Description
Come work with us! Savage has been designated by USA Today as a Top Workplace and also received recognition as a Military Friendly Employer and a Top Company for Women to Work For in Transportation.
Military Veterans and Reservists are encouraged to apply.
Savage Services is currently hiring for a Senior Operations Manager who will be responsible for the overall management, growth and development of our Intermountain Transportation businesses based in the Carbon County, UT region.
Responsibilities / Job Duties:
- Assigned to oversee Coal Service operation
- Lead and mentor other managers and supervisors
- Live and lead “Nothing Trumps Safety at Savage”
- Oversee the operations and logistics, and maintain a very proactive and forward looking forecasting system for logistics planning
- Manage relationships and contracts with contractors and customers
- Demonstrate an "ownership" mentality
- Using Savage's S7 Operating System to manage the complete operations, logistics and business functions
- Lead the effort to grow Savage's current business by researching, identifying, and evaluating new potential opportunities
- Administer services agreements between Savage and its customers
- Assist efforts to identify and develop logistics / operations opportunities
- Oversee development and implementation of operational business plans and budgets
- Provide leadership in implementation and execution of Savage System
- Understand customer's key requirements and ensure that they are met
- Create an environment where people are committed to safety, professionalism and cleanliness
- Develop systems to maximize the effective utilization of people and equipment
- Profit and loss, budgeting, planning, projecting, variance analysis and manage key performance indicators
Requirements/Qualifications:
- Ability to hire, train and treat employees right
- Ability to identify, analyze and solve problems
- The ability to develop and build successful teams and bench strength
- Ability to promote a culture where safety and environmental issues are held at a premium
- Timely and effective follow-up and follow through with customer, employees and company (do what you say you're going to do)
- Good written and oral skills with an ability to communicate with co-workers, customers, and other company personnel
- Strong Microsoft Office skills (specifically Excel and Word)
- Self-starter capable of working independently, in line with company goals, strategies and policies
- Creative and strategic in approaching issues
- Commercial project conceptualization and development ability
- Good analytical, planning and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and carry critical projects to completion
- Ability to read and understand financial statements
- Ability to work with multiple operations and multiple tasks
- Strong presentation skills both in an internal company setting and in a customer setting
- Ability to lead a start-up operation
Education/Experience:
- 5-7 years related work experience demonstrating leadership capabilities
- Ability to travel within Mountain Transportation Unit as needed
- Ideal candidate will have experience in one or more of the following industry areas:
- Logistics, operations, and/or business development
- Bulk commodity transportation
- Pneumatic trailer experience a plus
- Terminal operations and/or business development
- Possess experience in some or all of the following areas:
- Management experience with responsibility for developing and executing budgets
- Customer and contractor contract negotiation and administration
- Business development/commercial experience
- Cultivating strong business partnerships with customers, suppliers, and key contractors
- Recruiting, developing, and leading a team
- Identifying and implementing solutions to commercial, operating and financial problems
- Requires approximately 15-20% regular travel and heavy travel cycles are common. (Principle travel inside Mountain Trucking Unit, international travel infrequent)
- A complete job description is available upon request
- Savage is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace
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