Summary The Senior Manager, Warehouse Operations leads the people, processes, and systems that maintain accurate inventory and reliable material flow across Stored Energy Systems (SENS) manufacturing operations. Based at Disc Drive headquarters, this role leads teams and team members across all SENS locations on first shift (days) and second shift (evenings). The role oversees receiving, warehousing, inventory control, material handling, production replenishment, kitting, inter-factory transportation, shipping, and freight coordination, while developing teams and operating capacity to support production continuity, customer deliveries, and growth.
Responsibilities Leadership and Operating Performance
- Establish consistent material handling and inventory management standards, performance expectations, and accountability across all locations.
- Develop supervisors and team leaders through coaching, training, performance management, and succession planning.
- Own Warehouse Operations staffing plans and coordinate coverage, priorities, and escalation processes across all locations and both shifts to support production needs.
- Promote safe material handling and consistent workplace practices in partnership with the Environmental Health and Safety team.
Inventory Accuracy and Control
- Own inventory accuracy and control standards across SENS inventory locations, including inventory held at partner locations.
- Establish consistent receiving, put-away, picking, transfer, issue, return, and reconciliation processes in Infor SyteLine. Oversee receipt processing for non-inventory purchases.
- Lead cycle counting, inventory discrepancy investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
- Maintain material identification, traceability, first-in, first-out practices, and segregation of restricted or nonconforming inventory.
- Partner with Procurement and Finance on inventory reconciliation and actions to improve inventory health, supporting Procurement's ownership of inventory turns, safety stock levels, and excess and obsolete inventory.
- Lead preparation and execution of annual physical inventories at all SENS locations.
Production Material Flow
- Lead production material delivery, including stock picking, replenishment of point-of-use inventory areas, scheduled material delivery routes, and kanban replenishment parameters. Align execution with sales, inventory, and operations planning (SIOP) and production schedules.
- Develop and implement scalable assembly-phase kitting processes for configure-to-order and engineer-to-order products. Ensure kit accuracy, completeness, alignment with current revisions, staging, and return of unused materials.
- Coordinate material priorities, shortage escalations, and decisions about incomplete kits with Planning, Production, and Procurement.
- Establish visual management and kanban replenishment processes from kitting through delivery to production lines.
Transportation, Shipping, and Freight
- Own inter-factory transportation and inventory transfers, movement of finished products to shipping, and return flows for empty bins, carts, and protective packing materials.
- Lead local shipping operations and centralized inbound and outbound freight execution, coordinating with Planning & Fulfillment and Order Management to support on-time, complete customer shipments.
- Manage freight and premium freight costs against budget and maintain transportation contingency plans to support production continuity and customer deliveries.
Capacity and Continuous Improvement
- Translate production forecasts into logistics capacity plans. Lead warehouse and material-flow readiness for factory expansions and production ramps, including space, staffing, and training.
- Improve productivity through standard work, waste reduction, daily performance management, process automation, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system improvements, in partnership with IT, Manufacturing Engineering, and Continuous Improvement.
Required Qualifications - 8+ years of experience in manufacturing inventory, warehousing, and logistics, including 5+ years leading supervisors and teams across multiple sites and shifts.
- Demonstrated success scaling warehouse operations in a high-growth manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of inventory controls, ERP transactions, cycle counting, kanban, supermarkets, production replenishment, and order kitting.
- Experience managing shipping operations, transportation providers, and freight costs.
- Experience supporting repetitive manufacturing production.
- Demonstrated ability to improve inventory accuracy, establish consistent operating practices, and develop effective supervisors and team leaders.
- Ability to analyze operational and financial data, resolve problems, and communicate priorities and issues across functions.
- Experience implementing Lean or continuous improvement initiatives.
Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, operations, engineering, or a related field
- Relevant supply chain, logistics, or Lean certification.
- Experience with Infor SyteLine, barcode scanning, and warehouse management systems.
- Experience in electrical equipment, industrial products, or similarly complex manufacturing environments.
- Experience supporting configure-to-order or engineer-to-order production.
Location: Longmont, CO
Base Compensation: $135,000 - $165,000 is the projected range of annual base salary for this role depending on the candidate's overall qualifications and experience.
Bonus: This position is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
Closing Date: December 1st. While we expect to keep the position open through this date, the posting may be extended or closed early based on applicant volume and hiring needs.
Onsite Perks- Free gym with 24/7 access
- Free Electric Vehicle charging
- Breakfast and Lunch Café
- After hours Grab & Go snacks
- Basketball court
- Walking paths
Benefits- Paid Time Off
- Paid holidays
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Life insurance
- 401(k) plan with immediate vesting
- Employee referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development
We hope you're interested in making a difference with us. Even if you don't feel that you meet every qualification listed in this job description, we still encourage you to apply.
