Operations Director @ Elevation Global/Quari Ice - Chicago, IL
Operations Director for Quari Ice, a product of Elevation Industries (a Social Enterprise). Oversee operations from material sourcing to production to fulfillment at our high-growth Chicago-based company. Reports directly to the CEO.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Qualifications:
Skills/Talents
Experience/Background
Other
Working Conditions:
Position Structure & Benefits:
To apply:
Send resume to [email protected]
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Manage a production team of 15 members
- Mange the planned rapid expansion of the production team and manufacturing capabilities.
- Coordinate orders and production activities and achieve productivity commitments.
- Lead and deliver our strong culture encompassing quality, safety, productivity, process improvement, and cost management.
- Create and maintain a structured environment that encourages and rewards the team for meeting and exceeding goals.
- Interface with our customer team to ensure all orders have been received on time, at quantity, with high quality.
- Maintaining appropriate inventory levels for raw materials and packaging.
- Understanding, creating and documenting Standard Operating Procedures for production-related activities such as warehousing, fulfillment and production.
- Other responsibilities, as needed: order fulfillment, shipping/receiving support, customer service, etc.
Qualifications:
Skills/Talents
- Process engineer with strong leadership skills and experience overseeing operations, preferably at a high growth CPG startup
- Analytical, linear thinker (process driven, goal oriented)
- Ability to drive efficiencies and increase profitability through continuous process improvement - Experience with Lean or Six Sigma a plus
- Demonstrate Curiosity and innovation
- Ability to energize the team and drive teamwork and loyality
- Leadership: in a structured environment, help build and sustain a results-focused culture with an emphasis on personal accountability that inspires others to achieve their best
- Temperament - high energy ability to bring your sunshine in stressful situations
- Communication - set clear goals and manage expectations of a broad group of stakeholders
- Excellent organization skills
Experience/Background
- Experience leading a food production facility (a plus if served both retail and food-service customer groups)
- Ideally would have experience overseeing a CPG production facility with demanding retail customers (important because they understand the systems, process, people needed)
- Experience with frozen food manufacturing a plus, though not a requirement
- Experience capturing data on a daily basis and distilling key points for CEO
- Mission buy-in: Willingness to develop and grow our second chance artisans, helping them reach their career potential (wherever in the org that might be)
Other
- Effective with people (experience working with “second chancers” a bonus)
- Firm but fair with front line team members – A true leader that will manage all people situations
- Strong at identifying where people belong, yet decisive and quick to usher those out who don't
Working Conditions:
- Cold environment
Position Structure & Benefits:
- $80,000-$110,000 depending on experience
- Full benefits and PTO
To apply:
Send resume to [email protected]