Senior Operations Manager - Regional Distribution Center - Fridley, Mn

Target Target · Retail · Fridley, MN

Senior Operations Manager for a Regional Distribution Center, focusing on safety, continuous improvement, and team leadership. Requires experience in operations, performance metrics, and process improvement, with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Foster a “safety first” culture through awareness, training and accountability.
  2. Guide other operational leaders to achieve established standards of service, quality, accuracy and productivity.
  3. Leverage key metrics, Lean Six Sigma, GEMBA walks and other activities to understand what’s working well and where to improve.
  4. Enable teams to do their best work in an environment of innovation, calculated risk, testing and learning.
  5. Motivate and inspire teams by getting to know them and championing their unique strengths.

Skills

Required

  • Four year degree or 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing, production, or distribution environment with management/supervisory experience
  • Experience with performance metrics and process improvement
  • Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Ability to motivate others with strong conflict management and problem solving skills
  • Experience with the full staffing lifecycle
  • Ability to work a variety of hours including overnight, weekends and holidays
  • Ability to access all areas of the DC
  • Ability to read and interpret necessary policies and procedures
  • Strong inclusion acumen