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Associate Operations Manager
Job Location:
Job Location:
Scottsdale, AZ - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
12 November 2026 (5 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
9 February 2027
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
The Role
Operations is what makes a company run as one team. You will connect Engineering Manufacturing Purchasing Sales and Accounting and help own the systems and processes that carry work from quote to shipment to invoice.
This is a development role with a defined path. You will be trained for the Operations Manager position over about 12 18 months with scheduled reviews and clear the first months you will work hands-on across the shop job tracking shipping receiving and kitting because the best way to run operations is to know how the work is really done.
What You Will Do
Learn the shop
Work hands-on in job coordination shipping receiving and kitting; learn how every job moves from order to shipment.
Map how work is handed off between departments today and where it breaks down.
Help finish our ERP system and learn our tools
Roll up your sleeves on our Fulcrum ERP implementation: clean up data set up and test workflows with real jobs train users and help bring it to go-live.
After go-live become the day-to-day owner of Fulcrum: users data quality and reports.
Learn QuickBooks Online as it relates to operations purchase orders receipts inventory invoicing and job cost and how it connects to Fulcrum.
Learn ClickUp and our other tools to help shape them to support how we work.
Build processes that connect the departments
Work with each department to define simple written processes for how work is handed off.
Build those processes into Fulcrum and ClickUp train people and check that they are followed.
Turn our quality system into everyday practice: inspection records nonconformances and corrective actions tracked in Fulcrum as the work happens.
Run Operations
Run a weekly operations review with all departments: orders schedule material issues and metrics.
Follow up on anything that stalls between departments until it is solved.
Plan capacity with the Manufacturing Manager and Purchasing & Sales Coordinator.
Publish the company operating metrics: on-time delivery inventory accuracy job cost and quality.
What We Are Looking For
Required
Self-learner. You teach yourself new systems and ask good questions.
Self-starter. You find the next thing to do without being told.
Flexible. You are comfortable on the shop floor at a desk and with every department sometimes in the same hour.
Rolls up sleeves. No task is beneath you: shipping boxes kitting parts cleaning up data.
Organized and thorough. You track many things at once and follow up until they are closed.
Clear communicator. You work well with people more senior than you and get cooperation without authority.
Strong computer skills; comfortable learning an ERP system.
A plus
SQL or data analysis skills.
QuickBooks ERP or process-mapping exposure.
Internships in audit controls operations or manufacturing.
Bilingual English/Spanish.
SQL or data analysis skills.
QuickBooks ERP or process-mapping exposure.
Internships in audit controls operations or manufacturing.
Bilingual English/Spanish.
Not required
Manufacturing or electronics experience. We will teach you.
Manufacturing or electronics experience. We will teach you.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin technical staffing agency with experienced engineering recruiters building strong relationships with clients and candidates.
