Senior Operations Manager
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Posted 1 months ago
Posted 10 September 2026
full-time
About the Role
ShipMonk isn't just a 3PL — we're the tech-powered growth partner for ecommerce brands, running 12+ owned fulfillment centers across the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe so our merchants can stress less and grow more.
We are seeking a Senior Manager of Fulfillment Center Operations with experience scaling high-performing teams to join us in delivering our promise to merchants: Stress Less, Grow More.
What You’ll Do
1. Operations Leadership
- Lead the day-to-day performance of a functional area (Inbound, Outbound, Inventory) or an entire operational shift, ensuring compliance with safety, productivity, and quality standards.
- Build and manage productivity plans by reviewing forecasts, determining labor requirements, and partnering with other Operations Managers/Industrial Engineers to balance labor.
- Lead and develop a team of 3–7 Supervisors and 50–200+ hourly associates, setting expectations, coaching performance, and building strong leadership layers.
- Participate in interviewing, hiring, training, scheduling, and performance evaluations to support strong operational culture and team development.
- Act as the primary communication and accountability source for your teams, driving clarity, consistency, and corrective action when needed.
- Drive cultural change within the facility, reinforcing best practices in safety, quality, engagement, and productivity.
- Ensure accurate timekeeping and workforce planning for direct reports and assigned teams.
- Address employee concerns, resolve operational problems, and ensure successful day-to-day execution of fulfillment operations.
2. Fulfillment Center Performance & Operational Excellence
- Ensure operational excellence across all warehouse areas, equipment, and systems, maintaining sanitation, maintenance, security, and housekeeping standards.
- Monitor and deliver key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure operational profitability, throughput, and efficiency.
- Establish operational procedures for incoming/outgoing shipments, material handling, and warehouse inventory accuracy.
- Maintain warehouse physical condition and ensure timely repairs, replacements, and equipment requisitions.
- Coordinate warehousing activities with customer service, sales, and other internal teams to maintain alignment.
- Maintain proper layout of the warehouse, ensuring optimal product placement and material flow.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, safety standards, and all operational requirements.
3. Industrial Engineering & Process Optimization
- Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems that optimize human workflows, inventory control, logistics, material flow, and overall production processes.
- Analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards, quality and reliability objectives, and performance metrics.
- Develop and implement labor utilization standards, cost analysis systems, and process optimization initiatives to drive efficiency.
- Draft and design optimized layouts for equipment, materials, and workspace using engineering tools and modeling software.
- Recommend improvements to personnel utilization, warehouse flow, equipment configuration, and resource optimization.
- Apply statistical and mathematical methods to determine staffing requirements, process standards, and workflow performance.
- Review production schedules and engineering specifications to improve fulfillment center methods and activities.
- Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on Safety, Quality, and Productivity.
4. Quality Control & Production Coordination
- Coordinate and implement quality control objectives, procedures, and activities to resolve production problems, improve reliability, and reduce costs.
- Direct teams involved in inspection, measurement, and testing to ensure quality control and accuracy.
- Evaluate precision and accuracy of production and testing equipment, implementing corrective action plans where necessary.
- Formulate sampling procedures, develop documentation standards, and ensure consistent reporting of quality and reliability data.
- Regulate and adjust workflow schedules based on operational needs, lead times, and production sequencing.
- Schedule deliveries based on production forecasts, material substitutions, storage requirements, and inventory levels.
- Implement methods and procedures for handling discrepant, defective, or damaged materials while assessing responsibility and cost impact.
What you'll need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering preferred, or a related field such as Supply Chain Operations, Fulfillment Center Operations, Distribution Center Operations, or Industrial/Systems Engineering.
Equivalent combinations of education and relevant experience will also be considered. - 6 to 8 years of related experience in fulfillment center operations, supply chain operations, distribution center operations, industrial engineering, or a similar operational/analytical environment.
- Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and familiarity with labor management systems, engineered labor standards, or productivity improvement initiatives.
- Lean or Six Sigma certification preferred; ability to apply process improvement methodologies to optimize operations.
- Proficiency with enterprise technology systems, including Advanced Excel, Outlook/Gmail, Project Management Software, WMS platforms, and tools used for process workflow creation or analysis.
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