Warehouse Manager

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<li>Manage the complete warehouse cycle: receiving, verification, put-away, storage, picking, issue/transfer, finished-goods receipt and dispatch.</li>
<li>Ensure materials are available to Production according to authorized requirements.</li>
<li>Control all inter-warehouse and production-floor material movements.</li>
<li>Maintain structured warehouse locations, bin coding, labeling and material identification.</li>
<li>Optimize warehouse layout, racking and space utilization.</li>
<li>Ensure segregation of raw materials, WIP, finished goods, rejected, damaged, obsolete, scrap and quarantined materials.</li>
<li>Maintain material and component traceability and apply FIFO or other approved rotation rules.</li>
<li>Organize and execute cycle counts, periodic counts, surprise counts and annual physical inventory.</li>
<li>Investigate physical discrepancies and implement corrective actions.</li>
<li>Control stock loss, damage, shrinkage and unauthorized movement.</li>
<li>Ensure timely and accurate execution of warehouse transactions through the approved ERP/Warehouse system.</li>
<li>Ensure physical movement, supporting documents and system transactions remain synchronized.</li>
<li>Prevent undocumented or off-system stock movements.</li>
<li>Coordinate daily with Production and Planning regarding material requirements, priorities and availability.</li>
<li>Ensure authorized materials are issued accurately and on time and control the return of unused or excess materials.</li>
<li>Coordinate incoming material handling with Quality and ensure rejected or quarantined materials cannot be issued accidentally.</li>
<li>Control physical handling and segregation of scrap, damaged and obsolete materials.</li>
<li>Lead Warehouse Supervisors, Storekeepers and warehouse workers; define responsibilities, shifts, workload and custody.</li>
<li>Train employees on approved procedures, ERP transactions, material handling, traceability and safety.</li>
<li>Evaluate team performance and take appropriate corrective and development actions.</li>
<li>Maintain safe storage, stacking, handling and material-movement practices.</li>
<li>Maintain warehouse housekeeping and 5S standards.</li>
<li>Control access to warehouse areas and protect company inventory and assets.</li>
<li>Participate in warehouse restructuring, ERP implementation and process-improvement projects.</li>
<li>Implement and ensure compliance with approved warehouse SOPs and material-flow procedures.</li>
<li>Identify operational gaps, bottlenecks and control weaknesses and escalate them with practical recommendations.</li>
</ul><h2>Requirements</h2><ol><ul>
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<strong>Education:</strong>Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Commerce, Business Administration, Engineering or a related field.</li>
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<strong>Experience:</strong>8–12 years of warehouse experience, including 3–5 years in a supervisory or managerial role, preferably in manufacturing.</li>
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<strong>Strong Preference:</strong>Automotive components, electrical components, wire harness or high-volume discrete manufacturing.</li>
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<strong>Must Have:</strong>ERP experience, strong Excel, physical inventory management, cycle counting, documentation discipline, FIFO, traceability, stock variance investigation, team management and warehouse location management.</li>
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<strong>Personality:</strong>Hands-on, highly organized, process-disciplined, strong shop-floor presence, firm on undocumented movements and capable of effective cross-functional cooperation.</li>
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