operations manager

plural operations managers

1. A manager who is responsible for the efficiency of business operations, including overseeing training, pay scales, and ensuring that work is performed correctly.

   In branches that are not large enough to warrant their own operations manager or supervisor, the branch manager may take on this role.

   2006, Joanna Ledgerwood, Victoria White, Transforming Microfinance Institutions, page 412

   1 more example

   Every second, on each of the plant’s four floors, I heard a beep – a regular pulse, reminding everyone that nothing is amiss. “We’ve got folks here who joined at 18 and have been here more than 40 years, working only in this building,” said Lisa Dixon, an operations manager.

   December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: OM