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WESCO
Region Director
Career Insights for Vice President of Operations
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What they do
A Vice President of Operations oversees all operations for a company or organization. Manages product development, construction, production, purchasing, and customer service as well as preparing budgets, overseeing scheduling and monitoring budget costs.
$176,818 / year median in New Jersey
+11% projected growth
Job Description
As the Region Director, you will be responsible for daily operations across a designed geography consisting of multiple distribution and services facilities. You will be accountable for collaborating with business leaders across the organization to execute our enterprise and commercial strategies in order to ensure profitable growth, safe business practices, and consistent operational excellence resulting in exceptional customer service. You will be directly responsible for our daily operations, p/l management, staff operations, and alignment with our enterprise and commercial partners.
Responsibilities:
- + Manages day-to-day operational activities for up to numerous distribution locations in a designed geographic area + Works with cross functional partners to develop strategic and operational plans to achieve results and ensure alignment with company goals and objectives + Aligns and influence's function, product and customer segment resources to ensure objectives are aligned with business to ensure business objectives are achieved + Conducts regular business reviews with region, district and branch leadership to ensure performance against objectives and to provide coaching, assistance and motivation to achieve objectives.
Qualifications:
- + Bachelors Degree
- Business Administration or related field required; Masters Degree preferred + Licenses/Certificates/Designations
- Lean Six Sigma Designation + 10 years professional sales and business operations experience in a related industry + 5 years supervising and managing staff and business at branch or district level + Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources + Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction + Strong verbal, written, analytical, persuasion and interpersonal skills + Demonstrated competency with managing one's own time and time of others + Excellent communication and computer skills + Demonstrate teamwork, leadership and flexibility + Strong analytical skills and ability to discern information and set direction based on large amounts of financial and operational reports + Strong sales skills with the ability to coach and mentor + Leadership running multi-site operations and managing a diverse and large management base + Knowledge of wholesale distribution products and markets + Ability to travel 25%•50% At Wesco, we build, connect, power and protect the world.