Warehouse Manager

Fortive; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Development culture

Job summary

Fortive in Bakersfield, CA seeks a Warehouse Manager to own and defend the business outcomes of logistics and process improvements. You will map revenue leaks, reallocate spend, and decide where to say no so the company can say yes to its core priorities.

You’ll bring hands-on 5S workflows, the ability to communicate clearly across teams, and comfort presenting to leadership. Fortive offers a development culture and strong benefits as part of a collaborative, experiment-friendly leadership team.

Qualifications

• Ability to read a room you’ve never been in.
• Translate jargon into plain English.
• Hands-on experience with 5S workflows and tooling.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines.
• A point of view held loosely and defended well.
• Comfort presenting to manager leadership.
• Knack for making difficult situations feel manageable.

Responsibilities

• Map revenue leaks across handoffs in the business funnel.
• Keep Fortive from optimizing a number that doesn’t pay rent.
• Reallocate spend toward channels that actually work.
• Decide where Fortive should say no to say yes to one thing.
• Stitch together logistics coordination and 5S workflows previously run on email.
• Translate $94,000 - $153,000 range investments into measurable outcomes.
• Build the 7-quarter view that survives reality checks.
• Run comparisons to end the build-versus-partner debate.

Skills

Reading a room

Plain English communication

5S workflows

Prioritization under deadlines

Point of view

Presentation to leadership

Calm under pressure

Job description

Behind Fortive's next big bet is a model someone has to build, defend, and stand behind; we're hiring that someone as our Warehouse Manager. At Fortive the $94,000 - $153,000 matters, sure, but so does owning the business outcome with 8 years of Negotiation behind it.

Key Responsibilities

• Map where revenue leaks between handoffs across the business funnel
• Keep Fortive from optimizing a number that doesn't pay rent
• Reallocate spend toward whatever business channel is actually working
• Decide where Fortive should say no so it can say yes to one thing
• Stitch together Logistics Coordination and 5S workflows that used to run on email
• Translate $94,000 - $153,000-range investments into outcomes leadership can point to
• Build the 7-quarter view that survives contact with reality
• Run the comparison that ends the build-versus-partner debate for good

What You'll Bring

• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Hands-on experience with modern 5S workflows and tooling
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to manager leadership
• Demonstrated knack for making the slow-to-anger feel manageable

As an experiment-friendly leader in business, Fortive draws top talent to its Bakersfield, CA headquarters. Mistakes get dissected for lessons at Fortive, never weaponized in your next review.

We deliver $94,000 - $153,000, comprehensive benefits, and a development culture where curiosity and deeply collaborative ambition are rewarded.

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