Regional Manager Operations

Description

About the Role

As a Regional Operations Manager, you will lead and manage a high-performing operations team with a focus on optimizing daily performance, ensuring safety and compliance, and driving continuous improvement across all sites. You will be responsible for executing strategic initiatives, streamlining workflows, and enhancing operational efficiency to support the success of Landus farmer-owners. In this leadership role, you will foster accountability, develop team capabilities, and ensure consistent delivery of service excellence across your region.

We are currently hiring for one position within our team, located in Northwest Iowa. Candidates should reside in, or be willing to relocate to and travel within, one of these territories.

What will you do?

Operational Management

• Oversee all aspects of the company's operations within the assigned region, including grain handling, storage, transportation, and agronomy services.

• Develop and implement operational strategies to optimize productivity, minimize costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

• Effectively lead and develop the Maintenance, Safety and General Operations teams of designated Business Unit.

• Resolve scheduling issues and customer or operations issues lead both strategic planning and tactical execution of operations and services within assigned area.

• Manage product flow & inventory accuracy (cycle counts, shrink, lot tracking, returns), collaborating with procurement and Inventory Lead.

• Collaborate with grain merchandising to manage inventories, quality, damage, etc. to maximize returns 

• Standardize SOPs and continuous improvement across locations to drive productivity and service levels.

• Coordinate labor planning (full-time/seasonal), credentials/training, and readiness for peak windows.

• Implement and encourage innovative ideas related to continuous improvement of people, products, services, and physical plant/equipment.

Financial Management 

• Partner with sales leadership to align operations capacity with demand plans and seasonal programs.

• Drive profitability improvement of assigned area through direct management of respective P&L.

• Promote a sales and growth culture with all employees within the Hub.

• Develop and manage the annual operational budget for the assigned region.

• Monitor financial performance, analyze variances, and implement corrective actions when necessary.

• Identify cost-saving opportunities and revenue-generating initiatives to maximize profitability.

Team Leadership and Development 

• Effectively lead others by recruiting and retaining talent, managing performance, developing employees, engaging in frequent communications, building teams, motivating others, managing vision, managing conflict and demonstrating values and ethics.

• Promote employee empowerment by encouraging employee feedback, input and ideas, and include them in the decision-making process when possible.

• Lead new employee recruitment and hiring at the local level through community relationships, contacts, and networking, and utilize your HR Business Partner to assist in interviews, onboarding and ongoing employee development. 

• Serve as a key leader and subject matter expert, providing guidance and support to the Operations Leads, Safety Lead, Maintenance Lead, and Inventory Leads to ensure alignment with organizational goals, safety standards, and operational excellence.

• Effectively lead assigned area with a focus on safety practices, customer focus, quality management, financial management, asset management, business expertise, planning and execution and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Requirements
Must have a valid driver’s license

Proven experience leading regional or multi-site operations
Strong knowledge of grain handling, agronomy, logistics, and storage
Experience managing operations, safety, maintenance, and inventory teams
Demonstrated P&L and budget management experience
Ability to drive operational efficiency, SOP standardization, and continuous improvement
Strong people leadership skills: hiring, coaching, performance management
Solid understanding of inventory control, quality management, and seasonal labor planning
Commitment to safety, compliance, and customer service

Preferred Qualifications
Background in agriculture, grain merchandising, or cooperatives
Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Operations, Business, or related field
Experience with Lean/continuous improvement methodologies
Familiarity with ERP or inventory management systems
Experience leading change and building a sales- and growth-oriented culture

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.   this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.