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Manager of Operations

Lessen

Lessen

Operations
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Manager of Operations provides leadership, support, and ensures alignment to the strategic direction driven by leadership to a team. This position is responsible for high operational output & performance, forecasting, scheduling, intra-day, and/or change management, along with delivering operational excellence. Additionally, this position is responsible for creating and developing relationships with internal and external clients.

What You'll Do:

  • Provide analytical support for the department and leadership; creatively develop workforce staffing solutions, daily workforce schedules and intra-daily scheduling solutions
  • Create work order forecasts by drawing on historical, current, and metric-based data
  • Develop and present industry/market research findings, trends, benchmarking and other pertinent information to internal teams, clients and senior leadership
  • Analyze trends and gather input critical to operations to ensure optimum productivity and operational results are accurately reported
  • Drive operational efficiency by managing team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and SLAs
  • Analyze data and forecast potential impacts to operations; ensures ability to meet SLAs for all team activity
  • Develop key client relationships; collaborate with key stakeholders in markets to devise solutions to client issues
  • Work cross-functionally with other teams to manage vendors in region(s); make strategic decisions about capacity planning and fulfillment of services
  • Contribute to various strategic projects that drive better outcomes, improved efficiencies, technology enhancements and scalability for the department
  • Identify business opportunities based on analysis reports; examples include consolidating queues, changing hours
  • Coordinate and track productivity; provide ongoing detailed variance explanations and recommends solutions when needed
  • Attend regular client status meetings, if applicable
  • Responsible for delivery and development of the capacity planning function as a key member of the contact center leadership team, if applicable
  • Ensure confidentiality of internal and external data
  • Perform ad-hoc projects and other duties as assigned

You Should Have:

  • Computer Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook required
  • Proficient in all people management processes, including recruitment, performance management and reward
  • Proficient in building, growing and developing a team; including department structure design and resourcing
  • Proficient in coaching and developing individual team members to reach their potential
  • Proficient in engaging a team through communication, processes, personal impact and influence

Preferred Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 6 + years business experience, including 5 or more years building and/or managing accounts/stores/regions, particularly within the retail industry
  • Experience managing and leading individuals or small teams
  • Trade experience preferred
  • Facilities industry experience preferred