General Manager

Are you ready to lead with impact, drive operational success, and inspire a high-performing team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment?

Lineage Food Service Solutions is seeking an experienced and motivated General Manager to join our team at the Attalla, AL facility. In this pivotal role, you'll oversee the final mile distribution of customer goods, ensuring seamless operations, exceptional service, and strategic excellence.

Why Join Us?

• Lead with Impact: Take charge of a dedicated team, ensuring smooth, efficient operations while meeting key performance goals.

• Grow with Us: Be part of a company that values innovation, continuous improvement, and professional development.

• Make a Difference: Build strong customer relationships and create a culture of safety, quality, and success.

What You'll Do:

• Team Leadership: Direct, recruit, train, and develop your team, providing performance feedback to drive productivity and effectiveness.

• Operational Excellence: Analyze warehouse activities and costs, implement process improvements, and achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) such as Labor to Revenue (LTR), truck turn times, and customer service standards.

• Financial Oversight: Manage budgets, capital expenditures, and space utilization to meet corporate targets while driving operational efficiency.

• Customer Focus: Build and maintain excellent client relationships, ensuring exceptional service and satisfaction.

• Safety and Quality: Lead initiatives to maintain food safety, employee health and safety, and compliance with all regulatory standards.

What You Bring:

• Education & Experience: 5+ years in Operations Management with specific experience in a foodservice warehouse environment handling final mile distribution.

• Strategic Thinking: Proven ability to develop and implement strategies, budgets, and operational plans.

• Continuous Improvement Expertise: Familiarity with quality processes like Six Sigma and/or LEAN.

• Leadership Skills: Experience in managing, training, and developing teams in operational roles.

• Tech-Savvy: Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).

• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication, with the ability to present technical results to non-technical audiences.

• Analytical Mindset: Excellent problem-solving skills, including handling ambiguity and delivering actionable insights.

• Flexibility & Adaptability: Ability to work in environments with varying temperatures (-20°F to 100°F) and noise levels, wearing company-provided protective equipment.

What We Offer:

• Opportunities for Advancement: Join a company that values your growth and contributions.

• Supportive Culture: Work in a collaborative environment where your leadership makes a difference.

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a robust benefits package and performance incentives.

Ready to Lead and Make an Impact?

If you're a results-driven leader with a passion for operational excellence and team success, we'd love to hear from you. Take the next step in your career and join a company where your contributions matter. Apply today!

Why Lineage?

This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers' requirements. Beyond that, you'll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We'll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.

Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.

Benefits

Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.

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At Lineage, we have a shared purpose: We are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organization, from the warehouse floor to the corner office. The work we do is noble, and our team members are passionate about the impact they make every day.

Working at Lineage is not just a job - it's an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of the Lineage Logistics team, you are a critical link in the food supply chain.

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At Lineage Logistics, helping to feed the world is more than a job - it's a purpose we live every day. Lineage is one of the world's leading temperature-controlled logistics companies. Driven by our core values, we're reimagining the global food supply chain.

Lineage helps customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small family-owned businesses increase the efficiency and protect the integrity of their temperature-controlled supply chain. In recognition of the company's leading innovations, Lineage was recognized as the No 1. Data Science company on Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies in 2019, in addition to ranking 23rd overall in an evaluation of thousands of companies worldwide.

As part of the Lineage family, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career as we continually expand, using technology and award-winning innovations, to meet the needs of customers around the world.