Senior warehouse operations manager

Job Title: Senior Warehouse Operations Manager

The key objective of this role is to lead the warehouse team and oversee daily operations ensuring timely, efficient, and effective receipt, storage, value-add services, and dispatch of raw materials and finished goods.


Responsibilities:

1. Oversee daily warehouse operations in compliance with company policies and ensure productivity targets are achieved and all processes are running smoothly.
2. Ensure receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations take place on time and as required, maintaining accurate inventory levels.
3. Supervise the receipt, storage, value-add servicing, and preparation for dispatch of both raw materials and finished goods.
4. Provide timely and accurate response to material requirements, ensuring availability of required materials to the manufacturing unit and accurate stock management reports to Production and Material Planning.
5. Lead team performance improvement initiatives and contribute to scenario planning if capacity becomes constrained.
6. Manage KPIs specific to the warehouse function and implement corrective actions where necessary to achieve targets.

Key skills include excellent leadership and communication skills, analytical and problem-solving abilities, experience with SAP, and a strong focus on continuous improvement.