Warehouse Manager

Position: Warehouse Manager

Location: Toledo, OH

Salary: $90k-$100k Based on Experience

Duration: Direct Hire

Warehouse Manager

Main Function / Purpose of Job

Responsible for ensuring the efficient management and control of the Warehouse Operation whilst achieving agreed budgetary and service levels. Provide an effective and reliable service to customers whilst meeting all legal requirements. Responsible for organizing the safe and efficient receipt, storage and dispatch of warehouse materials, goods and products to feed business operations and customer demand. Develop and maintain material flows for all incoming materials (supplier and internal).

Key Responsibilities:

•Responsible for the Health & Safety of employees who are assigned to the team. Ensuring that Health, Safety and Environmental procedures are always understood and practiced by the team

•Prompt response to HSE issues, accidents or near misses. Validating any investigations and following up the closure of any actions.

•Ensure that health and safety meets the required standards and that risk assessments are conducted with improvement actions monitored and tracked.

•Implement Warehouse, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance (Standardized KPI’S) in line with the quality systems (EMIS)

•Ensure an efficient warehouse operation which is able to fulfil operational and customer demand.

•Plan, co-ordinate and monitor the receipt, storage and dispatch of goods. Ensuring that all transactions are maintained on the MRP system in a timely manner.

•Understand customer needs and ensure alignment with the needs/commitments of the business reporting

•Ensure inventories are accurate and control inventory levels by ensuring physical cycle counts are conducted and reconciled with automated system utilising help of the warehouse team and planners.

•Ensure the relevance and accuracy of all documentation relating to goods in and goods out including labeling of all stock items.

•Ensure that any IT and automated systems are accurate and up to date and maintained. Including any engineering changes which include part number up suffix into WMS

•Identify any systems improvements and drive through recommendations for change

•Ensure efficient and effective use of warehouse space to include layout and future capacity requirements, continually reviewing and the material flow and line rates.

Review ways to reduce waste

•Develop and maintain metrics/KPIs, and training and safety records

•Continuously review ways to aid efficiency, add value and reduce costs as well as delivering continuous improvement initiatives

•Ensure any hazardous materials are stored in accordance with requirements.

•Establish, monitor and maintain high standards of security in the warehouse by setting security procedures.

•Ensure that all lifting and maneuvering of product is carried out in accordance with manual handling procedures

•Ensure a clean and tidy working environment to aid operational efficiency

•Ensure any hazardous materials are stored in accordance with requirements.

•Establish, monitor and maintain high standards of security in the warehouse by setting security procedures.

•Ensure that all lifting and maneuvering of product is carried out in accordance with manual handling procedures

•Ensure a clean and tidy working environment to aid operational efficiency

People Management

•Manage and develop warehouse staff and team leaders to optimise performance and meet targets and deadlines

•Communicate with warehouse staff on a regular basis to make them aware of priorities, targets and operational requirements

•Ensure effective warehouse and distribution operations by implementing department policies and procedures

•Set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess on-going performance of direct reports

Self Management

•Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies

•Proactively contribute to creating a good team atmosphere

•Anticipates and overcomes obstacles

•Embraces personal challenge

•Confident, rounded thinking

•Takes ownership for team cohesion and team development

•Is self aware, optimistic and open to change

•Resilient, influential with a Can do/will do attitude

Skills and Attributes:

•Proven management skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development

•Highly developed inter-personal and communication skills coupled with the ability to negotiate and influence at all levels within the business

•Ability to build, lead and motivate a skilled team able to meet objectives and agreed targets

•Good IT skills, in particular spreadsheets and databases and a knowledge of warehouse systems

•Analytical and numerical

•Strong decision-making skills

•Excellent attention to detail skills

Qualifications and Experience Levels:

•Professional Level 5 Award or equivalent NVQ Level 5 qualifications.

•Demonstrable experience of running a warehouse, preferably in the automotive industry

•Previous management experience with the ability to manage and motivate others

•Previous experience of inventory control

•A full understanding of the requirements of running a warehouse, such as health and safety and security requirements to include certification of dangerous goods handling.

•Knowledge and understanding of lean techniques.

•Forklift Truck licence may be required

•Understanding of IATF 16949/ ISO 9001 quality standards

Note: this is not an exhaustive list. All employees are expected to show flexibility and continued self -development to meet the ever- changing needs of the business. All job descriptions will be subject to continual development.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• Please provide a phone number and email address you can be reached at
• This position is in Toledo, OH; are you willing to commute or relocate there?

Experience:

• IATF 16949/ ISO 9001: 5 years (Preferred)
• Automotive Manufacturing: 5 years (Preferred)
• NVQ Level 5 qualifications: 5 years (Preferred)
• Inventory control: 5 years (Preferred)
• Lean Techniques: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

Salary : $90,000 - $100,000