Vice President Operations Jobs

State Street Poultry & Provisions, a Holly Poultry company, has been providing poultry and other proteins to the Baltimore area for more than 60 years. Today, Holly Poultry’s geographic reach has expanded across the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast, selling to a wide variety of customers from small intercity grocery stores to national restaurant chains and food service distributors. Hollys rapidly growing business supports customers nationwide.

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We are currently hiring for: Vice President of Operations

The Vice President of Operations will hold key responsibilities such as identifying opportunities for growth, interfacing with sales management to gain additional business through expanded product offerings and finding new customer segments for future business. The Vice President of Operations is also expected to take a lead role in developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers/brokers which are key to success of the business.  

Leadership:

• Identify and address operational issues by working collaboratively with colleagues across the company to resolve issues, limit cross-company negative impacts and share learnings.
• Create a sustainable culture of process improvement by driving learning and process improvement feedback loops throughout Operations.
• Serves as a positive change agent within the organization and a role model for the company’s core values.
• Advises the CEO on business strategy, stakeholder relations, and critical partnerships.
• Ability to manage by delegation as a means of creating learning opportunities and bringing diverse perspective with a track record of holding people accountable.

Operations:

• Provide a work environment that prioritizes the health and safety of our employees.
• Direct and oversee transportation-related operations. 
• Oversees compliance with relevant regulations and policies.
• Manage and optimize operational performance related to warehouse layout, delivery routes, efficient warehouse operations and other programs to enhance profitability. 
• Provides support for intermediate and long-term facilities capacity planning and execution in alignment with/in anticipation of company growth and acquisition plans.
• Evaluate and improve operations to move the business from Good to Great
• Ability to define and implement a scalable strategic growth plan
• Ensure daily business practices meet operational goals and produce maximum efficiency.

Financial:

• Establish key metrics to monitor Company performance for team and corporate management. 
• Works closely with CFO and Finance team on multi-year projections, financial reporting, and budgeting.
• Create and leverage procurement strategies across the spectrum of purchases to maximize value for the organization.
• Managing activity within defined annual plan targets while delivering performance objectives
• Set operational goals and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for departments to evaluate performance and identify areas of opportunity.

Qualifications:

• Manage the team to ensure that all business functions are performed in accordance with corporate policies, programs, and sound business practice.  
• Deliver high-quality service to customers. 
• Build and maintain relationships that guide, motivate, and reinforce positive performance of all Company team members toward goal accomplishments. 
• Lead by example that demonstrates the core values of company. 
• Seek and provide performance feedback and coaching and develop self and others to improve capabilities in current role to prepare for future roles.  
• Strong executive presence with the ability to set vision and strategy for operations and lead the organization through large scale change.
• Seven to ten years of progressive leadership and change management experience.
• Candidate must successfully pass post-offer/pre-employment drug and background screen.
• Ten years of experience working in a distribution environment, preferably in the perishable food industry
• Must possess a constructive and collaborative leadership style that drives engagement, excellence, and accountability.
• Bachelor's degree (BA) from four-year college or university, (MBA) preferred.

Holly Poultry, Inc. and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.