Warehouse Manager

seek.com.au; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

seek.com.au is looking for an experienced Warehouse Manager to lead four warehouses in Victoria. You will oversee receiving, storage, picking, packing, dispatch and stock accuracy while developing two Warehouse Supervisors and maintaining safety standards.

The role involves coordinating labour, improving layouts, and rolling out new systems to reduce errors and speed turnaround. You will shape warehouse processes and KPI-driven performance across sites.

Qualifications

• Experience managing warehouse or distribution operations, ideally across more than one site.
• A track record of leading supervisors and frontline teams.
• Practical knowledge of inventory control, stocktakes, order fulfilment and freight coordination with a broad SKU range.
• Experience with ERP or warehouse management systems, stock reporting and barcode scanning.
• Comfortable using data to solve problems and lift performance.
• Experience in tools, hardware, building products or trade distribution will be well regarded.
• You’ll be a supportive and accountable leader who stays calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing receiving, storage, replenishment, picking, packing, dispatch and returns across four sites.
• Setting consistent procedures and coordinating labour around order volumes and dispatch cut-offs.
• Coordinating freight, inter-warehouse transfers and urgent orders with Customer Service and Sales.
• Keeping SKU, location and unit-of-measure records accurate and managing scheduled stocktakes.
• Leading safety across manual handling, forklifts, racking and chemical products, and following corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory control

Data-driven decision making

Labour planning

Tools

ERP/WMS

Barcode scanning

Job description

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Warehouse Manager to lead our four warehouses in Victoria. Reporting to the National Operations Manager, you’ll oversee everything from receiving and storage through to picking, packing and dispatch, making sure our stock records are accurate, and our customers get the right orders on time.

You’ll lead and develop two Warehouse Supervisors, who in turn manage our pick and pack teams. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll set the standard for safety, productivity and service across all sites, and where your ideas for doing things better will be welcomed.

What you’ll be doing

Overseeing receiving, storage, replenishment, picking, packing, dispatch and returns across four sites

Setting consistent procedures and working with your supervisors to plan labour around order volumes and dispatch cut‑offs

Coordinating freight, inter‑warehouse transfers and urgent orders with Customer Service and Sales

Keeping SKU, location and unit‑of‑measure records accurate and managing scheduled stocktakes

Investigating stock discrepancies and working with Purchasing on shortages and slow‑moving stock

Coaching your supervisors, overseeing rosters and cross‑training, and supporting recruitment and induction

Leading safety across manual handling, forklifts, racking and chemical products, and following corrective actions through to completion

Helping roll out our new RFT system and improving layouts and workflows to reduce errors and speed up turnaround

About you

Experience managing warehouse or distribution operations, ideally across more than one site

A track record of leading supervisors and frontline teams

Practical knowledge of inventory control, stocktakes, order fulfilment and freight coordination with a broad SKU range

Experience with ERP or warehouse management systems, stock reporting and barcode scanning

Comfortable using data to solve problems and lift performance

Experience in tools, hardware, building products or trade distribution will be well regarded

You’ll be a supportive and accountable leader who stays calm under pressure, pays attention to the detail and builds good working relationships across the business. Above all, you’ll care about safety and about finding practical ways to make work run better.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.