At our new automated cold store in Noblejas, you will lead end\-to\-end site operations — managing inbound and outbound flows, customer service, transport coordination, and workforce planning. As Site Operations Manager, you will build and guide a high\-performance team while ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency every day. You will work closely with cross\-functional colleagues across our global network and play a key role in launching and shaping NewCold’s first site in Spain. **What will you do?** * **Operational Leadership** – lead daily site operations, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, performance targets, and compliance standards. * **Operational Planning** – drive medium\- and long\-term planning, including volume forecasting, labor modelling, automation readiness, and contingency planning. * **Budget Ownership** – manage the site’s operational budget, analyze variances, and deliver clear, data\-driven recovery actions. * **Performance \& Efficiency** – Achieve KPIs, SLAs, and cost targets. Identify performance gaps and implement focused improvement actions. * **Safety \& Compliance** – Ensure a best\-in\-class safety culture and maintain strong food safety (BRC), legal, and regulatory compliance. Lead audits and risk mitigation. * **People Leadership** – Build, lead, and develop a multidisciplinary team (Operations, Stock Control, Customer Service, IT, Maintenance) with strong recruitment, coaching, succession, and performance management. * **Stakeholder \& Client Engagement** – Maintain effective relationships with customers, partners, authorities, and staffing agencies. * **Continuous Improvement** – Deploy Lean methodologies to enhance service, cost, quality, and safety outcomes. * **Cross\-Functional Collaboration** – Partner closely with Engineering, IT, HR, Finance, QSHE, Transport, and Customer teams to enable seamless operations. * **Change \& Project Delivery** – Support and lead operational transformation, system implementations, and onboarding of new processes and customers. * **Performance Reporting** – Provide transparent operational updates, risk assessments, and improvement plans to senior leadership. * **Technology \& Data Excellence** – Leverage WMS, labor planning tools, and performance dashboards (e.g., Power BI) to drive data\-led decisions and automation performance. **Experience and qualifications:** * **Automation\-savvy operations leader** – with experience in high\-automation or AS/RS warehouse environments and strong understanding of WMS/WCS and data tools (e.g., Power BI). * **Greenfield \& scale\-up experience** – proven ability to lead through construction, commissioning, ramp\-up, and stabilization in a new\-site environment. * **P\&L and performance ownership** – comfortable managing operational budgets, productivity levers, and financial KPIs to ensure efficient, profitable site performance. * **People builder \& culture shaper** – skilled at hiring, developing, and leading multidisciplinary teams, fostering accountability, safety, and continuous improvement. * **Hands\-on \& analytical** – able to operate strategically while staying close to operations, using data to drive decision\-making and problem\-solving. * **Resilient, adaptable, and growth\-driven** – thrives in a fast\-growth, technology\-driven environment with evolving priorities. * Language skills – **fluent in Spanish and English** . ***Please note the exact location of the project is Noblejas, Toledo.*** ***You are kindly asked to apply with your CV in English.***