Operations Manager - Seattle

Who We Are

At Picnic, we’re reinventing the way employees experience lunch  partnering with top local restaurants and batching hundreds of orders, we make it easy for companies to offer high-quality, individually packed meals, without fees or tips. Our mission is to create a seamless, affordable, and joyful lunch experience that benefits both employees and employers.

We're looking for an energetic, operations-loving Operations Manager to help grow Picnic’s presence in Seattle. You’ll be the heartbeat of our local efforts, building strong relationships with restaurants, connecting with our eaters, and leading grassroots marketing to boost awareness and adoption. This is a great role for someone early in their career (recent grads welcome!) who is organized, outgoing, and ready to hustle and make things happen.

• Build, manage and continuously improve the process related to our order fulfillment service with an eye on efficiency and efficacy
• Hire and continually develop a happy, high-performing team of hourly staff that run the facilities and execute on the order fulfillment process
• Maintain and manage adherence to SOP documentation on how to operate the facilities (cleanliness, customer service, etc.)
• Manage the P&L for each facility, setting up processes to ensure strong financial discipline, audit and improvement on cost line items
• Support the success of customers including facilitating efficient onboarding, addressing onsite support issues, developing relationships with 3PLs and working with sales to backfill vacant kitchens quickly
• Communicate with stakeholders to shape product roadmaps, resolve escalated issues from internal teams and elevate customer concerns ensuring a strong customer feedback loop

• Strategic Problem Solver: able to identify the root cause of a problem, prioritize how urgent / important it is, structure the key elements and exercise sound judgment in solving it. Not scared by numbers (but doesn’t have to be a data scientist)
• Process Builder / Manager: able to build scalable, highly efficient solutions to complex problems, competent at managing and improving processes on an ongoing basis and using data to monitor and improve performance
• Real-time Operations Manager: able to scalably keep a finger on the pulse at all times and when fires happen, able to be highly responsive, decisive and exercise a strong bias to action to quickly, tactfully resolve issues
• People Manager: employee-obsessed, understands what it takes to build, support and lead a large, minimum-wage workforce and develop them into a highly motivated, happy and high-performing team

We’re looking for a dynamic, operations-focused Operations Manager to grow Picnic’s presence in Seattle. This role is split between our Seattle office and the field, combining in-office collaboration with time out in the community meeting people, building relationships, and growing Picnic’s local presence.

The base salary range for this role is $85,000 - 95,000 per year
. Actual compensation will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on experience, skills, and qualifications. Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package. You may also be eligible for equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options).
• Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).
• Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity.
• Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children.
• Pet insurance discount.
• 401(k).
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Time Off policies:
  • Discretionary vacation days
  • 8 paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick time
  • Paid Bereavement leave
  • Paid Parental Leave

Benefits are subject to change at the company's discretion.

Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others?