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Company Description Chit Chats' vision is to help Canadians deliver their goods to the world with postage at unbelievable prices. We are a fast growing entrepreneurial company making a huge impact to Canadian entrepreneurs and businesses. As ecommerce removes borders, we donโt want high Canadian postal rates to be a barrier to world commerce. We aim to remove these physical and financial restraints to create a seamless, borderless and boundless world of opportunity for Canadians. If you relate with being Caring, Curious and Cheerful; we are looking forward to having you onboard! Job Description The Role We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager (Area Manager) to oversee our business operations in an assigned region. The Area Manager will be responsible for leading and managing daily operations to achieve business goals and maximize profitability. As an Area Manager, your duties also include guiding managers and staff in your region, setting performance objectives, evaluating and optimizing operational performance, ensuring regulatory and company standards are upheld, and preparing operations and financial reports. To be successful as an Area Manager, you should be able to lead and manage people, ensure operations run smoothly, and achieve revenue targets. Ultimately, a top-notch Area Manager should be able to perform efficiently in a high-pressure environment and demonstrate excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills. As the Area Manager, you are the front runner of our growth mission, responsible for opening new branches, and expanding the network according to the leadership team's strategic plan. Youโre responsible for providing leadership, direction and support to Chit Chatsโ managers, branch leads, fleet, fulfillment and increase customer accessibility within your region. You provide oversight of the branches and drop spots in your region to be in line with the business strategy and company culture to achieve organization goals. You plan and drive operations to ensure results are consistent with compliance policies and the overall strategic direction for the organization. You play a key role in protecting the bottom line by owning the hiring, staffing and development and retention of talent in the branches in your purview. You report to the National Ops and Logistics Director, and manage or oversee Branch Leads, Fleet, Warehouse, Fulfillment, Supplies, as well as other initiatives, assignments and projects Chit Chatsโ vision and goals. You will also work or collaborate with Ops Product Owner, Member Experience, Client Success, Compliance and Leadership to provide the support, training and optimizations needed to align your region with Chit Chatsโ vision and goals. You are the voice and ear for clients across your region, reporting trends and feedback to management. You plan and drive operational excellence to ensure results are consistent with compliance policies and the overall strategic direction for the organization. Under the direction of the National Ops and Logistics Director, the Area Manager is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day processes, resource optimization and systems development related to warehouse sort, and fulfillment process. Key tasks include implementing operations systems and directing personnel to create a lean process improvement. This position will oversee the main operation hub in your regional hub. The individual acts as the dedicated liaison between your warehouse team and all related Chit Chats departments. We consider every regional warehouse to be a well-oiled machine that operates with a client-centric mentality. To deliver on our promise to clients, we rely on exceptionally talented, bright, and committed people. This skilled multi-tasker will manage the receiving, handling, storing, picking, and packing activities of the warehouse, ensuring that quality standards are met or exceeded. The Area Manager must achieve inventory accuracy, coordinate order fulfillment, and track shipping times for millions of product orders every year. The ideal candidate is exceptionally detail-oriented and able to manage multiple facets of warehouse operations simultaneously. Responsibilities Achieving business goals and revenue targets. Overseeing daily operations, managing budgets, and setting performance objectives. Recruiting, training, and supporting managers and staff in your region, as well as conducting regular performance appraisals. Managing internal and external stakeholder relations and negotiating contracts as needed. Planning, evaluating, and optimizing operations to be efficient and cost-effective. Ensuring company standards and procedures are followed. Preparing and presenting monthly, quarterly, and annual statements, analyses, and reports of operations and finances. Dealing with and resolving escalated client issues, incident reports, and legal actions. Ensure optimal team health and performance in your region. Collaborate with your key stakeholders on hiring, training, onboarding and exit processes. Work closely to maintain high employee engagement, retention, performance, and address staff-related concerns. Accountable for your team performance and staffing plan. Review and monitor the performance of individuals in your team. Provide coaching, feedback and recognition in real-time, through regular 1:1s, quality assurance reviews and quarterly performance reviews. Enforce compliance of maintenance, upkeep, cleanliness, appearance and safety of all facilities in your region. Ensure all branches comply with health and safety standards, labor laws and all company policies. Expenses/budget: Accountable for your region's expenses, following protocol and headcount. Oversee the inventory and sales of business supplies and shipping supplies, returns. Lead and execute on branch network expansion strategic plan and make recommendations on how to improve the processes standardization and achieve consistent service levels and increase the sales volume with the help of operations excellence and sales teams. Cascade up/down communication: Complete daily check-in updates. Maintain open communication lines between leadership, managers and teams to ensure alignment and timely delivery of goals, projects and reports. Generate and compile reports such as scheduling, investigation and escalation logs, shipment turnarounds for your region. Ensure that the warehouse operates at peak efficiency - with customer satisfaction the primary goal - by supervising, organizing, and training warehouse employees and establishing, monitoring, and managing operational goals Develop warehouse operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements, equipment utilization, inventory, gate processes, and shipping methods Train and manage the warehouse team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short and long term performance goals Oversee daily operations while controlling and managing inventory and logistics Review and prepare workflows, staffing requirements, space allocations, equipment layouts, and action plans that meet company standards for productivity, quality, and client service Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by establishing and enforcing standards and procedures and by complying with legal regulations Take on extra tasks or projects based on organizational needs, including driver backup. -------------------------------- Gestionnaire rรฉgional(e) Le rรดle Nous sommes ร la recherche dโun(e) gestionnaire rรฉgional(e) expรฉrimentรฉ(e) pour superviser nos activitรฉs commerciales dans une rรฉgion assignรฉe. Le ou la gestionnaire rรฉgional(e) sera responsable de diriger et de gรฉrer les opรฉrations quotidiennes afin dโatteindre les objectifs dโaffaires et de maximiser la rentabilitรฉ. ร ce titre, vos fonctions comprendront รฉgalement lโencadrement des gestionnaires et du personnel de votre rรฉgion, lโรฉtablissement dโobjectifs de rendement, lโรฉvaluation et lโoptimisation de la performance opรฉrationnelle, la conformitรฉ aux normes rรฉglementaires et aux politiques de lโentreprise, ainsi que la prรฉparation de rapports opรฉrationnels et financiers. Pour rรฉussir dans ce rรดle, vous devez รชtre capable de diriger et de gรฉrer des รฉquipes, de veiller au bon dรฉroulement des opรฉrations et dโatteindre les objectifs de revenus. En fin de compte, un(e) excellent(e) gestionnaire rรฉgional(e) doit รชtre capable de travailler efficacement dans un environnement sous pression et de dรฉmontrer dโexcellentes aptitudes en rรฉsolution de problรจmes et en prise de dรฉcision. En tant que gestionnaire rรฉgional(e), vous รชtes ร lโavant-plan de notre mission de croissance, responsable de lโouverture de nouvelles succursales et de lโexpansion du rรฉseau conformรฉment au plan stratรฉgique de lโรฉquipe de direction. Vous รชtes responsable de fournir leadership, orientation et soutien aux gestionnaires, aux responsables de succursale, aux รฉquipes de flotte et dโexรฉcution, tout en augmentant lโaccessibilitรฉ pour les clients dans votre rรฉgion. Vous assurez la supervision des succursales et des points de dรฉpรดt de votre rรฉgion afin quโils soient alignรฉs sur la stratรฉgie dโaffaires et la culture de lโentreprise, dans le but dโatteindre les objectifs organisationnels. Vous planifiez et dirigez les opรฉrations afin dโassurer des rรฉsultats conformes aux politiques de conformitรฉ et ร lโorientation stratรฉgique globale de lโorganisation. Vous jouez รฉgalement un rรดle clรฉ dans la protection de la rentabilitรฉ en รฉtant responsable de lโembauche, de la planification des effectifs, du dรฉveloppement et de la rรฉtention des talents dans les succursales sous votre responsabilitรฉ. Vous relevez du directeur national des opรฉrations et de la logistique et supervisez ou gรฉrez les responsables de succursale, la flotte, lโentrepรดt, lโexรฉcution des commandes et les fournitures, ainsi que diverses initiatives, mandats et projets liรฉs ร la vision et aux objectifs de Chit Chats. Vous collaborerez รฉgalement avec le ou la responsable produit des opรฉrations, les รฉquipes Expรฉrience membre, Rรฉussite client, Conformitรฉ et Direction afin de fournir le soutien, la formation et les optimisations nรฉcessaires pour aligner votre rรฉgion sur la vision et les objectifs de Chit Chats. Vous รชtes la voix et lโoreille des clients dans votre rรฉgion, en signalant les tendances et les commentaires ร la direction. Vous planifiez et favorisez lโexcellence opรฉrationnelle afin dโassurer des rรฉsultats conformes aux politiques de conformitรฉ et ร lโorientation stratรฉgique globale de lโorganisation. Sous la direction du directeur national des opรฉrations et de la logistique, le ou la gestionnaire rรฉgional(e) est responsable de superviser les processus quotidiens, lโoptimisation des ressources et le dรฉveloppement des systรจmes liรฉs au tri en entrepรดt et au processus dโexรฉcution des commandes. Les principales tรขches comprennent la mise en ลuvre de systรจmes opรฉrationnels et la gestion du personnel afin de crรฉer des amรฉliorations de processus allรฉgรฉs. Ce poste supervise le principal centre opรฉrationnel de votre rรฉgion. La personne agit comme liaison dรฉdiรฉe entre lโรฉquipe de lโentrepรดt et les diffรฉrents services de Chit Chats. Nous considรฉrons chaque entrepรดt rรฉgional comme une machine bien huilรฉe fonctionnant avec une mentalitรฉ centrรฉe sur le client. Pour tenir notre promesse envers les clients, nous comptons sur des personnes exceptionnellement talentueuses, brillantes et engagรฉes. Ce ou cette multitรขche qualifiรฉ(e) gรฉrera les activitรฉs de rรฉception, de manutention, dโentreposage, de prรฉparation et dโemballage dans lโentrepรดt, en veillant ร ce que les normes de qualitรฉ soient respectรฉes ou dรฉpassรฉes. Le ou la gestionnaire rรฉgional(e) doit assurer lโexactitude de lโinventaire, coordonner lโexรฉcution des commandes et suivre les dรฉlais dโexpรฉdition pour des millions de commandes de produits chaque annรฉe. Le candidat ou la candidate idรฉal(e) est extrรชmement attentif(ve) aux dรฉtails et capable de gรฉrer simultanรฉment plusieurs aspects des opรฉrations dโentrepรดt. Responsabilitรฉs Atteindre les objectifs dโaffaires et les cibles de revenus. Superviser les opรฉrations quotidiennes, gรฉrer les budgets et รฉtablir des objectifs de rendement. Recruter, former et soutenir les gestionnaires et le personnel de votre rรฉgion, ainsi que rรฉaliser des รฉvaluations de rendement rรฉguliรจres. Gรฉrer les relations avec les parties prenantes internes et externes et nรฉgocier des contrats au besoin. Planifier, รฉvaluer et optimiser les opรฉrations afin dโassurer efficacitรฉ et rentabilitรฉ. Veiller au respect des normes et procรฉdures de lโentreprise. Prรฉparer et prรฉsenter des rapports mensuels, trimestriels et annuels, ainsi que des analyses et des bilans des opรฉrations et des finances. Traiter et rรฉsoudre les problรจmes clients escaladรฉs, les rapports dโincident et les dossiers juridiques. Assurer la santรฉ et la performance optimales de lโรฉquipe dans votre rรฉgion. Collaborer avec les parties prenantes clรฉs pour les processus dโembauche, de formation, dโintรฉgration et de dรฉpart. Travailler รฉtroitement pour maintenir un niveau รฉlevรฉ dโengagement des employรฉs, de rรฉtention et de performance, tout en traitant les prรฉoccupations liรฉes au personnel. รtre responsable de la performance de votre รฉquipe et du plan de dotation. Examiner et surveiller la performance des membres de lโรฉquipe. Fournir du coaching, de la rรฉtroaction et de la reconnaissance en temps rรฉel, notamment lors de rencontres individuelles rรฉguliรจres, de vรฉrifications dโassurance qualitรฉ et dโรฉvaluations de rendement trimestrielles. Faire respecter les normes dโentretien, de propretรฉ, dโapparence et de sรฉcuritรฉ dans toutes les installations de votre rรฉgion. Sโassurer que toutes les succursales respectent les normes de santรฉ et de sรฉcuritรฉ, les lois du travail et les politiques de lโentreprise. Dรฉpenses et budget : รชtre responsable des dรฉpenses de votre rรฉgion en respectant les protocoles et les effectifs. Superviser lโinventaire et les ventes de fournitures dโentreprise et de fournitures dโaffranchissement, ainsi que les retours. Diriger et mettre en ลuvre le plan stratรฉgique dโexpansion du rรฉseau de succursales et formuler des recommandations pour amรฉliorer la normalisation des processus, assurer des niveaux de service cohรฉrents et augmenter le volume des ventes avec lโaide des รฉquipes dโexcellence opรฉrationnelle et des ventes. Communication ascendante et descendante : effectuer des mises ร jour quotidiennes. Maintenir des canaux de communication ouverts entre la direction, les gestionnaires et les รฉquipes afin dโassurer lโalignement et la livraison rapide des objectifs, des projets et des rapports. Produire et compiler des rapports tels que les horaires, les enquรชtes, les journaux dโescalade et les dรฉlais de traitement des envois dans votre rรฉgion. Veiller ร ce que lโentrepรดt fonctionne ร son efficacitรฉ maximale โ avec la satisfaction des clients comme objectif principal โ en supervisant, organisant et formant les employรฉs