General Manager - Operations | Perishable Freight & Logistics
ALL IN ONE Employment Services3 months ago
Miami, FL, United States
On-site
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)
Job Description
General Manager – Operations | Perishable Freight & Logistics
Location: Miami, FL | Industry: Perishable Freight Forwarding & Logistics
We are seeking a hands-on General Manager – Operations to lead and optimize our warehouse, transportation, and logistics operations for a growing perishable freight forwarding company in Miami. APPLY NOW!! jobs.ALLinONEemployment.com
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and continuously improve warehouse and transportation operations.
- Lead daily operations, ensuring efficiency, productivity, service quality, and on-time performance.
- Develop and manage warehouse processes, SOPs, workflows, inventory flow, loading/unloading, and cold-chain procedures.
- Oversee trucking operations, carrier coordination, dispatch, routing, and delivery performance.
- Recruit, train, coach, and lead operations teams; this is a hands-on leadership role requiring someone willing to work directly with the team and operations.
- Establish KPIs, productivity standards, cost controls, and operational metrics.
- Identify operational problems and implement practical solutions quickly.
- Coordinate closely with customers, freight forwarding, warehouse, trucking, and management teams.
Requirements
- Proven experience managing warehouse, trucking/transportation, logistics, freight forwarding, or perishable cargo operations.
- Strong operational leadership and team-management skills.
- Experience designing, organizing, or launching a warehouse operation is a strong plus.
- Hands-on management style with the ability to train, develop, and lead employees.
- Strong understanding of perishable cargo, cold chain, temperature-controlled logistics, and time-sensitive freight preferred.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Experience with KPIs, SOPs, WMS/TMS, dispatch, inventory, transportation management, and process improvement preferred.
- Must be based in or able to work in Miami, FL.
Keywords
General Manager, Operations Manager, Warehouse Manager, Logistics Manager, Freight Forwarding, Perishable Freight, Perishable Logistics, Cold Chain, Temperature Controlled, Warehouse Operations, Transportation Management, Trucking, Dispatch, Distribution, 3PL, Supply Chain, WMS, TMS, Inventory Management, SOP, KPI, Process Improvement, Operations Leadership, Team Management, Miami FL.
Required Skills
Perishable Freight Handling
Transportation Management
Warehouse Operations
Team Leadership
Inventory Management
Process Improvement
SOP Development
Cold Chain Logistics
Logistics Coordination
KPI Establishment