Warehouse Manager - SAP, Lean Ops & Leadership

zeissgroup

Minneapolis (MN)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 115,000

Full time

5 days ago
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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.

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