Area Manager
Direct Hire | Belvidere, IL | On-Site
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Synergis' client is a national leader in yard management and supply chain services, with more than 5,000 employees nationwide. They are seeking an Area Manager to lead multi-site operations in the Belvidere area.
This is a leadership role with ownership of operational performance, customer relationships, and financial results across the area. It carries direct reports and offers meaningful autonomy in how the area is run.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Area Manager is accountable for safe, efficient, and profitable operations across multiple customer sites within a defined geography, with direct P&L responsibility for the area.
This is a leadership-of-leaders role. The Area Manager develops the management team across the area, holds it accountable, and raises the standard of how each location performs.
Site-level leadership is established across the area, so the focus of this role is developing that team further, strengthening enterprise customer relationships, and driving results through others.
The ideal candidate is a results-driven, flexible leader who can scale operations, develop high-performing teams, and consistently deliver strong safety, service, and customer outcomes.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Multi-Site Operations
- Oversee day-to-day operations across all sites in the assigned area, with a focus on safety, consistent service delivery, and customer satisfaction.
- Monitor performance metrics across locations, identify process improvements, and resolve operational issues affecting service levels.
- Ensure staffing coverage and operational continuity across shifts and sites.
- Provide regular, clear updates and insight to regional leadership.
Customer and Financial Performance
- Analyze P&L performance for the area and report insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customer leadership, attending customer meetings and aligning service delivery with expectations.
- Develop and present performance reporting that demonstrates value and reinforces the partnership.
- Support commercial continuity, including retention and renewal of accounts in the area.
Leadership and Development
- Lead and manage direct reports, driving safe operations, strong customer service, and team engagement across the area.
- Coach and develop direct reports on accountability, customer handling, performance conversations, and operational decision making.
- Provide end-to-end leadership across the employee lifecycle, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, coaching, mentoring, and development.
- Train new and existing managers and drivers to maintain high performance, safety, and service standards.
Safety and Equipment Management
- Ensure accountability for safety standards across direct reports, site teams, and drivers.
- Conduct and oversee safety observations and coaching across the area.
- Oversee equipment readiness across sites, including maintenance, rentals, and vendor-supported repairs.
- Maintain current awareness of industry regulations and compliance requirements.
Reporting and Analysis
- Interpret operational and financial reporting across the area, identify performance variance, and determine root cause.
- Use operational data to inform staffing, coverage, and process decisions across sites.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Three or more years of progressive experience in logistics, transportation, 3PL, warehousing, or supply chain operations, including at least one year in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze P&L performance and speak to the drivers behind the numbers.
- Valid CDL A license strongly preferred.
- Proven customer relationship management at the account level.
- Track record of developing people and building bench strength.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to work in reporting and translate it into operational action. Proficiency in Microsoft Office required; familiarity with E-Plan and Geotab is a plus.
- Experience using or willingness to learn approved AI and automation tools is a plus.
- Working knowledge of domestic carrier services, rules, and regulations.
- Understanding and prevention of critical safety issues.
- Strong business acumen with an ownership and commercial mindset.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the credibility to lead by example.
- Willingness to devote the hours necessary to complete the task at hand.
- Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field is a plus.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Base salary range of $75,000 to $85,000, commensurate with experience.
- Quarterly bonus program equal to one week of salary per quarter, which works out to roughly 7.5% annually on top of base.
- Full-time, exempt, salaried position.
- On-site and based in the Belvidere area, with regular travel between sites within the assigned area.
- Operations run 24/7, and the role carries after-hours responsiveness.
- Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage with employer HSA contributions, a 401(k) with an immediately vested dollar-for-dollar match on the first 4%, an Employee Ownership Program, and paid time off.
The compensation range for this position is $ 75000.00 to $85000.00. (dependent on factors including but not limited to client requirements, experience, statutory considerations, and location). Benefits available to full-time employees: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k and commuter benefits.
Synergis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.
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