General Manager

Join the Cold Chain That Feeds the World. For over 120 years, Americold has connected producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to ensure food stays safe, fresh, and accessible. With 240+ facilities across four continents and 14,000+ team members, we’re a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics. Our mission is to help our customers feed the world – and we’re looking for people who share that purpose. We value customer service, innovation, and inclusion, and we invest in our people’s growth and well-being. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a company that puts people first, Americold is the place for you. About Us Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches food suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments. What You’ll Do Due to an exciting growth opportunity, Americold is recruiting a General Manager for our Ormeau location. As the General Manager, you will lead all aspects of site operations — strategically, safely, and commercially. You will drive performance, foster a strong safety and engagement culture, and ensure operational excellence aligned with Americold’s standards. You will be responsible for strengthening customer relationships, optimising financial performance, developing talent, and embedding best practices across the facility.

• Full P&L ownership, ensuring financial goals and profitability targets are achieved.
• Provide strong, visible leadership aligned to Americold’s culture, values, and operational goals.
• Build and maintain strong internal and external customer relationships.
• Champion operational excellence across safety, compliance, planning, budgeting, and productivity.
• Inform, guide, and inspire the operations team through consistent communication and leadership presence.
• Drive Associate Engagement, building trust and fostering positive workplace culture.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to implement Continuous Improvement initiatives and deliver measurable gains.
• Analyse operational performance, develop improvement plans, and drive accountability to results.
• Lead and develop talent, ensuring training, coaching, and capability growth across the team.
• Promote and maintain a strong Safety Awareness culture; uphold all WHS and loss‑prevention requirements.
• Ensure management of associates aligns with Americold policies, guidelines, and best practices.
• Partner with HR on effective workforce planning and labour management strategies.
• Maintain a positive, inclusive work environment where all associates can thrive.

What Experience And Education You Need.

• You will be a strong cultural leader with deep operational and financial management capability. You bring a commercial mindset, proven leadership experience, and the ability to build high‑performing teams in a fast‑paced environment.
• 6–10 years of logistics management experience (retail logistics highly regarded)
• Continuous Improvement certification
• Strong computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to work independently and travel when required
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• A leadership style that brings out the best in people

What We Offer Our associates know the answer to the question What’s in it for me? We offer benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world. Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws. EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW. What We Offer At Americold, we believe in taking care of our people. We offer benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and future. Our associates know what’s in it for them – opportunity, purpose and a values-driven culture. When you join Americold, you become part of a mission to help our customers feed the world. U.S. Only: Americold offers a range of benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance, STD/LTD coverage, 401(k) with Company match, FSA, life insurance, EAP, and paid time off, some of which may vary depending on the particular position and whether it is covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA).