What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Operations Manager position at GEODIS?
Summary:
The Assistant Operations Manager is responsible for receiving, storing, and distributing material, tools, equipment, and products.
Job Duties:
- Coordinates distribution and warehousing in a cross dock operation
- Confers with customers and representatives of associated industries to evaluate and promote improved and expanded services in the area
- Develops plans for efficient use of materials, equipment, and employees
- Reviews costs and making changes/recommendations to maintain and enhance profitable operation of divisions
- Develops plans for efficient use of materials, equipment, and employees
- Participates in marketing and sales efforts, ensuring assigned facilities have the resources necessary to meet company goals and objectives, as well as P&L responsibilities
- Supervises several warehouse positions to include Team Leaders and Operations Supervisor
- Other duties as required and assigned
- For food accounts, incumbent is responsible to report food safety problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED (General Education Diploma) equivalency
- Minimum 3 to 5 years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and training
- PC proficiency to include Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manual
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. He/she is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. He/she must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles, and can be exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold including climates consistent with outside weather conditions.
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Job Duties as documented in this job description are considered “Essential Functions” and have been created by the standards of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) require that employees be able to perform “Essential Functions” of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the “Essential Functions”.
