Vorto

Vorto

Operations Manager/Engineer (Leadership Program)

Denver Office

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 146 days ago
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About the role

  • Are you passionate about leading operational excellence in an entrepreneurial and dynamic work environment?
  • Are you yearning for an opportunity to learn how to be a successful entrepreneur and leader of cross functional disciplines?
  • We are looking for an Operations Manager/Engineer (Leadership Program) to join us on our journey to revolutionize America's supply chain.

Responsibilities

  • This program is intentionally challenging and will stretch OMEs beyond their current capabilities - by design - and will prepare
  • This program is intentionally challenging and will stretch OMEs beyond their current capabilities - by design - and will prepare OMEs for three paths:
  • Becoming an entrepreneur and building their own startup
  • Orientation - For initial orientation/training, individuals in this program will be placed in various front-line roles throughout the company to develop their understanding of our business from various perspectives
  • Core Responsibilities - Once the orientation is complete, this individual will be assigned to (a) own an internal corporate function/department or (b) own an initiative within our customer; in either instance, an OME will:
  • Collaborate with the CEO/Founder and CFO to develop and implement the company's plan, objectives and tactics
  • Be accountable for delivering outcomes across the domains below. OMEs will be expected to own end-to end outcomes - not tasks or effort.
  • Automation - building new automation and managing existing automation
  • At VORTO we are committed to developing our employees and providing them exciting opportunities to grow and prosper in their careers.
  • OMEs will be expected to own end-to end outcomes - not tasks or effort.

Requirements

  • University Degree From A Top University Required - in a STEM discipline: Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
  • Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.
  • This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.
  • Ability to work cross functionally across customers' operations, IT, supply chain, logistics and finance departments while supporting customer adoption
  • Understanding of service-focused operations teams that support customers whose operations are 24/7/365

Skills

  • Demonstrate a strong sense of urgency in all projects and an ability to prioritize and re-prioritize as necessary.
  • Ability to multi-task projects and required tasks in an organized fashion
  • Ability to work in a team environment as well as self-motivated in individual projects
  • Ability to communicate both verbally and written to all levels of the organization
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (outlook, excel, word)
  • Proficiency with Python and SQL
  • Ability to learn technical and software development skills trained at the company
  • Educational/Experience

Compensation

  • 1+ million shipments per year

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
  • Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Flex and Health Savings Plans
  • Company-paid life and short-term disability insurance
  • Voluntary income protection benefits including Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Protection Insurance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • We offer a competitive benefits package as well as numerous additional perks, including:
  • A standard company-wide continuing education stipend is included with exceptions allowed on a case-by case basis for candidates in this program

Company info

  • 1+ million shipments per year
  • Over $1 billion of freight under management
  • Cashflow positive since inception
  • Backed by Golden Gate Capital, a Tier 1 private equity firm based in San Francisco, CA.
  • Golden Gate has a diverse portfolio of companies with over $15 billion in committed capital.
  • About the Role
  • The Operations Manager/Engineer ("OME") is an elite, cross-functional operator-engineer who thrives in the hardest environment in business such as legacy supply chains, enterprise customers, startup speed, and chaotic real-world operations.
  • OMEs rotate through the organization to learn the business at an atomic level, then take full ownership of a corporate function or customer initiative.
  • OMEs are expected to architect, automate, and execute - working directly with the CEO/Founder and CFO, solving ambiguous problems with 10x speed, grit, imagination, and radical ownership.
  • Successful OMEs work themselves out of their current job by building systems that scale without them, and they graduate into escalating levels of responsibility/roles in the company.
  • Essential Duties and

Equal opportunity

  • VORTO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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