Operation Manager

The operations manager is the orchestra conductor who organizes a company’s flow of goods. Versatile, he or she supervises the receipt of goods or articles, and the organization of storage, while maintaining relations with customers and management alike.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise goods receipt and inventory management
  • Establish flow management dashboards according to annual activity periods
  • Coordinate delivery staff schedules
  • Anticipate storage needs and optimize the use of storage areas
  • Optimize goods flows using IT tools
  • Ensure profitability of activities
  • Set up productivity indicators
  • Manage delivery times
  • Control transport costs and design new solutions

Required Skills

  • Mastery of the commercial and strategic challenges of logistics
  • Mastery of sales development and prospecting techniques
  • Manage budgets and guarantee operational profitability
  • Mastery of the global and sustainable dimensions of logistics (CSR)
  • Operational management techniques for transport, storage, allotment, distribution and customs clearance of goods
  • Mastery of the administrative and legal aspects of chartering
  • Control or supervise compliance with regulations
  • Ability to master management and operational team management techniques.
  • Mastery of the company’s internal and external communications
  • Mastery of project management and change management techniques.
  • Mastery of professional English

Required Qualities

  • Sense of organization and autonomy
  • Ability to summarize
  • Thoroughness
  • Responsiveness
  • Pragmatic
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Ability to manage work time
  • Ability to convince
  • Stress resistance

Average salary

Salaries are influenced by a number of factors, such as years of experience, seniority and company structure, all of which determine pay levels.

Between €24,000 and €30,000

gross per year for a junior

Up to around €50,000

gross per year for an expert