Operations Manager - Seller Support - eCommerce

Position Description: Operations Manager

Summary of Responsibilities

- Lead and manage a team of 5- 7 Seller Support Managers and 200 - 250 Seller Support Associates; responsible for the overall direction and performance of the teams.

- Ability to set the vision, direction, and culture of the team by managing individual and team performance expectations and goals, monitoring real time service levels and schedule adherence, and holding the team accountable for meeting and exceeding performance targets.

- Manage the career growth and development of the Seller Support Leadership team by driving focus on organization's Leadership Principles.

- Play a critical role in building management depth by providing guidance and mentorship to all levels of leadership within the organizational unit.

- Responsible for Training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; rewarding and disciplining employees; resolving conflicts; staffing; and development of employees, Standard Operating Procedures, high quality and productivity within the department.

- Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organization policies and procedures; additional responsibilities include interviewing, training and motivating employees; planning, assigning and directing work; rewarding and disciplining employees; and effective conflict resolution.

- Effectively partners and builds productive working relationships with direct reports, peers, leadership, and other departments.

- Manage the career growth and development of the team by driving focus on companies- Core Values. Plays a critical role in building management depth by providing guidance and mentorship to all levels of leadership within their organizational units, as well as serving as an outstanding role model Operations and Project Management.

- Manage workflow, handle escalations, proactively engage resources to address issues and effectively delegate workload across the leadership team.

- Drive creation of staffing plans, schedules, quality initiatives, process change initiatives, Lean/Kaizen activities, and other change/Six Sigma initiatives.

- Participate on business leadership meetings, helping to develop and drive strategies and programs which improve the competitive position and profitability of the organization

- Works to build and maintain seller trust.

- Solving complex seller support issues and proactively heading off negative service trends.

- Identifying and eliminating root cause barriers to accuracy, productivity, and quality

- Understanding and correctly utilizing resources provided by internal systems, departments, policies, and procedures

- Developing and achieving performance goals and objectives in order to achieve seller promise expectations

- Participates on business leadership meetings, representing Seller Support business unit to VP and/or SVP level management

- Develops and drives strategies and programs which improve the competitive position and profitability of the organization

Knowledge & Skills/ Business Acumen/ Education & Experience

- Ability to stay focused and keeps up with our continuous and fast-paced growth

- Ability to motivate others to meet the daily challenges of an extremely deadline-driven environment

- Ability to demonstrate strong commitment to employee development (including an emphasis on selection and retention), as well as an exceptional level of dedication, motivation and intelligence

- Strong communication skills as well as a strong technical and analytical aptitude are required

- Must be comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, high-energy environment and will display creative and analytical problem solving with an unrelenting passion for excellent customer service

- Ability to drive quality, productivity, and process improvements and keep pace with our growth while motivating others to meet the challenges of an extremely customer-focused and metrics driven environment

- Ability to be a cost owner and drive cost effective measures in the department and across the organization

- Ability to manage and drive process related automation with technical team where needed

Personal attributes and competencies:

- Demonstrated intense customer focus

- Demonstrated highest level of integrity, intellectual honesty, and strong work ethic

- Sharp, analytical, and thoughtful. Has sound judgment and ability to be right a lot. Thoroughly thinks through problems to come up with solutions. Applies fair and consistent criteria. Gathers the right input/data. Uses intuition. Is decisive. Makes good decisions when analysis of data is not sufficient to reach a conclusion

- Proven ability to drive continuous improvement for the entire site

- Proven ability to successfully thrive in an ambiguous environment and changing market conditions

- Simplifier but at the same time things big, takes smart risks, is innovative and can think out of the box. Develops original ideas, approaches, and solutions to typical, unusual, or difficult situations or problems

- Takes initiative. Doesn't wait to be asked. Plans efficiently while avoiding analysis paralysis

- Consistent effort, intense commitment, and willingness to go above and beyond when needed

- Strong team player, behaves like an owner, and ultimately focused on delivering results with high standards

- Demonstrated ability to develop, direct, and manage a group of salaried employees including managing career growth and development of leadership team by driving focus on organization's Core Values and Leadership Principles.

- Demonstrated ability in developing and implementing new strategies and procedures.

- Demonstrated ability in managing reporting and analysis.

- Demonstrated ability to put team priorities into a larger business context and make difficult tradeoffs caused by new or changed business goals and/or resource reductions.

- Specialized degree (BA/BS) or higher in a relevant field required. A Master's degree in Management is preferred.

- 10+ year's successful experience in Operations with demonstrated progressively increasing responsibility

- Should have led a team of at least 150 - 250 heads.

- Understanding of Lean and Six Sigma and a keen interest in and familiarity with technical systems.

- Excellent knowledge of statistical concepts and their application to operations along with expertise in the use of technical/statistical tools to drive quality and process improvement is strongly preferred

- Advanced knowledge of Excel, strong presentation skills, and the ability to motivate and inspire large groups of people are a must

- Project Management experience