Warehouse Operations Manager
Role Overview
Lead warehouse operations across the company's main warehouses nationwide.
Standardize processes, protect inventory accuracy, control operating costs, and ensure safe, compliant, efficient storage that supports business continuity.
Key Skills for This Role
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Company
Colors Company for Paints distributes products and services for the automotive refinishing industry.
The company emphasizes integrated customer service, long-term partnerships, employee motivation, and environmental sustainability.
Role purpose
Lead warehouse operations across the company's main warehouses nationwide.
Standardize processes, protect inventory accuracy, control operating costs, and ensure safe, compliant, efficient storage that supports business continuity.
Warehouse operations and inventory
- Develop standardized warehouse policies and procedures and establish governance across the warehouse network.
- Define and monitor KPIs; lead process improvement and re-engineering.
- Maintain inventory accuracy, reduce discrepancies and waste, and apply FIFO, FEFO, and movement controls.
- Manage periodic and annual counts; optimize layout and space; integrate inventory visibility with the ERP.
Cost, safety, and compliance
- Monitor handling, storage, and variance costs; lead cost reduction and review logistics-service and supplier contracts.
- Implement corrective actions, automation, and digitalization to improve productivity.
- Ensure storage compliance for sensitive and flammable materials and apply safety and fire-risk procedures.
- Maintain documentation and quality standards for audit readiness.
Leadership and coordination
- Lead and develop main-warehouse managers and their teams; deliver training to standardize procedures.
- Coordinate with Finance, Internal Audit, and Operations.
Required qualifications and experience
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 8–10 years of experience in multi-branch warehouse or operations environments.
- Proven track record in improving operational efficiency and reducing costs.
- Strong command of ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Odoo and Warehouse Management Systems.
- Knowledge of inventory tracking, material-movement control, and data-analysis or reporting tools.
- Strong analytical, policy-writing, and problem-solving skills with commitment to governance.
Preferred certifications
- CSCP, CLTD, or Six Sigma professional certifications are an advantage.
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