Vice President of Operations

The role

The Vice President of Operations provides strategic and operational leadership for the nonprofit organization's distribution network, warehouse, production, and transportation. This role ensures the safe and efficient movement of food across a multi-site network to support community needs.

What you will do

• Develop and execute multi-year operational strategies.
• Provide senior leadership for warehouse, inventory, center, production, transportation, and safety functions.
• Oversee warehouse operations, inventory management, and product movement.
• Provide oversight for center operations, production activities, and food processing.
• Provide strategic oversight for transportation operations, logistics planning, and fleet utilization.
• Lead and strengthen the organization's operational safety culture.
• Develop and manage budgets for assigned operational functions.
• Lead, coach, and develop directors and managers.
• Manage operational performance metrics and reporting.
• Provide strategic oversight of facilities operations and infrastructure planning.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations Management, Business Administration, Food Systems, or a related field
• 10 to 15 years of progressive leadership experience in operations, logistics, warehousing, inventory management, production, transportation, distribution, supply chain, food distribution, manufacturin
• 5 years leading managers, directors, or multiple operational functions across a complex or multi-site environment
• Experience overseeing warehouse operations, inventory management, transportation, facilities, food safety, workplace safety, production, distribution, or logistics functions
• Knowledge of operational performance management, inventory controls, food safety, workplace safety, DOT requirements, OSHA expectations, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance
• Experience leading multi-shift or multi-site operations and managing complex product flow, capacity planning, labor planning, equipment, facilities, and logistics decisions
• Ability to analyze operational data, develop performance metrics, manage budgets, allocate resources, evaluate capital investments, and drive continuous improvement
• Leadership, communication, problem-solving, change management, project management, and relationship-building skills
• Experience building high-performing teams and developing leaders
• Dependable transportation and ability and flexibility to travel throughout the organization's 13-county service area

Nice to have

• Master's degree
• Equivalent combination of education and experience
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, process optimization, warehouse automation, transportation optimization, operational technology, ERP, WMS, or related systems

About the company

livinghr is a nonprofit organization with a multi-site distribution network.