Operation Manager Vending Machine Local

Job Description

Knowledge of:
• Management skills.
• Policies and practices of a wide range of supply vendors.
• General vending machine repair and preventive maintenance techniques.
• Refrigeration units.
• Bid development, monitoring, and compliance.
• Money collection, transportation, and security.
• Procurement rules and regulations.
• Budget management, bid specifications, purchasing and inventory control.
• Merchandise and concession facility operations.
• Staffing methods and techniques.
• Marketing principles and practices.
• Research methods and techniques.
Skills and Abilities to:
• Effectively communicate, both orally and in writing.
• Determine product needs and combinations.
• Monitor the sales and profits of various products.
• Recommend the pricing structure for various food items.
• Ensure proper inventory control at various locations and facilities.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records.
• Work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Supervise and train staff, including organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.
• Organize resources and establish priorities.
• Resolve customer complaints or concerns.
Essential Functions:
Oversee daily operations of Vending Machines / services. Coordinate daily activity of personnel, oversee inventory and ordering processes, identify, and develop programs that result in income growth for the department.
Manage, supervise, hire, train, and evaluate support staff; set work schedules.
Research and prepare bid specifications, contracts, inventories, and purchase requisitions for equipment and supplies; order equipment and supplies as deemed necessary.
Research and determine which products to sell and set pricing schedules.
Monitor contracts and maintain contact for filling shipments in a timely manner (if required), follow-up complaints with customers and vendors.
Oversee all routine repairs to vending service equipment and other assigned equipment; decide when to contract out repairs.
Maintain inventory records; prepare monthly usage and operational reports on vending equipment.
Oversee the placement, collection, and transportation of monies from vending locations; maintain security of monies.
Supplemental Functions:
Prepare budget information related to the operational aspects of Vending machines /services.
Provide information to departments regarding policies and procedures.
Develop methods to improve services and maintenance efficiency of support staff.