Hueneme Port Team - Assistant Manager

Glovis•Port Hueneme, CA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Manager – Vehicle Processing Operations is responsible for the overall success of an assigned customer operation within a high-volume vehicle processing environment. This position leads daily processing activities, ensures production targets are achieved, manages aging inventory, and reduces vehicle dwell through proactive coordination across processing, accessory installation, body shop, mechanical, quality, and support functions. The Assistant Manager serves as a primary operational contact for the customer, ensuring strong communication, customer satisfaction, and alignment with changing priorities and requirements. Although assigned to a specific customer operation, this position may rotate among customers or operational areas based on business needs.

Requirements

High School Diploma/G.E.D. Required
Must hold a valid State Issued Driver's License Required
3-5 year of Manufacturing, light industrial, warehousing

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma Preferred, but NOT Required

Responsibilities

Lead the daily execution and overall performance of the assigned vehicle processing operation.
Develop and execute daily production plans based on customer requirements, available inventory, vehicle aging, staffing, capacity, parts availability, and operational priorities.
Ensure daily processing targets are achieved safely, efficiently, and in accordance with customer and company quality standards.
Manage processing activities involving heavy port-installed options and other complex accessory installations.
Monitor production throughout the shift and adjust labor, workload, and priorities to maintain schedule attainment.
Maintain visibility of all work-in-process inventory, including each vehicle’s status, aging, required work, constraints, and next action.
Identify and prioritize aging units and implement recovery plans to reduce processing dwell.
Coordinate the movement of vehicles through processing, accessory installation, inspection, mechanical repair, body shop repair, quality control, and final release.
Follow up on vehicles in the body shop and mechanical repair process to ensure timely estimates, approvals, parts availability, repairs, inspections, and release.
Identify and remove operational bottlenecks involving labor, parts, tools, equipment, systems, approvals, or vehicle flow.
Lead supervisors, team leaders, and team members while establishing clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, and customer service.
Monitor daily productivity, completion volume, aging, dwell, quality, labor utilization, and schedule attainment.
Communicate directly with customer representatives regarding production performance, aging inventory, constraints, quality concerns, and recovery actions.
Build and maintain a strong customer relationship through timely communication, responsiveness, transparency, and follow-through.
Ensure customer requests and changing priorities are understood, communicated, and incorporated into the operational plan.
Provide regular performance updates to site leadership and customer representatives.
Other duties as assigned