Warehouse Manager

Houston's Inc. is currently hiring for a Warehouse Manager to lead the launch and ongoing operations of our new distribution center in Concord, North Carolina. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced warehouse leader to build a new operation from the ground up while helping shape the future of a growing and dynamic company. Working closely with the Director of Warehouse Operations and senior leadership, you will play a key role in establishing warehouse operations, developing a high-performing team, implementing company standards, and creating a culture focused on safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• $85,000 - $95,000 annually
• Discretionary quarterly bonuses
• Employer-paid medical insurance for employee-only
• Employer-paid Life Insurance, LTD, and EAP for employee-only
• Paid time off and Holidays
• 401(k) with matching up to 6% (100% on the first 3%, 50% on the next 3%)

• Monday–Friday
• Full-Time | Exempt

• Oversee employees’ performance to ensure departmental duties and goals are executed timely, provide guidance, support, and identify development needs.
• Build and maintain a culture focused on safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Human Resources regarding any personnel issues.
• Review timecards to ensure employees’ time is accurately recorded and complete.
• Approve time off requests and manage staffing needs such as scheduling coverage.
• Coach and train employees for performance improvement and development.
• Distribute and delegate labor tasks according to individual strengths.
• Supervise the activities of all warehouse staff and manage departmental staffing needs by recruiting, hiring, training new staff, and retaining skilled staff, in coordination with the HR dept.

• Coordinate all operational aspects of the warehouse startup including facility readiness, equipment installation, warehouse organization, vendor coordination, and operational implementation.
• Manage all aspects of warehouse operations including inventory, shipping, receiving, maintenance, janitorial, yard maintenance, distribution, warehouse layout, and staff.
• Collaborate with other departments, including but not limited to:
  Purchasing, Transportation, Inside Sales, and Accounting to ensure customer and business needs are being met.
• Work with the supervisory team to oversee regular coaching and training to existing and new warehouse staff.
• Manage activities in warehouse to meet goals, quality standards and cost objectives.
• Ensure materials are received from proper vendors, delivered to inventory areas, packaged according to specifications and shipped in a timely manner.
• Follow established company and industry guidelines for maintaining a safe work environment.
• Maintain and analyze reporting tracking the efficiency of departmental procedures.
• Assess headcount requirements and labor needs, and make request for hiring in a timely manner.
• Implement and follows established corporate procedures and policies.
• Participate in company documentation, audits, and procedural maintenance and revision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Highly motivated with strong leadership skill, and have the ability to follow set corporate processes, procedures and policies with minimal supervision.
• Familiar with motorized operating equipment (e.g., forklifts, electric pallet jacks, etc.).
• Familiar with inventory control measures, including coordination of physical inventory and cycle count activities, maintenance of adequate audit trails for verification and security purposes and a working understanding of basic data entry and document retention.
• Strong organizational, team building, and leadership skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact with management from other departments, including senior management.
• Thorough knowledge of safety practices within a warehouse environment. Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), ERP systems, Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.

• Minimum 5 years warehouse management experience in a distribution warehouse environment.
• Experience setting up new warehouse or…