Senior Operations Manager - vendor management (Jackson, MS)

Lumen Oak Farms grows and distributes produce from farms near Jackson. We are hiring a Senior Operations Manager to take on vendor management. You would join a large organisation of more than 1,000 people based in Jackson. What you will do • Manage vendors, contracts and budgets. • Lead safety and compliance routines and follow up on incidents. • Track performance measures for harvest schedules and act on them. • Manage a team of supervisors and coordinators. • Find and fix the small process problems that cost hours every week. What we are looking for • Comfort with numbers, schedules and reports. • Good judgement under pressure. • Four or more years in operations, with some people-management. Nice to have • Experience with packing house output. • Lean or continuous-improvement training. Working arrangement • Part-time, about 28 hours a week, mornings. • On site in Jackson, with some flexibility after the first few months. • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.