Vice President Operations

Position Overview

Our client is a nationally respected youth soccer organization dedicated to encouraging, inspiring, and empowering players and coaches to reach their full potential both in soccer and life.

As Vice President of Operations, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our future, driving operational excellence, and fostering an environment where our core values of respect, leadership, passion, integrity, and creativity are in play every day. The Company operates in multiple regions across the U.S., offering comprehensive soccer training and development, tournaments, and travel experiences for various skill levels, and the Company is continuously expanding in current and new markets.

This position will be based in Greater Cincinnati.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibilities shall include the management of the Business Operations, Soccer Operations, Education, Marketing, IT, Accounting and Reporting, Human Resources, and Administration functions and personnel, and other divisions within the company. Responsibilities shall also include managing various relationships, ventures, subsidiaries, facilities and other areas of involvement.
• Meticulous focus on ensuring our divisions adhere to and operate within the Company’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Take responsibility for implementing comprehensive management practices, systems, methods, and practices, with an eye to causing consistent, reliable, and timely outcomes of the business activities and goals.
• Regularly review and cause updates to the Company’s SOPs, ensuring operational tasks are performed efficiently and effectively.
• Cause consistent, accurate, and timely reporting on all activities, measure and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to the Company’s executive team. Participate in developing such Key Performance indicators, and thresholds for outcomes.
• Take the lead in collecting, assembling and documenting the annual business plans for the company, and its various affiliated entities, and develop and manage consistent review and accountability on the part of the various people who are otherwise responsible.

·      Manage the overall integration process of the Company’s expansions or new business opportunities.

• Ensure accountability at all levels, holding staff responsible for their performance, aligning individual goals with the organization's strategic objectives.
• Lead and drive projects to completion across divisions, fostering collaboration and ensuring seamless communication to meet deadlines and achieve organizational goals.
• Working with the Company’s executive team to manage budgets, and to cause expeditious actions and processes, work to ensure P&L performance consistent with the plans adopted, and ensure financial health and compliance in every sector.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, respecting every team member's contribution.
• Lead the operations team with integrity, promoting professional growth and teamwork, work to create, embed the established culture that is desired within the organization and its personnel.
• Lead recruiting processes, ensure task force practices, strong due diligence, and on-boarding
• Conduct or cause various training and development programs to advance the personnel in professional achievement and growth.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Demonstrated executive level management practices in operations with a strong grasp of effective management practices.
• Data-driven operator with a proven ability to manage projects and teams
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building consensus and fostering a collaborative environment.
• Adept at strategic planning and process improvement.
• Proficiency in multiple technological tools, including Microsoft Office, and preferably Asana
• Knowledge and appreciation of the soccer world, especially involving youth soccer.
• Desire to grow, sense of purpose
• Sense of Urgency, self-starter

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business, operations management, or related field required.
• MBA or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in operations management, management of similar function, preferably in a mid-to-large corporation.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing budgets.

Compensation

Salary: Competitive Salary

Benefits: Health, Dental and Vision Insurance , 401K, Incentive Compensation Packages