Warehouse Manager

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