A Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Commerce, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field is required.
Eight to twelve years of warehouse experience, including three to five years in a supervisory or managerial role, preferably in manufacturing.
Strong preference for experience in automotive components, electrical components, wire harness, or high-volume discrete manufacturing.
ERP experience, strong Excel skills, physical inventory management, cycle counting, documentation discipline, FIFO, traceability, stock variance investigation, team management, and warehouse location management are required.
The candidate should be hands-on, highly organized, process-disciplined, have a strong shop-floor presence, be firm about undocumented movements, and cooperate effectively across functions.
Responsibilities
Manage the complete warehouse cycle, including receiving, verification, put-away, storage, picking, issue and transfer, finished-goods receipt, and dispatch.
Ensure materials are available to Production according to authorized requirements.
Control all inter-warehouse and production-floor material movements.
Maintain structured warehouse locations, bin coding, labeling, and material identification.
Optimize warehouse layout, racking, and space utilization.
Ensure segregation of raw materials, work in progress, finished goods, rejected, damaged, obsolete, scrap, and quarantined materials.
Maintain material and component traceability and apply FIFO or other approved rotation rules.
Organize and execute cycle counts, periodic counts, surprise counts, and annual physical inventory.
Investigate physical discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
Control stock loss, damage, shrinkage, and unauthorized movement.
Ensure timely and accurate execution of warehouse transactions through the approved ERP/Warehouse system.
Ensure physical movement, supporting documents, and system transactions remain synchronized.
Prevent undocumented or off-system stock movements.
Coordinate daily with Production and Planning regarding material requirements, priorities, and availability.
Ensure authorized materials are issued accurately and on time and control the return of unused or excess materials.
Coordinate incoming material handling with Quality and ensure rejected or quarantined materials cannot be issued accidentally.
Control physical handling and segregation of scrap, damaged, and obsolete materials.
Lead Warehouse Supervisors, Storekeepers, and warehouse workers; define responsibilities, shifts, workload, and custody.
Train employees on approved procedures, ERP transactions, material handling, traceability, and safety.
Evaluate team performance and take appropriate corrective and development actions.
Maintain safe storage, stacking, handling, and material-movement practices.
Maintain warehouse housekeeping and 5S standards.
Control access to warehouse areas and protect company inventory and assets.
Participate in warehouse restructuring, ERP implementation, and process-improvement projects.
Implement and ensure compliance with approved warehouse SOPs and material-flow procedures.
Identify operational gaps, bottlenecks, and control weaknesses and escalate them with practical recommendations.
Desired Qualifications
Manufacturing experience, especially in automotive components, electrical components, wire harness, or high-volume discrete manufacturing.