Manufacturing Site Warehouse Manager
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Job summary
G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, IL is seeking a Site Warehouse Manager to oversee end-to-end material flow from receiving to shipment readiness, ensuring material availability and inventory accuracy to support production and customer delivery commitments.
You will lead warehouse supervisors and frontline staff, drive Lean improvements, manage cycle counts and ERP/WMS performance, and coordinate with production and logistics to optimize throughput and on-time shipping.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Logistics, Operations, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 8+ years of warehouse, materials, or internal logistics experience in a manufacturing environment, including people leadership responsibilities.
- Strong knowledge of warehouse operations, inventory control, cycle counting, material flow, and shipping/receiving.
- Experience with ERP/WMS systems, inventory transaction discipline, and performance/KPI management.
- Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and continuous improvement skills, with working knowledge of Lean principles.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end material flow including receiving, storage, picking, kitting, line feeding, staging, packing, and shipment readiness.
- Ensure continuous material availability at point of use and prevent internal logistics constraints from impacting production.
- Translate production priorities and schedule changes into effective warehouse execution.
- Proactively identify and resolve material shortages, delays, and flow constraints affecting production.
- Manage warehouse operations, storage, layout, material organization, dock activities, and space utilization.
- Own inventory accuracy and ensure alignment between physical inventory and ERP/WMS records.
- Establish and execute a robust cycle count program based on inventory risk, value, and transaction activity.
- Ensure cycle count completion, variance investigation, reconciliation, and timely corrective actions.
- Drive transaction discipline across receiving, material movements, transfers, adjustments, and shipments.
- Identify and eliminate root causes of inventory discrepancies, material losses, and recurring system-to-physical variances.
- Ensure finished goods are complete, accurately packed, staged, and ready for shipment according to production and customer requirements.
- Coordinate dock execution and shipment priorities with Logistics & Transportation.
- Ensure alignment between production completion and shipment readiness.
- Drive continuous improvement using Lean principles, standard work, 5S, visual management, and structured problem solving.
- Improve material handling, travel distance, warehouse utilization, productivity, and overall material flow.
- Monitor and improve key warehouse KPIs, including inventory accuracy, cycle count performance, material availability, picking accuracy, warehouse productivity, and on-time shipment readiness.
- Lead and develop warehouse supervisors, leads, material handlers, inventory, and shipping/receiving personnel.
- Ensure appropriate staffing and capabilities aligned with production requirements across shifts.
- Drive accountability, standardization, execution discipline, and adherence to EHS and safety requirements.
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Job description
The Site Warehouse Manager is responsible for end-to-end warehouse and internal material flow execution across the manufacturing site, from receiving through production line feeding and shipment readiness.
The role ensures material availability, inventory accuracy, efficient warehouse operations, and disciplined execution in support of production schedules and customer delivery commitments.
- Own end-to-end material flow including receiving, storage, picking, kitting, line feeding, staging, packing, and shipment readiness.
- Ensure continuous material availability at point of use and prevent internal logistics constraints from impacting production.
- Translate production priorities and schedule changes into effective warehouse execution.
- Proactively identify and resolve material shortages, delays, and flow constraints affecting production.
- Manage warehouse operations, storage, layout, material organization, dock activities, and space utilization.
- Own inventory accuracy and ensure alignment between physical inventory and ERP/WMS records.
- Establish and execute a robust cycle count program based on inventory risk, value, and transaction activity.
- Ensure cycle count completion, variance investigation, reconciliation, and timely corrective actions.
- Drive transaction discipline across receiving, material movements, transfers, adjustments, and shipments.
- Identify and eliminate root causes of inventory discrepancies, material losses, and recurring system-to-physical variances.
- Ensure finished goods are complete, accurately packed, staged, and ready for shipment according to production and customer requirements.
- Coordinate dock execution and shipment priorities with Logistics & Transportation.
- Ensure alignment between production completion and shipment readiness.
- Drive continuous improvement using Lean principles, standard work, 5S, visual management, and structured problem solving.
- Improve material handling, travel distance, warehouse utilization, productivity, and overall material flow.
- Monitor and improve key warehouse KPIs, including inventory accuracy, cycle count performance, material availability, picking accuracy, warehouse productivity, and on-time shipment readiness
- Lead and develop warehouse supervisors, leads, material handlers, inventory, and shipping/receiving personnel.
- Ensure appropriate staffing and capabilities aligned with production requirements across shifts.
- Drive accountability, standardization, execution discipline, and adherence to EHS and safety requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Logistics, Operations, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 8+ years of warehouse, materials, or internal logistics experience in a manufacturing environment, including people leadership responsibilities.
- Strong knowledge of warehouse operations, inventory control, cycle counting, material flow, and shipping/receiving.
- Experience with ERP/WMS systems, inventory transaction discipline, and performance/KPI management.
- Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and continuous improvement skills, with working knowledge of Lean principles.
- Experience working in engineering-to-order and/or high-mix low-volume manufacturing environments
- Experience implementing or improving warehouse layout, material flow, or point-of-use delivery systems.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or equivalent continuous improvement experience applied to logistics processes
Typical pay is $96,555 – $128,577 annually.
Please note the pay information shown above is a general guideline. Pay is based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications.
This position is eligible for participation in our Quarterly Incentive Pay Program
G&W Electric offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Health club membership program and reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 401 (k)
- Annual Profit Sharing
- Vacation
- Air-conditioned/heated state-of-the-art manufacturing facility
Innovating since 1905, G&W Electric has grown into a global leader in engineered electrical power grid solutions. Working with us means joining a worldwide team of passionate manufacturing professionals striving to continually improve the technologies the world depends on to deliver safe, reliable electricity. Our culture is focused on employee success, so we foster an entrepreneurial environment that encourages everyone to thrive.
Learn more about our company by watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMtAhsdYeUQ
G&W Electric enjoys a long reputation for product quality, innovation and world-class customer service to the power industry. We have established this reputation by believing that our greatest asset is our employees. We owe our success to the initiative and talents of highly skilled individuals within our team-based organization. Our goal is to set the standard for customer satisfaction by ensuring a superior level of service, performance and innovation. As a global organization and industry leader, we are committed to cultivating an engaging work environment that embraces our core values and develops our talent. Our continuous focus on growth and innovation means that you become part of a company that provides challenging opportunities, rewards excellence and combines your individual expertise to achieve a higher level of shared success. As part of our organization, you also help power the world!
G&W Electric is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. G&W Electric participates in the E-Verify process for all new hires.
*G&W Electric participates in the E-Verify process for all new hires.
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