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About the role
- Director of Operations providing strategic leadership at DSV, maximizing growth and managing operational resources. Develops talent and strategies to align with business targets.
Responsibilities
- The Director of Operations provides overall direction and guidance to the operational activities of the organization.
- Provides strategic leadership and management to Operations within a large geographic region.
- The Regional Director of Operations will strive to maximize growth and profitability while responsibly managing the resources of their region according to the company and client expectations and policies.
- Develops and implements long and short term strategies to achieve financial and growth targets.
- Develops emerging talent and successors and creates a work environment that promotes the values of DSV.
- Responsible for supporting the Company strategy including growth and transformational initiatives.
- Develops regional strategies to align with enterprise targets. Ensures targets are achieved and local needs are also met.
- Plans and budgets regional financial targets. Responsible for ensuring results are achieved against targets.
- Ensures operational excellence within and across our core services.
- Provides leadership and creates an environment that fosters passion, teamwork and agility within the organization.
- Ensures initiatives are developed and executed in the selection and development of talent and creates an environment that improves associate engagement.
- Builds and sustains long-term client relationships. Supports local, regional and global sales initiatives by partnering with key clients and delivering a high level of client focus to business initiatives.
- Plans and successfully executes start-up facilities for new business.
- Spearheads teams and partners with clients to trouble-shoot and solve existing issues or problems.
- Contributes as a key member to our sales and solutions team in winning key strategic accounts.
- Develops and implements an operations strategy tailored to our client that identifies opportunities to improve cost control and margin improvement and will lead to organic growth.
- Consistently works within a complex matrixed environment.
- Works collaboratively and establishes solid business relationships with supporting departments including but not limited to: Human Resources, Sales, and Finance.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in engineering, Business or Logistics or equivalent fields is required
- A minimum of 10 years logistics operations management experience with big box, e-commerce or specialty retailers and at least 5 years’ experience as a regional operations leader managing multiple locations.
- Must be able to work in unregulated temperatures within the warehouse during the warmer and colder months can range from mild to moderate
- Strong proficiency in MS Office applications is needed.
- Excellent verbal, written and visual/presentation communication skills.
- Must be adept at navigating within a matrixed organizational structure.
- Results-oriented and able to work and meet timelines.
- Ability to work well under pressure and multi-task.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a complex matrix environment across multiple levels within the organization.
- Ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve.
- Ability to question and challenge existing ways of thinking.
- Experience in a client-centric environment with accountability for both operations metrics and client relations.
- Must excel at and enjoy teaming with members of the operations team and client representatives to trouble-shoot and solve existing problems.
- Direct experience preparing budgets and actively participating in financial reviews with a solid understanding of standard and actual cost variances
- Has led high-performing teams. Can recruit, develop and motivate superior talent
- Possess the ability to motivate and maintain effective working relationships with staff and partners.
- Ability to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Successfully work to reach company goals in an environment in which a wide degree of creativity and latitude is required
- Integration experience with the supply chain industry is helpful.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
- Remote work options
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