Operations Manager, Warehouse & Fulfillment

WESCO; Carol Stream (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wesco seeks a Manager – Operations to lead a diverse team in a customer-centered environment. You will oversee on-time fulfillment, shipping, receiving, inventory, and KPI performance while interacting with Sales and other departments.

You will manage a location potentially handling multiple warehouse systems and value-added services, ensuring safety and policy compliance, and driving continuous improvement through LEAN methods.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ operations experience, distribution center facilities preferred.
• Experience managing a group or team of individual contributors and/or indirectly supervising support staff.
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Teams, Power Point).
• Ability to effectively communicate in group and individual settings.
• Ability to travel 0–25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Manages all aspects of the location to include accurate on time order fulfillment and shipping, on time receiving, manage working capital, inventory and quality management systems.
• Management responsibility of a location that could include multiple warehouse management systems and/or multifaceted customer value added services.
• Maintains a safe, secure and inclusive workplace.
• Manages, coaches, mentors, hires and trains employees. This also includes performance management.
• Ensures compliance with policies, procedures, and audit standards (e.g. internal controls, ISO 9000).
• Manages expense-based profit and loss statement (P&L) to plan.
• Drives efficiencies within the facility using LEAN methodologies.
• Maintains facility tour-ready standards.
• Ensures preventative maintenance of the facility and all equipment.
• Matches facility capacities to customer/sales professionals’ expectations.
• Works with other support departments such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Human Resources and Finance.
• Actively engaged in developing annual budgets for the facility.

Skills

Operations management

Team leadership

Lean methodology

P&L management

Inventory control

MS Office

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Wesco seeks a Manager – Operations to lead a diverse team in a customer-centered environment. You will oversee on-time fulfillment, shipping, receiving, inventory, and KPI performance while interacting with Sales and other departments.

You will manage a location potentially handling multiple warehouse systems and value-added services, ensuring safety and policy compliance, and driving continuous improvement through LEAN methods.