Senior Operations Manager

RXO

$100K — $120K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5 years of experience in supply chain management, domestic or international
  • Working knowledge of transportation, warehousing, distribution, and inventory management
  • Experience with financial management and operational analysis
  • Ability to work extended hours, including travel to multiple locations
  • Solid skills in KPI tracking and data-driven decision making

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement strategies for transportation operations
  • Own KPI reporting and standardization across multiple business segments
  • Lead the integration of AI and automation initiatives
  • Develop and deploy management solutions for transportation operations
  • Supervise transportation team to meet service standards
  • Identify cost-saving initiatives and manage customer accounts
  • Implement best practices for operational risk management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) retirement plan with up to 5% company match
  • Pre-tax accounts for eligible expenses
  • Company-paid disability and life insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Career and Leadership Development Programs
  • Paid time off, company holidays, and volunteer days
Full Job Description
As a Senior Operations Manager at RXO, you will provide strategic leadership and direction for our Transportation Management services offering. You'll also define opportunities for improvement and efficiencies, while identifying areas of growth. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself.

What your day-to-day will look like:
  • Define requirements for transportation operations and ensure the implementation of new strategies and initiatives to effectively meet or exceed company requirements and customer expectations
  • Own KPI reporting and standardization across multiple segments of the business
  • Implementation of AI and Automation initiatives
  • Develop and deploy transportation operational and management solutions, and establish business controls and processes to support regional transportation operations
  • Provide direct supervisory control of transportation team to ensure service level standards are met
  • Identify and deploy a broad range of customer cost-saving initiatives through established processes; achieve budget and operating income goals
  • Lead HR development efforts through appropriate training, development, and succession planning
  • Identify growth opportunities with current and new customers; perform account management functions for select customers
  • Recognize and manage operational risks/security practices; implement best practices and provide a safe work environment; support legal processes and enable legal dispute resolutions


At a minimum, you'll need:
  • 5 years of experience in supply chain management (domestic or international)
  • Working knowledge of and experience in the functional areas of transportation, warehousing, distribution, inventory planning and management, network analysis and materials management
  • Experience with financial management and business integration; HR technical skills, financial and cost analysis, KPI development and tracking, Operational performance analysis, Data-driven decision making, Continuous improvement initiatives, Workflow automation experience, Forecasting and demand planning
  • Availability to work extended hours, including evenings, nights and weekends; available for travel to customer and multiple operating locations


It'd be great if you also have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Logistics or Business Analytics, MBA
  • 8 years of experience in transportation and logistics management
  • P&L experience
  • Proven leadership and collaboration skills with experience effectively supervising, coaching, and influencing employees
  • Excellent analytical, communication and time management skills
  • API Integration experience, Machine learning fundamentals, Statistical modeling, Forecasting techniques experience,
  • Excel (advanced formulas, Power Query, pivot tables
  • SQL, Python, Power BI or Tableau experience


Does this sound like you? Check out what else RXO has to offer.

Why Join Us:

Our Benefits
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) retirement plan with up to 5% company match
  • Pre-tax accounts to help streamline eligible expenses
  • Company-paid disability and life insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Career and Leadership Development Programs
  • Paid time off, company holidays, and volunteer days


Our Culture

Our values are the key to our unique culture and our ability to deliver for everyone we serve.

We do great things when we are inclusive and work together. To perform with excellence, we learn from one another, value diverse perspectives, operate safely and build strong relationships.

The Next Step
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