Operations Excellence Manager

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🏄 California, Colorado, +5 more states – Remote

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💵 $76k - $94.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Operations

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Americold Logistics, LLC.

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1903

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Consulting

Americold Logistics, LLC is a leading provider of temperature-controlled supply chain solutions. With over 240 global locations, Americold offers innovative cold storage and distribution services supported by advanced technology. The company partners with producers, retailers, and food service providers to manage the storage and transportation of temperature-sensitive products. As a key player in the cold chain industry, Americold is committed to enhancing customer experiences and optimizing supply chain operations to protect product value and ensure customer satisfaction. With a rich history spanning over 120 years, Americold consistently delivers engineered solutions and remains at the forefront of industry innovation.

📋 Description

• Provide engineering and project support to Americold facilities • Drive labor productivity and inventory control improvements through engineered labor standards • Ideate and support execution and sustainment of continuous improvement initiatives • Leverage dashboards to monitor site-level labor, inventory, and service performance • Identify issues and drive corrective actions across assigned sites • Identify and drive productivity improvement, process enhancement, and inventory control initiatives through continuous improvement projects • Develop, validate, and maintain time-studied standards • Calculate and implement performance incentives • Ensure proper change management to sustain assigned projects • Train operations teams on labor management, inventory control, process improvement tools, and associated systems • Evaluate and recommend process improvements • Evaluate material handling equipment requirements • Keep abreast of warehouse technology and evaluate applications • Develop project scopes, specifications, and estimates • Conduct audits and comparative site analyses to ensure compliance, identify performance gaps, and establish inventory-control benchmarks • Assist with improving productivity and reducing costs • Create scheduling tools to capture work content • Own 5 Habits and labor management system performance improvements

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Engineering or equivalent degree, such as Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or Logistics, is required • 3+ years of work experience in Industrial Engineering or combined equivalent experience with a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field • Experience in developing engineered labor standards • Continuous improvement experience and knowledge of CI methodologies required • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally • Ability to use problem-solving techniques to identify root causes of failures and solutions to meet targets • Strong business planning and analytical skills, including market intelligence, metrics, and financial analysis • Self-motivated and self-directing • Knowledge of distribution center/logistics concepts and warehousing best practices • Willingness to travel 50–75% • Must be physically located within 1 hour of a major airport • Experience within the distribution/warehouse/logistics industry preferred • Proficient in RF Scanning and Warehouse Management Systems preferred • Experience in semi and fully automated material handling systems a plus • Ability to drive decision-making through data and relevant business metrics • Ability to resolve problems in a timely manner with little or no supervision • Ability to manage a project portfolio of varying priorities and impact value • Strong computer skills including SQL, Power BI, MS Office, and MSD/MOST experience preferred • Ability to sit for long periods, with frequent interruptions • Several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching or bending • Manual dexterity for typical office work • Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks • May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing • May require carrying travel loads and occasionally lifting, carrying, positioning, or moving objects up to 20 pounds • Requires use of various electronic tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Performance-based incentive roll-out • Travel by automobile and airplane for business • Equal Opportunity Employer protections and consideration under applicable federal, state, and local laws