Senior Operations Manager

Why GLS?
Purpose: Access to affordable, reliable transportation is essential to leading productive work and personal lives, caring well for oneself, one’s family, and the needs of others. Through advanced analytics and technology, we can more accurately predict credit risk and provide more people with an affordable auto financing option for their next vehicle. That’s what GLS has done for over 10 years, helping more than half a million families meet and improve their transportation needs. 
People: Join a culture of over 1,000 employees who Care Deeply and Think Boldly, driving innovation in an adaptive and positive culture that celebrates successes. We empower and reward individuals and teams who make direct, positive impacts to the business and each other, who take pride in their work and are ever-raising the bar. 
Growth: Recognized by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Join GLS to grow with us!
Benefits: GLS offers the below great benefits for your amazing work!o   Competitive base pay and performance bonuses, dependent on roleo   Medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, supplemental insurance benefits, long-term and short-term disabilityo   401K with employer match and 100% immediate vestingo   Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays to help you balance work and personal lifeo   Paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO) Annuallyo   Tuition Reimbursement o   Parental Leave o   Business casual work environment

What does it mean to be a Senior Operations Manager at GLS?

The Senior Manager, Operations will be responsible for managing, building, and leading an assigned operational team, as well as managing Operations in accordance with company policy. This position is also responsible for actively participating in the development of the organization’s strategic direction and executing on the strategy as it relates to the assigned operational team.     

How will you drive value in the organization as a Senior Operations Manager?

• Mentor and motivate the assigned operational team(s) for the company to ensure company goals are achieved:
• Develop and grow the assigned team to meet business needs, and maintain a departmental structure sufficient to meeting organizational goals and objectives
• Exercise management authority concerning staffing, performance evaluations, promotions, salary recommendations, and terminations
• Monitor associate productivity, quality of customer interactions, and other appropriate metrics to ensure performance expectations are achieved; provide meaningful and timely performance coaching and feedback to assigned staff as necessary
• Facilitate regularly scheduled team meetings to build communication and allow for training and discussion on departmental and company matters
• Consistently track, coach, and manage performance of team members, including coordination of work assignments, to meet and exceed company volume and quality expectations
• Set departmental goals and develop and maintain a daily employee work schedule that effectively meets the needs of the business
• Partner with the Information Technology and Analytics teams to leverage technology and data to streamline processes, enhance the customer experience, improve quality, and eliminate waste
• Drive innovative solutions to improve the customer experience; ensure team meets service level expectations of internal and external customers
• Establish and track monthly objectives for assigned customers base
• Ensure department level procedures are adequately developed, documented, trained, and followed to ensure proper quality
• Manage workflows and growth of team with a focus on increasing efficiency, enhancing processing, and optimizing results
• Create a highly engaging work environment to attract, develop, and retain talent
• Foster a collaborative culture that facilitates the achievement of business plan objectives by working closely with other associates and members of management
• Perform additional assignments and special projects as required by the needs of the company or as directed by management

What should you already know to be successful as a Senior Operations Manager?

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in auto finance operations or similar industry required
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience building and leading teams and managers required, including the ability to hire, develop, and motivate people to build a highly engaged and high-performing team
• Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated ability to establish and enhance processes and leverage technology to improve business results
• Intrinsically motivated with demonstrated ability to take initiative, identify needs, make recommendations for improvement, see recommendations through implementation, and evaluate improvements for effectiveness 
• Excellent interpersonal skills: friendly and tactful with the ability to influence others, effectively manage conflict, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage highly sensitive and confidential information, interact at all levels within the organization, and build cross-functional partnerships across the business
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Team player that can adapt in a fast-pace and changing environment 
• Proficient computer skills with working knowledge of internet and standard business applications; ability to quickly learn new computer applications as required 
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead a team - provide quality training, guidance, performance coaching and feedback to assigned staff
• Excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail and demonstrated ability to effectively set and manage multiple conflicting priorities
• Ability to think strategically and deliver tactically
• Commitment to exemplifying the organizational core values and key competencies

Employment Requirements:

• Talk and hear to exchange accurate information
• Have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading
• Constantly operate a computer and other standard office equipment
• The position does require travel, up to 25%

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