Job Title: Warehouse Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Warehouse

Reports to: Global Warehouse Manager

GENERAL DESCRIPTION / PURPOSE:

The Warehouse Manager is responsible for overseeing warehouse safety, operations, ensuring efficiency and inventory accuracy. This role involves managing warehouse employees, optimizing processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance inventory management and operational effectiveness. The ideal candidate will foster a strong safety culture, drive continuous improvement and leverage data to support strategic decision-making.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Warehouse Management

• Develop and implement workforce planning strategies, optimizing employee scheduling and resource allocation to meet business demands and customer expectations.
• Provide strategic leadership to warehouse teams, driving performance, engagement, and accountability to achieve operational excellence.
• Act as the key decision-maker for all warehouse operations, ensuring strict compliance with policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
• Lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging data-driven insights to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and eliminate inefficiencies.
• Oversee and direct warehouse-related projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align initiatives with broader business objectives.
• Drive talent development, mentoring and coaching employees to build a high-performing team aligned with organizational goals.
• Establish and enforce a visual management system that enhances warehouse efficiency, organization, and real-time performance tracking.
• Ensure inventory integrity through robust controls, leveraging the IFS system for real-time accuracy and compliance with financial and operational standards.

• Utilize data-driven insights to inform decision-making and set priorities.

Inventory Control

• Develop and implement inventory strategies to maintain optimal stock levels across the global supply chain while balancing cost control.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Inventory Control, Aftermarket, Marketing, and Fleet Operations teams to define strategic inventory stocking levels and deployment plans.
• Oversee forecast implementation, communication, and coordination to ensure optimal product availability and service levels.
• Analyze and address supply-demand gaps by optimizing allocation strategies, resolving intra-business unit priorities, and enhancing reporting tools for greater efficiency.
• New part release and related maintenance: Make vs. buy decision, create product structure set up in IFS, enter estimated material costs, update planning methods, safety stock, order cover time, and lot size.

Safety Management

• Foster a strong safety culture, promoting awareness and compliance among all team members.
• Provide safety training and ensure adherence to company policies and regulations.
• Enforce safety standards throughout all warehouse and shipping operations.
• Conduct job and safety briefings regularly to reinforce best practices.
• Lead 5S initiatives, maintaining a clean, organized, and structured work environment.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Associate degree

Experience: 2+ years’ experience in materials and logistics with a focus in Supply Base Management and Lean practices. 3+ years of direct supervision and development of employees.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A working knowledge of railroads, transportation, heavy construction, or combination
• Knowledge of or ability to quickly become familiar with Railroad products and services, particularly pertaining to maintenance of track and structures
• Knowledge of computers and software with good word processing skills using Microsoft applications
• Good personal presentation skills

*Or equivalent combination of 7+ years’ experience in supply chain, warehouse or manufacturing leadership.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in management related field

Licenses/Certifications: Maintain railroad safety training and certifications. Supervisor I certification. Green Belt and lead on Kaizen event or continuous improvement project

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Leadership training and certifications
• A working knowledge of railroads, transportation, heavy construction, or combination

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Less than 15% travel, including international, using any method of transportation
• Ability to apply high levels of cognitive, analytical, retention and reasoning
• Excellent communication skills used within any social context
• Can stand, sit, walk, reach, balance, stoop, kneel, hear, taste and smell
• Can see up close, distances, colors and has use of peripheral vision and depth perception
• Can tolerate variable and sometimes extreme physical conditions during visits or inspections of company equipment in a railroad environment

Benefits for this role include a comprehensive package with company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance; Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options; wellness programs; basic life and AD&D insurance; voluntary life insurance; company paid short-term and long-term disability coverage; 401(k) retirement plan including an employer match of 150% up to the first 6% you contribute to the Plan; Employee Assistance Program (EAP); behavioral health support; and leaves of absence. Additional benefits include tuition reimbursement, payroll charity contributions, adoption assistance and optional plans such as legal, critical illness, and hospitalization.

Loram determines compensation based on factors such as skills, competencies, education, and/or experience. Certain positions may be eligible for an annual bonus and paid time off in addition to base compensation.

Starting pay for the position is between $75,450 - $94,350

Loram is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Rev. 3/25