Principal Operations Support Manager

The posting, as ShipBob, Inc. wrote it

As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will...

• Grow with an Ownership Mindset : We champion continuous learning and innovation. You'll take on real problems, create tangible solutions, and drive results that move the needle for ShipBob, our merchants, and for your own professional growth. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career, this is the place.
• Collaborate with Peers and Leaders Alike: At ShipBob, leaders are accessible; feedback flows in both directions, and everyone, regardless of their seniority or role, steps up to help when needed. We hold each other to high standards because we trust each other to meet them. That combination of transparency and mutual respect is what makes the work here feel worth doing.
• Experience a High-Performance Culture and Clear Purpose: We are results-driven and clear about what that means: our goals are specific, accountability is shared, and every team member can see how their work connects to our mission. When we hit milestones, we celebrate them together. When we fall short, we learn and move forward.

Location: 21705 W Mississippi St, Elwood, IL 60421

Role Description

The Principal Operations Support Manager serves as ShipBob’s most senior representative at a partner-operated fulfillment site and is the primary ShipBob owner of service-level performance for the Merchant. This is a hands-on, high-accountability role that sits close to the details . This role owns outcomes from dock to door, including inbound, stow, pick, pack, and ship, labor and capacity planning, and site expansion execution. I t educates, equips, and advises partner site leadership on ShipBob standard work, systems, and service-level expectations, and holds the site to agreed outcomes through data, influence, and clear escalation. This role reports into the ShipBob SFN Operations organization.

Required Performance Standards

This role is accountable for monitoring the following standards daily, reporting them accurately, identifying gaps early, and driving corrective action and escalation through partner leadership.

• Outbound SLA: 95%+ orders picked up by carrier within 2 days of ingestion.
• Inbound receipt: 98%+ received and confirmed within 1 business day.
• Inbound stow: 95%+ stowed within 3 business days.
• Productivity: 100 UPH baseline through pick and pack.
• Order defect rate: Below 3%.

How This Role Works With Our Partners

• Works through the partner’s designated leaders, raising requests, improving standards, and mitigating concerns with them.
• Quarterbacks solutions on the floor to drive successful execution every day.

What you’ll do

• Act as the primary onsite ShipBob POC for all operational inquiries.
• Own daily visibility of outbound and inbound SLAs, order defects, shrink, UPH, and exceptions against the required standards. Identify gaps early, bring data and recommended actions to partner leadership, and track corrective actions to closure.
• Educate and equip partner

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Use of AI-Assisted Tools During Recruitment

We may use AI-assisted tools during the recruitment process to support administrative functions such as transcribing interviews, generating summaries or notes, organizing interview feedback, facilitating candidate communications, and helping recruiters identify candidates whose qualifications may align with job requirements. These tools are designed to assist our recruiting team and are not used to make final hiring decisions. Hiring decisions are made by trained human reviewers who consider the candidate's application, interview performance, qualifications, experience, and other relevant factors. AI-assisted tools do not independently determine whether a candidate advances in the hiring process or receives an offer of employment. Where required by applicable law, candidates will be provided with notice regarding our use of AI-assisted technologies and, where available, information about any applicable rights relating to such processing, including the ability to request additional information or opt out of certain AI-assisted processing activities. Candidates who exercise available opt-out rights may be reviewed through alternative processes consistent with applicable law.

ShipBob provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, c ompensation and training.

There is no deadline to apply for this position, as ShipBob accepts applications on an ongoing basis .