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✦Distribution center operations manager in Dallas, 5+ years running shift teams of 20 or more, has run a warehouse management system cutover.Search
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Jamie R.

Operations Manager · Grocery distribution

Dallas, TX8 yrs experience

Strong

Why this match: Runs two shifts of 45 people; led the move to a new warehouse management system in 2024.

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Priya N.

Site Operations Manager · Retail fulfillment

Irving, TX6 yrs experience

Strong

Why this match: Manages 60 associates across nights and weekends; owned the system cutover go-live.

Strong potential 1 thing missing
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Marcus O.

Operations Lead · Parcel distribution

Waco, TX7 yrs experience

Why this match: Runs a 30-person night shift and led the scanner rollout.

Based in Waco, 90 minutes away
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Elena V.

Operations Manager · Food distribution

Sherman, TX7 yrs experience

Why this match: Took the site from two shifts to three and owned the system cutover.

Based in Sherman, 75 minutes away
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Here is the role: [paste your brief]

Before searching, list the must-haves you read from my brief and wait for me to confirm.

Then search The Cognitive for this role and give me two lists.

List 1: everyone who meets every must-have.
List 2: everyone who misses exactly one must-have.

For each person in List 2:
- name the one thing they miss, in a few words
- quote the exact line from their profile, word for word, that makes them worth a call anyway; if there isn't one, say so
- write the one question I should ask them about it
- include their profile link

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Remove duplicates.
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DC ops manager, Dallas Example

          

            
Distribution center operations manager in Dallas, 5+ years running shift teams of 20 or more, has run a warehouse management system cutover. Give me both lists.

            
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Operations Manager · Site Operations Manager · Operations Lead · Dallas and nearby

            
List 1: 6 meet every must-have. List 2: 4 miss one thing. From List 2:

              

                
MOOperations Lead · parcel distribution · Waco90 MIN AWAY"Runs a 30-person night shift; led the scanner rollout." Ask: would you commute three days a week, or move closer?

                
EVOperations Manager · food distribution · Sherman75 MIN AWAY"Took the site from two shifts to three." Ask: would three days a week in Dallas work for you?

              

            

          

          
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