Senior Manager, Operations (Pune or Mumbai candidates can apply, 5 yrs into Journal Publishing))

• Manage costs according to the budget set for journals, including supplements
• Oversee operations costs of Medknow publications (prepress, print, paper, distribution, warehousing) and departmental budget
• Analyze customer requests and/or expectations against business priorities; suggest strategies for meeting or exceeding those expectations where possible and appropriate
• Manage prepress, print and paper vendors, including participation in standing meetings with vendors
• Oversee status of content publication schedules, including working with staff to develop action plans for late issues
• Work with internal cross-departmental teams to facilitate ongoing initiatives
• Support hiring and training plans for new production specialists, including mentoring and workload management
• Work with managers to develop training plans for new employees
• Develop and manage growth/development plans for employees
• Perform regular checks with current employees to determine any necessary training or reviews
• Supervise and coordinate staff and vendor workload assignments, oversee workload management for direct reports
• Implement procedures and policies for streamlined and efficient workflow, and identify opportunities for expedited production
• Ensure society customer satisfaction to successfully achieve contract renewals
• Continue to manage or initiate any projects to improve efficiency, including testing/implementation of new peer review/production systems, and any vendor transitions that are required.
• Ensuring all managers, and individual contributors, have SMART goals in place.
• Consistently enforce leadership expectation setting for managers to ensure effective leadership and team alignment.

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