Operations & Warehouse Manager

Overview

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are. Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.

The Operations & Warehouse Manager is responsible for overseeing the end to end product movement and production within the plant. They are responsible for managing the Operation in a multi-shift environment with 400 + full-time associates on a daily basis across the Ecommerce and Ready to Heat business lines. The Operations Manager is responsible for directly leading and managing the production team and partnering across departments within the plant to convert raw product into meal kits efficiently and with high quality.

The Operations Manager is responsible for developing and implementing operational strategies and policies to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

• Coaching & Development: Builds strong working relationships with all Superintendents, Shift Managers, Supervisors, and employees and continually strives to help all levels grow and improve in their roles
• Coaching & Development: Sets clear performance targets for Superintendents and discusses progress against plan on a daily basis
• Coaching & Development: Ensures Shifts Superintendents are effectively utilizing all standard tools
• Coaching & Development: Helps to create a coaching culture by providing both positive and developmental feedback to Superintendents, Shift Managers, Supervisors, and Employees
• Coaching & Development: Assists all levels within the organization with problem solving issues impacting fulfillment
• Coaching & Development: Helps develop effective people management skills of Superintendents, Shift Managers, Supervisors and Leads
• Coaching & Development: Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the team
• Coaching & Development: Empower and train staff to proactively identify improvement opportunities and contribute to a culture of excellence
• Coaching & Development: As necessary, resolves personnel problems by investigating issues, identifying solutions, and recommending action while treating employees with respect through the process

• Communication & Leadership: Leads by example and embodies Home Chef values of Customer First, Best-in-Class Team, Ownership, Pursue Excellence, and Deliver Happiness
• Communication & Leadership: Cultivates culture centered around positive motivation and mutual respect
• Communication & Leadership: Drives strong communication across shifts and departments by ensuring huddles and daily communications are completed effectively
• Communication & Leadership: Demonstrates willingness to work flexible shifts in order to devote equal attention to all shifts
• Communication & Leadership: Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards
• Communication & Leadership: Develops and maintains strong working relationships with Asst plant manager and Home Chef leadership, across other departments (warehouse, maintenance, FSQA, HR, and procurement), and within production team
• Communication & Leadership: Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies

• Process Improvement: Analyze existing processes and workflows to identify areas for improvement
• Process Improvement: Implement strategies to…