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Operations Manager

Target Galesburg, MI On-site senior full-time

Salary

$73,000 - $132,000 per year

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Description

We are seeking an Operations Manager to join our Distribution and Receive Centers team. As an Operations Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the efficient operation of our distribution center, with a focus on safety, leadership, excellence, self-motivation, problem-solving, and teamwork.

The pay range for this position is $73,000.00 - $132,000.00 per year, depending on factors such as labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.

As an Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:

  • Fostering a 'safety first' culture through awareness, training, and accountability
  • Establishing yourself as an engaging and inclusive leader with ownership for the team's ability to maximize its productivity, growth, and development
  • Creating a positive work environment through real-time observation and specific, constructive, and actionable feedback
  • Ensuring operational plans are executed, performance and budget goals are achieved, and teams are kept informed and coordinated across functions
  • Innovating with new approaches to process and method to increase efficiency and implement future process flow optimization
  • Finding root causes to problems in an environment of calculated risk and testing

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • A four-year degree or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrated leadership ability, with the ability to engage and motivate others
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
  • Good reasoning, conflict-management, and analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to access all areas of the Distribution Center, including the mezzanine platforms
  • Ability to read and interpret necessary policies and procedures to perform updates and operate systems and other programs within the Distribution Center

Target offers a range of benefits to eligible team members, including comprehensive health benefits, 401(k), employee discount, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

Skills

Required

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