Operations Manager

An operations manager keeps the day-to-day work of an organization running smoothly. You oversee teams, set schedules, manage budgets, track performance, solve problems as they come up, and make sure products or services reach customers on time and at the expected quality. One day you may be fixing a staffing gap, the next negotiating with a supplier or redesigning a process that keeps causing delays. You work in warehouses, factories, offices, restaurants, hospitals, and logistics centers, and you typically sit between frontline staff and senior leadership.