• Responsible to lead a safe plant culture.
• Responsible for product quality control for the plant.
• Responsible for plant production goals.
• Responsible to manage specific cost controls for plant.
• Direct and coordinate plant operations within company policy and guidelines.
• Work with department managers to ensure coordination of purchasing, production, quality and shipping.
• Select and train plant supervisory and administrative staff.
• Foster a well-trained and motivated staff through excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Conduct employee performance reviews.
• Schedule and conduct plant meetings.
• Ensure maintenance of clean and safe plant.
• Communicate with all levels of personnel through strong interpersonal skills.
• Attend corporate trainings and meetings.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Communicate daily operations to plant director.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from all levels of the organization (executives, managers, employees and customers).

• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
• 6 Years – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6 Years – Experience in Position
• 4 Years – Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Strong planning and organization skills, ability to multi task
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, or customers
• High sense of urgency
• Ability to work well under pressure in fast paced environment
• Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook
• Interviewing, hiring, and training
• Planning, assigning and directing work
• Appraising performance
• Rewarding and disciplining employees
• Addressing complaints and resolving problems

• Preferred Qualifications:
• 10+ Years– Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 10+ Years – Experience working in Position
• 6 Years – Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and educationCompetencies

This position embodies the values of Niagara’s LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
• Manages a safe working environment
• Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects
• Makes data driven decisions and develops sustainable solutions
• Skilled in reducing costs and managing timelines while prioritizing long run impact over short term wins
• Makes decisions by putting overall company success first before department/individual success
• Leads/facilitates discussions to get positive outcomes for the customer
• Makes strategic decisions which prioritize the needs of the customer over departmental/individual goals

• InnovACT
• Continuously evaluates existing programs and processes, and develops new initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste
• Creates, monitors, and responds to departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
• Communicates a clear vision, organizes resources effectively, and adjusts the strategy as needed when managing change
• Hands on approach to action when solving problems. Self-driven

• Find a Way
• Demonstrates ability to think analytically and synthesize complex information
• Effectively delegates technical tasks to subordinates
• Works effectively with departments, vendors, and customers to achieve organizational success
• Identifies opportunities for collaboration in strategic ways

• Empowered to be Great
• Makes hiring decisions primarily based on culture fit and attitude, and secondarily based on technical expertise
• Engages in long term talent planning
• Provides opportunities for the development of all direct reports
• Understands, identifies, and addresses conflict within own team and between teams

Education

• Minimum Required:
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or other related field

• Preferred:
• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering or other related field

Certification/License:

• Required: N/A
• Preferred: N/A

Foreign Language

• Required: None Required
• Preferred: None Required

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves
• Medical, including virtual care options
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
• And more!

*** *Los Angeles County applicants only Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and any other applicable local and state laws.Any employment agency, person or entity that submits a résumé into this career site or to a hiring manager does so with the understanding that the applicant's résumé will become the property of Niagara Bottling, LLC. Niagara Bottling, LLC will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.Employment agencies that have fee agreements with Niagara Bottling, LLC and have been engaged on a search shall submit résumé to the designated Niagara Bottling, LLC recruiter or, upon authorization, submit résumé into this career site to be eligible for placement fees.