Description
Job Summary:
We are seeking an entrepreneurial operations leader to manage the Tetris Shift operations in Chile, resolve contingencies, and ensure volume, productivity, and quality targets.
Key Highlights:
1. Lead logistics operations in Chile with autonomy and proactivity.
2. Professional development in an innovative and challenging environment.
3. Integrate local and regional carriers to transform logistics.
**External Description**
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At Mercado Libre, we are democratizing commerce and financial services to transform people's lives across Latin America. Join us in this mission!
At Mercado Envíos, we manage inventory for sellers on our platform and deliver products to buyers, enhancing their experience. In an ever-evolving world, our ability to rapidly deliver products purchased via Mercado Libre has become essential to remain competitive. Join the team transforming logistics across Latin America by offering world-class customized solutions and integrating local and regional carriers through borderless commerce.
**We have a challenge for those who:**
* Embody entrepreneurial energy: driven by curiosity, never giving up, and focused on surpassing their own limits.
* Give their best because they enjoy working with commitment and dedication.
* Embrace change as opportunity and learn from their mistakes.
* Prioritize excellence and execution in everything they do.
* Foster a positive work environment, contributing joy and fun.
* Know how to build alongside others and enjoy teamwork.
Imagine leading challenging, dynamic, and innovative projects and being responsible for:
* Leading the Tetris Shift operations in Chile on-site, ensuring achievement of volume, productivity, and quality targets for the shift.
* Resolving operational contingencies and incidents in real time with autonomy, judgment, and proactivity during the 4:30 PM–10:00 PM shift, bearing in mind that direct reporting is to Argentina.
* Coordinating smoothly with the morning shift Team Leader (7:00 AM–4:30 PM), ensuring alignment of criteria and operational continuity between both shifts.
* Managing the direct performance of the operations team, providing timely feedback, holding difficult conversations when necessary, and maintaining a safe, results-oriented work environment.
* Ensuring a flawless shift handover with the morning shift Team Leader, clearly and thoroughly documenting all shift updates and reporting to the area Supervisor (Argentina).
Ensuring strict compliance with workplace safety, hygiene, order, and operational protocols. **Requirements:**
* Completed or advanced incomplete undergraduate degree in Engineering, Logistics, Administration, or related fields.
* Availability to work the Tetris Shift (Monday to Saturday, 4:30 PM–10:00 PM).
* Experience leading operations teams in high-volume distribution centers or plants with autonomy and self-management.
* Ability to solve operational problems and unexpected issues by making independent decisions without constant escalation.
* Efficient personnel management, including resolving situational conflicts through clear communication and teamwork.
* Proficiency in operational control tools and production metrics (Intermediate–Advanced Excel/Google Sheets and WMS/ERP).
**We Offer:**
* The opportunity to be part of an entrepreneurial company where we love thinking big and long-term.
* The chance to drive your own development in an environment rich with opportunities, learning, growth, expansion, and challenging projects.
* Collaboration and knowledge-sharing with top professionals and specialists.
* An excellent work environment, equipped with everything needed for a great experience. :)