Senior Operations Manager
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Role Overview
A multinational premium food distribution organization is seeking a Senior Operations Manager for its Dubai office.
The organization supplies high-quality food products to hospitality, fine dining, retail, and catering sectors.
The role oversees warehouse operations and logistics, including receiving, inventory, storage, dispatch, vehicles, and facility maintenance.
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Role Overview
A multinational premium food distribution organization is seeking a Senior Operations Manager for its Dubai office.
The organization supplies high-quality food products to hospitality, fine dining, retail, and catering sectors.
The role oversees warehouse operations and logistics, including receiving, inventory, storage, dispatch, vehicles, and facility maintenance.
Warehouse and Inventory Operations
- Verify received goods against invoices and inspect deliveries for quality defects, damage, and quantity discrepancies.
- Receive air and sea shipments and report delivery issues to management.
- Weigh, code, label, and store products according to defined systems, including FIFO procedures.
- Monitor expiry dates and provide regular reports to management.
- Control stock and ensure products remain secure and properly documented.
- Reconcile SAP stock with physical stock through regular spot checks and stock counts.
Dispatch and Delivery Operations
- Schedule vehicles and allocate deliveries to meet customer timing, quantity, and quality requirements.
- Ensure deliveries are dispatched promptly and coordinate closely with delivery staff.
- Inspect delivery returns, document reasons, and send reports and supporting documents to relevant departments.
- Ensure the exact products ordered on sales invoices are delivered.
- Prepare order locations for afternoon and following-day deliveries.
- File dispatch documentation and send signed invoices promptly to finance.
Facilities, Safety, and Security
- Maintain, repair, and replace warehouse equipment when needed.
- Keep the warehouse organized and clean and ensure vehicles are cleaned according to schedule.
- Manage product disposal after obtaining required approvals.
- Enforce hygiene, no-smoking, uniform, security-shoe, and warehouse-key controls.
- Supervise security staff and implement security policies.
- Support maintenance and repair of buildings, equipment, and AMC contracts.
People and Cross-Functional Coordination
- Develop, train, direct, and define responsibilities for warehouse staff.
- Coordinate with accounts, reception, managers, delivery staff, and other employees using email communication.
- Represent the food safety, recall, and emergency response teams and participate in their activities.
Role Requirements
- Familiarity with company products and storage systems used by suppliers and vendors.
- Ability to coordinate with operational teams and delivery staff.
- Ability to supervise, develop, train, and direct warehouse staff.
- Knowledge of food safety, recall, emergency response, and warehouse security procedures.
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