Operations Specialist
About the job
- Experience working in terminal operations, bulk handling, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, or a similar operational environment.
- Practical understanding of operational equipment and/or material loading, unloading, and product handling processes.
- Experience identifying operational issues and implementing process or efficiency improvements.
- Ability to communicate and build relationships to influence outcomes across partner organisations.
- A methodical approach to problem solving and root cause analysis.
- Proficiency with standard business software applications and experience working with operational or quality systems.
- Understand and optimise how product is received, handled, stored, loaded, and dispatched through terminals.
- Work with 3PL partners to understand terminal equipment, loading and unloading processes, operational constraints, and improvement opportunities.
- Identify and drive terminal optimisation and efficiency improvements across all sites.
- Partner with 3PL providers to identify opportunities, solve operational problems, implement solutions, and measure value created.
- Identify opportunities to improve product flow through terminals while balancing operational requirements, product quality, and customer expectations.
- Manage quality variations from initial reporting through investigation, resolution, monitoring, and closure.
- Develop and maintain training programmes that build operational capability across the network and prevent recurrence.
- Prepare KPI reporting and provide timely, accurate communication to customer-facing teams and stakeholders.
- Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of quality systems, operational processes, and standards.
- Travel to terminals as required to understand operations firsthand, support continuous improvement initiatives, and build working relationships.
- Use AI, digital tools, and technology to identify opportunities, streamline processes, and drive improvements across operational systems and ways of working.
- Experience in terminal operations, bulk materials handling, fertiliser, ports, logistics, or industrial distribution environments.
- Experience working with conveyors, loaders, hoppers, storage facilities, ship/truck loading, or other bulk material handling equipment.
- Experience working with third-party logistics or outsourced operational partners.
- A formal qualification in Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality Management, Training & Assessment (e.g. Cert IV TAE), Business, or a related discipline.
- Familiarity with Principle Based Management or a comparable values-based operating framework.
About the company
Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, Kansas
Founded
1940
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Koch raised $224.4 million in equity financing on March 10, 2026, preserving dry powder.
- Koch's Africa fertilizer foothold expands global phosphate reach from Morocco's Jorf complex.
- Closed Tacoma gypsum plant concentrates capital into stronger Georgia-Pacific assets and higher-margin lines.
What critics are saying
- DOJ opened a fertilizer antitrust probe in March 2026, risking criminal charges and damages.
- Farmers filed class actions in March and June 2026 against Koch Agronomic Services.
- Georgia-Pacific will close Tacoma's gypsum plant on October 30, 2026, cutting 125 jobs.
What makes Koch Industries unique
- Private since 1940, Koch reinvests earnings for decades, not quarterly Wall Street optics.
- Koch Fertilizer expanded into Morocco on June 30, 2026 through Jorf Fertilizers ownership.
- Georgia-Pacific and Koch Agronomic Services give Koch integrated positions across packaging and fertilizers.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Vacation
- Professional Development Budget
- Fertility Treatment Support
- Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Hybrid Work Options