Operations Manager - Leadership Bench Program

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay

• Scheduling flexibility

• Paid parental leave

• Paid education assistance

• Team member discount

• Development programs for advancement and career growth

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Lead More Good to Life—One Team at a Time

At Meijer, our Distribution Managers play a key role in shaping how our distribution facilities operate. You'll lead teams and develop leaders while overseeing critical areas including shipping, receiving, inventory, and sanitation in order to expedite merchandise through the facility in a productive and cost effective manner.

This position is responsible for delivery and implementation of processes that will allow the business to meet organizational and operational objectives. Ensures compliance with safe work practices and fosters a safe work environment for all team members.

This is a bench leadership role, which means you'll join Meijer in a full-time position focused on learning our business, culture, and operations. Through hands-on training and development, you'll build the skills and experience needed to lead at the manager level. Once training is complete, you'll transition into an Operations Manager role with direct leadership responsibility.

What You'll be Doing:

• Hires, leads, directs, and supervises 40+ team members in day-to-day distribution operations.
• Trains, develops and coaches supervisors to achieve desired business results while also providing career development plans and growth opportunities.
• Hold leadership team members accountable for established goals and financial metrics as well as performance of their teams.
• Review options for capital projects and determine specific actions for which projects are moved forward. Own capital project from start to finish as assigned.
• Monitors and analyzes costs to ensure building is meeting budgetary goals. Makes sound business decisions that drive the efficiency of the building while meeting cost.
• Create a positive work environment though real-time observation and specific, constructive and actionable feedback. Use team member survey results to develop area specific action items to drive engagement and positive change in the facility.
• Promotes a team environment that values, encourages and supports differences.
• Creates ways of working that actively leverage the different experiences, styles, backgrounds and perspectives of both their team and others.
• Manage effective and accurate inventory control methods to ensure correct shipments to stores and the ability to meet delivery times.
• Identify areas for improvement within the facility, assess possible risks/rewards and develops the plan to implement the change.
• Responsible for productivity and breaking down individual goals by shift, area and department.
• Accountable for shift safety, selection/inventory/manifest accuracy, production and shift performance, load quality, scheduling assignments, sanitation and training.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or Operations Management preferred ~OR~ equivalent work experience.
• 3 Years Management experience in distribution, warehousing or supply chain required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications is required.
• Ability to use both verbal and written communication clearly and effectively.
• Operational knowledge to identify trends and changes to the business to adjust accordingly.
• Ability to plan, organize and manage multiple projects and set priorities.
• Ability to benchmark, report, and summarize key metrics at a high level while accounting for root causes to performance.
• Proven track record of mentoring and developing direct reports.
• Working knowledge to meet compliance requirements of Federal and State regulatory guidelines.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret policies and contract.