Assistant Operations Manager
About The Position
As a day-shift Assistant Operations Manager; at IDEXX's Irvine, CA location, you will be a people leader at one of the largest veterinary diagnostic companies in the world. This will be an exciting opportunity to leverage your leadership abilities to coordinate day to day lab operations – including: planning, people management, and delivering results. The focus on enhancing the lives of people and pets, starts with our own employees and empowering them to achieve their goals, focusing on continuous improvement, and supporting the strong collaboration and inclusiveness that exist in our team. You will be joining an innovative and fast-paced work environment with a strong focus on employee culture and development. This is a full-time role with competitive benefits and performance incentives. IDEXX Reference Laboratories is a global network united by a shared commitment to enhancing pet care where the true strength in our name is the people behind it. Our reference laboratories make it possible for our customers to discover more with our unrelenting commitment to innovation, personalized support, guidance, and expertise while providing the most complete and advanced menu of diagnostic tests along with technology and tools. Want to learn more about this position? Check out what our employees have to say! https://vimeo.com/663110174 In This Role: You will leverage your passion for coaching and developing leaders and employees, helping them reach business goals and their full potential. You will organize staff schedules, coordinate workflow, and oversee costs and metrics. You will problem-solve every day, from trouble-shooting diagnostic analyzers to resolving situational workflow and turnaround time challenges. You will be a business leader and a people leader for the lab and the line of business. You will bring your passion and enthusiasm for teamwork, success, innovation, and excellence to your role, every day.
Requirements
- At minimum, you’ve directly supervised 1-5+ Supervisors and / or 10+ employees in a high-volume work environment.
- You have experience managing the day to day operations of a clinical diagnostic laboratory, fast-paced production environment, or other operations management experience
- You are an inspiring, motivating People Leader with experience directly supervising individual contributors and / or Leadership teams
- You love a fast-paced, high - volume, innovative work environment.
- You are passionate about people leadership.
- You are excited about the opportunity to use your skills and abilities in promoting the health and well-being of animals.
- Able to meet the physical requirements that go with working in a lab – standing and sitting for extended periods of time, phone & computer use, extended reach, lifting up to 50lb, and specific vision ability – close, color, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- This is a laboratory, so there is potential exposure to biohazards, agents known to cause zoonotic diseases, and hazardous chemicals.
Nice To Haves
- While not required, experience in a lab setting is a plus, as well as knowledge of human clinical or veterinary testing and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Leverage your passion for coaching and developing leaders and employees, helping them reach business goals and their full potential.
- Organize staff schedules, coordinate workflow, and oversee costs and metrics.
- Problem-solve every day, from trouble-shooting diagnostic analyzers to resolving situational workflow and turnaround time challenges.
- Be a business leader and a people leader for the lab and the line of business.
- Bring your passion and enthusiasm for teamwork, success, innovation, and excellence to your role, every day.
Benefits
- Salary rate targeting $100-110K, with flexibility based on experience
- Opportunity for annual cash bonus
- Opportunity for performance based annual merit increase
- Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day - One
- 5% matching 401k
- On the job training and career advancement opportunities
- Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
