LOGISTICS/SR OPERATIONS MANAGER III
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Job overview
The Logistics/Sr Operations Manager III provides leadership for day-to-day operations at a highly complex distribution site, supporting the general manager across safety, productivity, and associate engagement. The role oversees operating performance, workforce management, budgets, and collaboration with retail partners, while serving as site leader when the general manager is absent. It also supervises and coaches direct reports and may require travel across the Kroger network.
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Full job description
Provide leadership and direction to ensure performance in the site's day to day operations, processes, and systems. Directly support the general manager of a highly complex distribution operation regarding all facets of site safety, productivity, and associate engagement to drive operating efficiency and customer satisfaction. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety. RESPONSIBILITIES - Oversee all activities related to daily operations and aligning the business, people and safety practices to achieve key metrics in sites of high-level complexity
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Act as site leader in his/her absence and lead other department heads in problem solving through collaborative efforts
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Ensure proper and safe work methods are utilized while following operation standards and maximizing productivity/performance
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Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce and/or distribute safe, quality foods and other merchandise that meet regulatory and company requirements
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Monitor and meet all order accuracy requirements, maintaining a Full, Fresh and Friendly mindset that focuses on quality receiving and shipping of orders
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Understand how current technologies, regulations and vendor/supplier dynamics are impacting the business
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Manage, plan and control operating costs and facility budgets
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Manage the workforce to meet site business objectives
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Support collaboration with retail partners to improve service
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Travel as needed across the Kroger network
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Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
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Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
QUALIFICATIONS Minimum
Associate Degree business related field or equivalent work experience
3+ years supervision experience in distribution or manufacturing
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Proven ability to lead, train and motivate a team and ability to develop others
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders and peers
Strong followup and accountability skills
Strong critical thinking skills, attention to detail and ability to draw conclusions
Excellent oral/written communication skills
Desired
Bachelors Degree
Any experience managing both union and nonunion associates
5+ years distribution or manufacturing experience
How this job compares
Set against the 8,393 open Operations Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$78–110K/yr188 salary ranges
- US median$21–28/hr627 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 434 open Operations Manager jobs in Ohio and 8,393 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Operations Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (6,293 postings).
- Education
- 1,800 of the 8,393 open Operations Manager jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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