Operations Manager

The Role

GTI is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead our production team in our Abingdon, Virginia facility. As Operations Manager, you'll coordinate with on the ground leadership to direct all the daily processes and long-term targets of our production facility in Abingdon, VA. You'll grind away at the details of managing internal resources to maximize safety, compliance, efficiency, productivity and culture. You'll also blaze the path toward creating and developing the multilevel professional team in Abingdon, VA, and you'll work closely with the management team to keep every detail of the facility up to snuff. You will be the one to ensure product quality standards are maintained, complete and accurate orders are processed and delivered, and inventory integrity is maintained. The operational duties are mostly hands-on and direct in nature and require substantial time be spent on the plant floor working closely and directly with all production employees. A strong leader knows that success is always a joint effort, and the Operations Manager will also excel at working with leadership from GTI Headquarters to help make sure GTI is smoking the competition at every level!

Responsibilities

• Oversee all strategic planning and vision for facility plant operations for processing, packaging, maintenance, quality and logistics / fulfillment
• Manager all facility activities working closely with departmental managers ensuring wholesale objectives are accomplished on time and budget
• Partner with facility General Manager on budgeting; Analysis of facility data,including efficiency metrics, labor variance analysis, defect rates, cost drivers, volume and capacity planning, etc. to make recommendations on optimal quality and efficiency improvements and capital expenditures
• Develop and produce reporting to clearly illustrate the trends of the business
• Manage and maintain a company culture consistent with the culture established at GTI corporate of accountability, transparency and enjoyment
• Participate in developing and implementing rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to advance GTI's mission, vision, goals and objectives
• Continuously improvethe skills, knowledge and morale of all employees; create an environment where the entire team does the same
• Implement and maintain wholesale facility and equipment preventative maintenance program; replace, or make adjustments to plant facilities and equipment when necessary
• Ensurecompliance with local, state, and federal billing or licensing requirements
• Will berequired to be on-call and to respond to emergency situations at any time.This may include scheduling issues, potentially covering a vacant shift, facility issues and / or human resources requirements
• Other duties as assigned

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