Warehouse Manager

Position Title:

Warehouse Manager

Function:

The Warehouse Manager is responsible for overall planning, coordination, execution, and performance of warehouse, inventory, and shipping operations, including receiving, storage, material handling, inventory accuracy, and outbound order fulfillment. This role ensures raw materials, components, and finished goods are available, accurate, and delivered in alignment with production schedules and customer requirements. The Warehouse Manager provides leadership through a supervisory ownership model, where supervisors own day-to-day execution while the Warehouse Manager retains accountability for prioritization, alignment, performance, and process design.

This role operates as a peer to the Production Manager and collaborates closely with Production, Quality, Process Engineering, and Maintenance leadership to support safe, efficient, and compliant end-to-end material and order flow. The Warehouse Manager is also responsible for designing, improving, and sustaining efficient fulfillment processes supporting Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) and Fulfilled by Merchant (FBM) channels. This includes improving order flow, forecast alignment, inventory positioning, and fulfillment execution to increase order fill rates, reduce errors, and improve overall service levels.

The Warehouse Manager reports directly to the Plant Manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

* This position supervises Shipping Supervisor and Warehouse/Inventory Supervisor.

* This position provides indirect leadership to Warehouse Associates, Inventory Control Personnel, Receiving Clerks, and Shipping Staff through the supervisory structure.

Essential Duties and

Key Responsibilities:

* Warehouse, Inventory, & Shipping Leadership

* Provide overall leadership and accountability for warehouse, inventory control, and shipping operations.

* Establish priorities and expectations to ensure material flow supports production requirements and customer commitments.

* Ensure warehouse and shipping activities are executed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.

* Supervisory Ownership Model (Execution vs. Accountability)

* Assign day-to-day execution ownership to the Shipping Supervisor and Warehouse/Inventory Supervisor, including labor management, task execution, and adherence to standard work.

* Provide direction to the supervisors on priorities, sequencing, and resource allocation based on business needs and production schedules.

* Review performance, constraints, and risks; make final decisions on escalation, trade‑offs, and prioritization impacting production support and order fulfillment.

* Inventory Control & Material Availability

* Ensure accuracy and integrity of inventory through cycle counts, reconciliations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.

* Ensure raw materials, components, and finished goods are available and properly staged to support the Production Manager-approved production schedule.

* Partner with Production and Planning to anticipate material constraints and proactively resolve gaps.

* Shipping & Distribution Operations

* Ensure outbound shipments are executed accurately and on time, meeting OTD and OTIF targets for retail, wholesale, and e‑commerce customers.

* Oversee shipping priorities, carrier coordination, documentation accuracy, and compliance through the Shipping Supervisor.

* Review shipping performance and lead corrective actions for missed, delayed, or incorrect shipments.

* FBA / FBM Fulfillment & Order Flow Optimization

* Own the design and continuous improvement of FBA and FBM fulfillment process flows, from order receipt through pick, pack, stage, and shipment.

* Lead initiatives to improve order fill rates, fulfillment cycle time, and forecast to ship execution across all fulfillment channels.

* Partner with Production, Planning, and Sales/Customer Rep teams to translate demand and order forecasts into executable warehouse and shipping plans.

* Improve inventory positioning, replenishment timing, and staging strategies to support higher fulfillment efficiency and service levels.

* Identify constraints and inefficiencies in FBA and FBM…