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Job Title
Operations (Ninja) Manager
Company Name
Sunday
Company Website
Industry
Cleantech, Renewables, Energy
Consumer Goods, CPG
Company Overview
Unbox a better lawn. With tech-powered custom guidance and nutrients throughout the year, we help families cultivate beautiful, safe lawns.
Company Description

Sunday: Unbox a better lawn. We’re a venture-funded, Boulder-based startup that’s reinventing the lawn and garden space through a lens of e-commerce and technology. Our data-driven service and products will help 90+ million Americans turn their yards into verdant, sustainable ecosystems, without all the toxic stuff. (Think custom meal kits for lawns - minus all the tedious chopping!)

We are backed by a group of experienced investors and advisors, and now we are looking for the right people to join our core team. Together, we will disrupt an industry by building cutting-edge greenfield products that help people and the environment.

If you don’t want to take our word for it, check out the article on us in Forbes magazine!

Full Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a driven and versatile Operations Ninja Manager to work closely with the leadership team to drive key aspects of supply chain and business operations for an early stage company. The role will involve day-to-day developing, executing, and improving processes, tools, and systems that encompass forecasting, procurement, outsourced manufacturing, inventory management, fulfillment, logistics, and IT. The ideal candidate is able to work nimbly as part of a small team focused on developing new products and services while maintaining best practices for future growth. This is an opportunity to come in at the ground level of a fast-paced startup, directly impact the company’s trajectory, and be a key contributor to a team that’s changing an industry for the better.

Responsibilities include but aren’t limited to:

  • Own operational tasks and initiatives in the weeds, including demand and supply plans, production scheduling, purchase order management, and fulfillment
  • Maintain key relationships across suppliers and other network partners
  • Help source and develop new products and components
  • Coordinate transportation domestically and internationally
  • Help implement and improve operational systems such as inventory and order management software; design and test integration to Sunday’s tech platform
  • Measure and drive cost of goods to meet mid- and long-term goals
  • Evaluate and improve operational performance including gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data and metrics
  • Work cross functionally with other departments within the company on various projects

Qualifications

  • +3 years of experience in operations or supply chain
  • Possess functional expertise across planning, outsourced manufacturing, logistics, and customer service
  • Relevant experience in consumer goods industry
  • Experience developing demand planning/forecasting and inventory management systems

Prior knowledge or experience in lawns and gardens not required. We're excited and proud of our new approach to this industry, and thus are looking for talent from a wide range of backgrounds to bring fresh, new perspectives!

Other Skills and Qualifications

  • Key characteristics: detail-oriented, assiduous, drive for results, positive, collaborative, flexible, transparent, passion for learning, and empathetic
  • Ability to prioritize and drive many projects simultaneously with sense of urgency
  • Roll up the sleeves, positive, can-do spirit! You look forward to being part of a small, scrappy team and are willing to pitch in with whatever needs to get done

Perks:

  • Be a core member of a small, focused, innovative team
  • Help make critical decisions that will drive success
  • Health, Dental, Vision Benefits: covering employee premiums 100%; spouse/family 50%
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401(k) program upcoming
  • Located in beautiful Boulder, Colorado
Location
Boulder, CO
Job Function
Operations
Supply Chain, Logistics, Purchasing
Job Level
Staff Level or Junior Level
Mid Level (Director & Manager)
Application Deadline
No Deadline Provided
Circle City
Denver-Boulder Metro Area
Compensation & Benefits
No info provided
How to Apply
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