Warehouse Operations Lead - Materials & Flow

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY; La Vergne (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY in La Vergne, TN, is seeking an Assistant Warehouse Manager to lead daily warehouse operations in a high-volume environment. You will oversee receiving, put-away, storage, picking, staging, and material movement while ensuring timely, accurate material delivery to production.

The role requires 5+ years of warehouse experience, leadership of supervisors, and strong ERP/WMS knowledge (SAP preferred).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent warehouse leadership experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of progressive warehouse, distribution, logistics, or manufacturing-materials experience.
• 2+ years of experience leading supervisors, leads, or sizeable hourly teams preferred.
• Experience with ERP/WMS systems; SAP experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of receiving, put-away, picking, material movement, inventory control, cycle counting, and warehouse transactions.
• Demonstrated experience with operational KPIs, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work across multiple shifts and warehouse locations as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Support daily warehouse operations including receiving, put-away, storage, replenishment, picking, staging, and material movement.
• Manage assigned warehouse building, shift, or functional area and ensure daily operational targets are achieved.
• Ensure production materials are delivered accurately and on time to support manufacturing requirements.
• Monitor workload, staffing, equipment, and space utilization and adjust resources based on operational priorities.
• Coordinate material movement between multiple warehouse and production buildings.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement corrective actions to improve material flow and warehouse productivity.
• Maintain proper segregation and control of production material, DMR/hold material, returns, scrap, and other exception inventory.
• Lead, coach, and develop warehouse staff.
• Establish clear expectations for safety, attendance, productivity, quality, and accountability.

Skills

Warehouse leadership

Operations management

People management

Problem solving

Communication

Cross-functional work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Operations/Engineering or related field

Tools

SAP

WMS

ERP systems

Job description

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY in La Vergne, TN, is seeking an Assistant Warehouse Manager to lead daily warehouse operations in a high-volume environment. You will oversee receiving, put-away, storage, picking, staging, and material movement while ensuring timely, accurate material delivery to production.

The role requires 5+ years of warehouse experience, leadership of supervisors, and strong ERP/WMS knowledge (SAP preferred).