Sr Warehouse Manager

Description

• Work may involve lifting materials and products up to 50 pounds and working in and around heavy equipment.
• Implements and sustains best practices for warehouse layout, 5S, FIFO flow, and inventory accuracy.
• Analyzes KPIs and leads regular performance reviews to identify and resolve bottlenecks.
• Leads, develops, and holds accountable a team of warehouse employees
• Oversees all internal warehouse operations, including receiving, raw material staging, inventory control, and line-side delivery.
• Owns warehouse safety and compliance, including forklift training, pedestrian safety, and material handling standards.
• Serves as Plant Manager backup as needed.
• Supports a group-wide supply chain and assists with other sites as needed.
• Coordinates with Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Customer Service to meet delivery targets and support efficient plant operations.
• The Senior Warehouse Manager is responsible for leading all internal warehousing and external distribution center operations at a high velocity engineered plastics facility. This role oversees a complex material flow environment, ensuring that raw materials are staged accurately and efficiently for production, and that finished goods are shipped on time, in full, with full traceability and compliance.
• Manages the external distribution center, ensuring timely and accurate order fulfillment, staging, and outbound logistics.
• Drives improvements in order-picking speed, dock scheduling, and load optimization to reduce freight costs and improve customer satisfaction.
• Maintains ERP and WMS system integrity, ensuring real-time inventory tracking and accurate transactional data.

Requirements

• Ability to coach, delegate, and drive accountability.
• Seven (7) plus years of experience in warehousing, logistics, or distribution, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or management role.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills.
• Familiarity with Lean tools applied to warehousing and distribution (e.g., spaghetti mapping, pull systems, visual controls).
• Exposure to EDI shipping and direct customer fulfillment models.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to machine noise.
• Typical office/factory environment with possibility of exposure to heat in production and warehouse area.
• Experience with ERP and/or WMS systems (SAP, Oracle, Epicor, or similar).
• Proven success managing warehouse operations in a fast-paced manufacturing or distribution setting.
• Working in this environment requires the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to; eye safety glasses, hearing protectors, and work boots.
• This role may require walking in a non-climate-controlled manufacturing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in plastics manufacturing or high-mix production environments is advantageous.
• Experience with cycle counting programs and inventory reconciliation processes.
• Bachelor's degree or better in a relevant field (Business, Logistics, Engineering, Supply Chain, etc.) preferred.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and time management abilities.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance