Warehouse Manager

Seeking a hands-on and strategic Warehouse Manager to lead our warehouse operations across all facilities. The ideal candidate combines strong operational leadership with a continuous improvement mindset, commercial awareness, and a passion for building high-performing teams while implementing new processes and technologies. This role requires relentless focus on service, cost optimization, inventory integrity, and operational excellence.

• Oversee daily operations across all warehouse facilities (internal and external warehouses)
• Lead, motivate and develop warehouse staff including supervisors, officers, and others while building a culture of accountability, high performance, operational discipline, and continuous improvement
• Develop a cross skilled team to be utilized flexible across different warehouses / different areas of warehousing
• Establish KPI-driven performance management to ensure optimal utilization of warehouse resources

• Implement and optimize the Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• Optimize storage space utilization to maximize capacity and efficiency
• Benchmark warehouses performance against industry best practices and drive continuous enhancement initiatives to reduce costs, eliminate waste and improve productivity.

• Manage the annual warehouse budget
• Maintain a strong cost-conscious mindset and continuously scrutinize/reduce all warehouse operational expenses, inventory holding costs, labor productivity, and external service costs
• Develop and enforce Standard Operating Procedures for inventory control, working capital efficiency, and obsolete stock management
• Ensure inventory accuracy through rigorous cycle counts

• Coordinate cross-departmental logistics with Production, Sales, Logistics (Transportation), Procurement and Finance to optimize end-to-end material flows and inventory management
• Support broader business transformation and operational excellence initiatives across the organization
• Handle escalated customer and vendor issues effectively

• Promote a strong safety-first culture and ensure compliance with all company policies and regulatory requirements to achieve zero lost time
• Ensure regulatory compliance (customs, fire safety, etc.)

• Establish KPI-driven performance management with monthly KPI reports (OTIF, damage rates, inventory accuracy, personnel utilization, cost management, etc.)
• Regularly review operational and financial performance, providing data-driven recommendations to senior management
• Develop staff training programs to build team capability

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field preferred
• 10+ years of warehouse management experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven expertise in WMS implementation and optimization.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing large and multicultural teams within complex operational environments
• Experience in manufacturing, paper, recycling, or a related industrial sector preferred.
• Demonstrated success in inventory accuracy, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities
• Demonstrated ability to challenge the status quo and drive sustainable organizational change
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a data-driven approach to decision-making
• Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings, productivity improvements, and operational excellence initiatives