Illinois Transportation Jobs

Position Summary:

The Operations Manager oversees and manages the daily operation of a single shift in the distribution center responsible for accuracy, productivity, on-time delivery and safety. The Ops Manager will regularly communicate with the DC Manager regarding process improvements, goals and metrics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and assist Advisors/Supervisors in multiple departments (up to 100-125 AutoZoners and 10+ Advisors)

• Ability to motivate and work in a team environment

• Ensure that all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are on target for the operation

• Frequently attend and/or lead pre-shift meetings in different departments to communicate and prioritize assignments, safety issues and extra tasks

• Mentor, train and develop Advisors for career progression

• Develop and share best practices across shifts

• Drive continuous improvement to safety, quality, cost and delivery

• Communicate new policies and procedures to Advisors and AutoZoners

• Maintains a safe working environment while ensuring AutoZoners are implementing those practices including PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

• Ability to work in a Safety Sensitive environment

• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Yes

Education and/ or Experience:

Required:

High school diploma or GED

• Five to seven years’ of distribution/warehouse experience

• Understand the demands of a fast paced work environment involving receiving, stocking, inbound, outbound, replenishment, returns/recalls, etc.

• Must be flexible for shift schedule

• Cross functional experience overseeing multiple areas simultaneously

Preferred:

• P&L management

Experience operating Powered Industrial Equipment (PIE)

Certificated, Licenses, and Registrations

• None

Work Environment:

Factor

Description

Primary Work Site

• 95% indoors

• 5% outdoors

Temperature

• Controlled indoors, typical of a warehouse environment

• Varied outdoors

Noise

• Powered Industrial Equipment and tools, Fans and Cooling Systems, horns and paging systems

Hazards

• Should be aware of box cutter, ladders, Powered Industrial Equipment, and some chemical exposure (ex: batteries, coolant, oil, washer fluid, brake fluid, etc.)

Air Quality

• Overall good; some gasses, fumes and dust present

Work Surface

• Flat, even, hard, inclines and ramps, ladders and stairs, catwalks/scaffolds, parking lot

People

• Exposure to a variety of employees within designated departments

• Exposure to varied customers and vendors in a distribution environment

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. while pushing, pulling, lifting, bending and stooping and using lifting techniques and move loads

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to work extended/alternate shifts

• Constantly required to stand, walk, climb stairs, reach, kneel, crouch or crawl

• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust and focus

• Ability to hear safety horns, PIE horns, pre-shift announcements/safety messages and pages

• Ability to work in a Safety Sensitive environment (operation of PIE / heavy PIE traffic throughout the distribution center); moving conveyors, heights; maintain awareness of surroundings at all times and quick reaction time to hazardous conditions are necessary

AutoZone, and its subsidiary, ALLDATA are equal opportunity employers. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other legally protected categories.