Operations Manager - vendor management (Chicago, IL)

Greenridge Linden Farms is an agricultural business based around Chicago. We are hiring an Operations Manager to take on vendor management. We are a family-run business at heart. What you will do • Lead safety and compliance routines and follow up on incidents. • Track performance measures for cold storage and act on them. • Manage a team of supervisors and coordinators. • Manage vendors, contracts and budgets. • Plan daily and weekly work and keep it moving when things change. What we are looking for • Comfort with numbers, schedules and reports. • Four or more years in operations, with some people-management. • Good judgement under pressure. Nice to have • Experience with harvest schedules. • Lean or continuous-improvement training. Working arrangement • Contract for six months, with the possibility of becoming permanent. • On site in Chicago, with some flexibility after the first few months. • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.