Regional Director of Operations

The Regional Director of Operations will provide a leadership strategy and will work to ensure continuous improvement and performance for an assigned region in support of company strategic objectives. The Regional Director of Operations is accountable for Operational Excellence including safety, quality, delivery, cost achievement of revenue as well as maximum return on invested capital. This role reports to the Vice President, Operations.

Essential Duties:

• Manage a regional P&L, striving for outstanding efficiency improvement and service performance through the leadership and direction of warehousing and transportation teams focused on delivering results that go beyond customer expectations.
• Develop and lead a culture of operational excellence and adheres to the highest standards in lead time, customer service, continuous improvement, safety, quality and delivery.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the enterprise to ensure strategies, actions and decisions lead to achievement of enterprise-wide goals and objectives, successfully and seamlessly delivering to customers an integrated set of services and products.
• Adhere to core Values and all safety, environmental, security and quality requirements including, but not limited to: Quality Management Systems (QMS), Safety, Environmental and Security Management Systems, company policies and operating procedures, and other regulatory requirements. (Federal CSA guidelines)
• Responsible for building and leading a high performing team including talent selection, development, mentoring, performance management, building bench strength and succession planning.
• Meet divisional service metrics and KPI’s for customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for supporting operations technology (Driver Scanners, Warehouse Scanning, Safety technology and Software applications) that support warehouse and transportation.
• Maintain DOT Compliance to support the division (Driver Logs, DQ Files, Corrective Action, maintenance files)
• Meet all safety goals for Warehouse and Transportation for the enterprise.
• Review equipment purchases and equipment needs for the division.
• Ensure projects are completed on time and accurate.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and additional education/certification preferred
• 10+ years operations and / or logistics leadership experience in a multi-site facility system.
• Demonstrated P&L management experience.
• Must have demonstrated success in leading new process development.
• Working knowledge of capacity planning and logistics management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex technologies and developing financial plans to make technology investments return positive financial returns.
• Demonstrated leadership and team building skills
• Ability to interface, problem solve, and drive solutions to meet customer requirements.
• Lean Manufacturing and continuous process improvement experience
• Strong communicator: written and verbal (one-on-one and group)
• Strategic thinker
• Ability to analyze, understand and effectively communicate technical material

Corporate Summary:

At Shamrock Foods Company, people come first – our associates, our customers, and the families we serve across the nation. A privately-held, family-owned and -operated Forbes 500 company, Shamrock is an innovator in the food industry and has been since being founded in Arizona in 1922.

Our Mission:

At Shamrock Foods Company, we live by our founding family’s motto to “treat associates like family and customers like friends.”

Why work for us?

Benefits are a major part of your overall compensation, and we believe offering them at an affordable cost is not only the right thing to do, but it helps keep you and your family healthy. That’s why Shamrock Foods pays for the majority of your health insurance, allowing you to take home more of your paycheck. And it doesn’t stop there - our associates also enjoy additional benefits such as 401(k) Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Paid Time Off, as well as our incredible growth opportunities, continued education, wellness programs.

Equal Opportunity Employer At Shamrock Foods Co all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.