About us LSG Sky Chefs is one of the world's largest airline catering and hospitality providers, known for its outstanding reputation and dynamic approach in the industry. Voted "Airline Caterer of the Year in North America" for 2023 and 2024, we are committed to excellence and innovation, driven by the dedication and expertise of our talented employees. Our team members are the heart and soul of our success, consistently delivering exceptional culinary experiences and outstanding service to our clients and their passengers across North and Latin America. Role Purpose Statement As an Operations Manager for Transportation at LSG Sky Chefs, your role is to ensure the smooth and efficient control of all transportation activities under customer policies and requirements. Additionally, you must ensure compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, FDA, HACCP, safety, health, environmental, and other regulations. What You Will Do Strategically plan, organize, and manage a department with regards to daily hours, schedules, productivity, quality and safety. Responsible for department costs to budget through effective manpower planning, scheduling and overtime usage Ensure compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), safety, health, environmental and other regulations Ensure on-time and accurate production in the preparation of food/equipment and catering of flights Investigate customer quality issues, develop and implement corrective actions Maintain an ongoing, positive and pro-active relationship with all internal and external customers Attend the daily operations briefing Ensure par levels of customer inventory and customer specific goods Provide data for the development of an annual business plan and budgeting for the department Ensure optimal deployment of human, technical and material resources in the department Initiate and control continuous optimization of processes What You Should Have For This Role Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred three to five years of directly related experience required in a management role Experience in using and managing Variable Production Systems and schedules Strong presentation, communication, training and interpersonal skills Proven success in improving work processes and leading change in a complex, fast environment Excellent analytical and conceptual skills Demonstrable record of understanding and meeting customer expectations Proven track record of understanding the drivers of product and labor cost variances Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows-based computer application
Job Title
Transportation Manager