Duties And Responsibilities
- An operations manager is responsible for running the daily operations of a company or an organisation.
- They manage staff, control costs, and maintain high quality and productivity standards to ensure everything runs smoothly.
- Operations managers work in various industries, and their task is to increase efficiency, reduce expenses, and achieve financial and operational goals.
- Their specific duties may vary based on the size and type of the business but typically include overseeing processes and systems, resolving operational issues, and working with other departments and stakeholders.
- Budget Management: Operations managers oversee the organisation’s operational budgets to ensure that the resources are utilised efficiently
- Managing the workforce: Operations managers are accountable for managing and supervising the work of their team, which includes allocating assignments, establishing due dates, and keeping track of performance
- Managing strategic partnerships: They are in charge of looking after a supplier and vendor associations to ensure that they are fulfilling the needs and demands of the organisation
- Risk Assessment and Management: To recognise potential risks and implement preventive measures to reduce them.
Skills And Qualification:
- Strong leadership and management skills, able to motivate and lead teams
- Excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities, able to think critically and come up with creative solutions
- Good communication skills, both verbally and in writing, able to present information to groups and answer inquiries
- Ability to work with large amounts of data and financial information, with strong mathematical and analytical skills
- Knowledge of process improvement techniques and a history of successfully implementing them.
