Warehouse Manager - SAP, Lean Ops & Leadership

zeissgroup; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS in Brooklyn Park, MN is seeking a Warehouse Manager to lead daily operations, uphold safety standards, and drive continuous improvement in a high‑volume distribution setting.

You will oversee receiving, storage, picking, packing, shipping, inventory control and SAP ERP; collaborate across production, quality, finance and sales to ensure on-time, accurate customer orders. This onsite role also emphasizes Lean practices and staff development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in operations management, supply chain, business or related field, OR equivalent experience of 7+ years.
• Minimum of 3 years in a supervisory or management role.
• MUST have a minimum of 3 years of SAP ERP warehouse-specific experience.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams.
• Excellence in written and verbal communication.
• Service orientation.
• Attention to detail.
• Time management.
• Teamwork.
• Problem solving.
• Self-motivation.
• Able to work autonomously.
• Prior SAP ERP implementation experience preferred.
• Intermediate experience using Microsoft products (Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Manage daily warehouse operations, including receiving, storage, picking, packing, returns, put-away's and staging.
• Ensure optimal warehouse layout and space utilization for new and existing parts for product lines that are arriving domestically and internationally.
• Understand, maintain and improve kanban processes and flow with the production team on the floor, partnering with their teams to ensure stock is filled and part numbers maintained.
• Oversee cycle counts and physical inventories; investigate and resolve discrepancies in SAP.
• Monitor warehouse key performance indicators such as order accuracy, picking productivity, on-time shipments, dock-to-stock time, inventory accuracy, and safety performance.
• Partner with the Fulfillment Operations Manager at the onsite warehouse to ensure materials are delivered timely to the production floor.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Time management

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Autonomy

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in operations management, supply chain, business or related field

Tools

SAP ERP

Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/Outlook/PowerPoint)

Job description

ZEISS in Brooklyn Park, MN is seeking a Warehouse Manager to lead daily operations, uphold safety standards, and drive continuous improvement in a high‑volume distribution setting.

You will oversee receiving, storage, picking, packing, shipping, inventory control and SAP ERP; collaborate across production, quality, finance and sales to ensure on-time, accurate customer orders. This onsite role also emphasizes Lean practices and staff development.