Logistics and Distribution Manager - West Warwick, RI

VetJobs; West Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 123,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Worthington Enterprises | Amtrol is seeking a Warehouse Manager to lead end-to-end logistics across its West Warwick facility and distribution network. You will drive safety, inventory accuracy, on-time delivery, and cross-site coordination with corporate teams.

The role requires strong leadership, experience in ERP/WMS/TMS, and a track record of reducing costs and improving service levels. Primary responsibilities include shipping/receiving, material flow, and staff development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in logistics, distribution, warehousing, manufacturing, or supply chain operations.
• Strong understanding of shipping, receiving, warehouse operations, transportation management, inventory control, and material flow.
• Experience leading operations across multiple departments or locations preferred.
• Experience with ERP, WMS, TMS, inventory-management, and production-planning systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end logistics across the West Warwick facility, distribution warehouse operations, and supplier operations.
• Ensure finished goods are delivered on time and inventory accuracy is maintained.
• Manage carrier execution, freight cost management, and transportation performance.
• Drive safety, quality, compliance, and a culture of ownership across the logistics network.
• Coach and develop shipping, receiving, warehouse, and distribution staff across multiple locations.

Skills

Leadership

Logistics

Shipping & Receiving

Inventory control

Safety compliance

Education

High School/GED

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain / Logistics / Operations

Tools

ERP

WMS

TMS

Job description

Job Description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is \"On-Site\" at the location detailed in the job post.

Worthington Enterprises | Amtrol

Worthington Enterprises | Amtrol designs, manufactures, and distributes pressure vessels, expansion tanks, well tanks, and water system solutions for residential, commercial, industrial, and OEM markets. The facility supports new product development, engineering, manufacturing, and distribution, delivering high-quality products that improve water quality, pressure management, and system reliability for customers across North America.

Warehouse Manager

The Warehouse Manager is responsible for leading end-to-end logistics execution across the West Warwick manufacturing facility, distribution warehouse operations, and vertically integrated supplier operations. This role ensures the safe, efficient, and cost-effective movement of raw materials, components, and finished goods while driving inventory accuracy, transportation performance, customer delivery, and continuous improvement across the organization.

The Logistics & Distribution Manager translates business and supply chain priorities into executable logistics plans, providing leadership across planning, shipping, receiving, warehousing, distribution, material flow, transportation, and vertically integrated supply operations. The role partners closely with both West Warwick and Corporate departments to ensure material availability, optimize product flow, and deliver strong customer experience.

This position provides leadership across three physical locations and has multiple direct reports, requiring strong cross-site coordination, standardized execution, and accountability across the logistics network.

Primary Responsibilities

Safety, Quality & Compliance Leadership

• Lead a safety-first culture across shipping, receiving, warehousing, distribution, material handling, and supplier operations.
• Ensure compliance with company safety standards, OSHA requirements, DOT and transportation requirements, environmental expectations, and established material-handling practices.
• Establish and maintain standards for product handling, packaging, storage, loading, and transportation to protect product quality and minimize damage.
• Partner with Quality and Operations to address transportation damage, material discrepancies, supplier concerns, and other logistics-related quality issues.

Logistics, Distribution & Customer Delivery

• Lead daily shipping and receiving operations at the manufacturing facility and distribution activities across the warehouse network.
• Ensure finished goods are accurately picked, staged, loaded, shipped, and delivered in alignment with customer requirements and committed delivery dates.
• Establish daily and weekly logistics priorities based on production schedules, customer demand, inventory requirements, and transportation capacity.
• Partner with Planning, Operations, and Commercial to prioritize customer requirements, including backlog recovery, expedited orders, and critical customer needs.
• Manage carrier execution and transportation performance, including routing, freight utilization, service levels, expedites, spot freight, and freight-cost management.

Material Flow, Inventory & Vertically Integrated Supply

• Lead inbound material flow from vertically integrated supplier operations to ensure manufacturing requirements are supported with the right material, quantity, quality, and timing.
• Establish effective replenishment and material-movement processes between supplier, manufacturing, and distribution locations.
• Drive inventory accuracy across shipping, receiving, warehouse, and supplier operations through disciplined transactions, cycle-count processes, reconciliation, and root-cause corrective action.

People Leadership & Organizational Capability

• Lead, coach, and develop shipping, receiving, warehouse, and distribution leadership and employees.
• Build a strong leadership pipeline through development of managers, supervisors, group leads, and high-potential employees.
• Partner with Human Resources Business Partner to improve staffing, onboarding, training, qualification, retention, engagement, and cross-training aligned with business needs.
• Create a culture of ownership in which employees understand how safety, inventory accuracy, freight performance, and execution directly impact the customer and business.

Strategy, Financial Performance & Growth

• Partner with the Senior Business Director and Supply Chain leadership to define and execute logistics and distribution strategies supporting West Warwick business objectives.
• Own logistics performance against budget and key cost drivers, including freight, premium freight, labor, overtime, warehousing, material handling, packaging, and other controllable logistics expenses.
• Develop strategies to improve transportation utilization, reduce premium freight, optimize warehouse capacity, and lower overall cost-to-serve

Minimum Education Required

High School/GED

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Logistics, Operations, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent logistics leadership experience will be considered.
• 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in logistics, distribution, warehousing, manufacturing, or supply chain operations.
• Strong understanding of shipping and receiving, warehouse operations, transportation management, inventory control, and material flow.
• Experience leading operations across multiple departments or locations preferred.
• Strong understanding of transportation cost drivers, carrier management, freight optimization, and customer delivery performance.
• Demonstrated ability to improve inventory accuracy and establish effective material-control processes.
• Experience with ERP, WMS, TMS, inventory-management, and production-planning systems preferred.

Leadership Traits for Success

• People & Culture Leader: Develops high-performing teams through coaching, clear accountability, employee development, and a strong culture of engagement and ownership.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: Challenges current performance, applies data to solve problems, and creates sustainable operating systems.
• Cross-Functional Leader: Builds alignment across functions, communicates clearly, and makes timely decisions in support of the customer and business.

Compensation Range: $123,000-$180,000. Compensation is based on experience.

City: West Warwick

State: Rhode Island