Warehouse Manager in Easley, South Carolina at Safe Industries

Essential Functions & Core Responsibilities:
Lead and oversee daily warehouse operations, including receiving, put-away, inventory storage, picking, packing, staging, shipping, transfers, returns, and deliveries.
Manage, coach, train, and develop warehouse employees while establishing clear expectations for productivity, accuracy, attendance, safety, organization, and accountability.
Plan and assign daily workload based on order priorities, customer requirements, staffing, inventory availability, incoming shipments, and business needs.
Ensure customer orders are picked, packed, staged, and shipped accurately and on schedule.
Maintain accurate inventory records and ensure physical inventory movement is properly reflected in NetSuite.
Establish and maintain effective cycle-counting, inventory reconciliation, and inventory-adjustment procedures.
Investigate inventory discrepancies and identify root causes and corrective actions to improve long-term inventory accuracy.
Ensure incoming products are received accurately and promptly, including verification of quantities, product identification, condition, purchase order information, and required documentation.
Maintain an organized warehouse layout, including appropriate bin locations, product identification, staging areas, aisles, receiving areas, and shipping areas.
Establish standardized processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for key warehouse activities and ensure consistent adherence across the department.
Monitor open orders and proactively identify inventory, fulfillment, or warehouse-related issues that could delay customer shipments.
Coordinate the appropriate handling of standard, expedited, partial-shipment, and ship-complete orders.
Establish effective controls and visibility for products and orders that are received, picked, packed, staged, transferred, shipped, or released for local delivery.
Work closely with Purchasing to communicate inventory shortages, receiving discrepancies, backorders, replenishment requirements, and incoming inventory priorities.
Partner with Customer Service, Sales and Purchasing to provide accurate information regarding inventory availability, order status, fulfillment issues, and shipment timing.
Support inventory planning by providing operational insight regarding stock levels,
product movement, slow-moving inventory, obsolete inventory, and warehouse capacity.
Ensure warehouse employees consistently follow established NetSuite processes and accurately complete required system transactions.
Partner with Operations and NetSuite resources to identify and implement improvements to warehouse workflows, dashboards, reports, forms, and system controls.
Participate in the evaluation, testing, implementation, and adoption of barcode scanning and Warehouse Management System (WMS) capabilities for receiving, inventory movement, picking, packing, and shipping.
Identify opportunities to eliminate unnecessary manual and paper-based processes and replace them with efficient, reliable, system-driven workflows.
Develop and monitor warehouse Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including inventory accuracy, picking and shipping accuracy, receiving turnaround time, fulfillment performance, productivity, and safety.
Support warehouse expansion, relocation, layout redesign, or other operational improvement initiatives as required.
Maintain a clean, safe, organized, and efficient warehouse environment.
Ensure compliance with company safety policies, OSHA requirements, and applicable warehouse and material-handling standards.
Ensure employees operating forklifts or other powered industrial equipment are properly trained, certified, and authorized.
Conduct routine warehouse, equipment, storage, and safety inspections and promptly address identified concerns.
Investigate and properly report workplace accidents, injuries, product damage, equipment damage, and safety incidents.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives designed to increase warehouse capacity, productivity, inventory accuracy, employee effectiveness, and customer service.

Required Qualifications:
Advanced knowledge of warehouse operations, inventory control, receiving, picking, packing, shipping, fulfillment, and material handling.
Demonstrated ability to lead and manage warehouse employees in a fast-paced distribution or fulfillment environment.
Strong understanding of inventory accuracy, cycle counting, inventory reconciliation, and root-cause analysis.
Demonstrated ability to establish standardized processes, improve operational workflows, and hold employees accountable to established procedures.
Strong organizational, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to effectively prioritize multiple operational demands and respond to urgent or time-sensitive customer and business requirements.
Experience working with ERP, inventory-management, or Warehouse Management System technology.
Strong computer skills and the ability to learn and effectively utilize NetSuite and other warehouse technology.
Ability to analyze warehouse performance data and use operational metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
Strong cross-functional communication skills with the ability to work effectively with Operations, Purchasing, Customer Service, Sales, Apparel, Finance, and leadership.
Ability to safely operate forklifts and other required warehouse/material-handling equipment.
Current forklift certification or ability to successfully complete required forklift certification upon hire.
High level of accuracy, accountability, professional judgment, and attention to detail.
Ability and willingness to work hands-on in the warehouse and provide direct operational support when needed.

Preferred Education, Certifications, and/or Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and relevant warehouse leadership experience may be considered.
Minimum 3–5 years of warehouse, distribution, logistics, fulfillment, or inventory-management experience.
Minimum 2 years of warehouse supervisory or management experience required.
Experience with Oracle NetSuite strongly preferred.
Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), barcode scanning, RF scanners, or similar warehouse technology preferred.
Experience developing and implementing warehouse SOPs, inventory controls, cycle-count programs, and performance metrics required.
Experience managing inventory across multiple locations preferred.
Experience in industrial distribution, safety products, PPE, emergency response equipment, or a similar distribution environment preferred.
Experience participating in a warehouse expansion, relocation, redesign, WMS implementation, or significant process-improvement initiative preferred.

Physical Demands:
Ability to work regularly in a warehouse and distribution environment.
Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the workday.
Ability to bend, reach, stoop, climb, push, pull, and perform physical activities associated with warehouse operations.
Ability to safely lift, carry, and move products and materials consistent with Company safety guidelines and applicable requirements.
Ability to safely operate a forklift and other material-handling equipment as required.
Ability to work around warehouse equipment, loading areas, racking, pallets, and moving inventory.
Ability to work in varying warehouse temperatures and environmental conditions as applicable.
Ability to safely perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits:
Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Voluntary Life
Long Term Disability
401K-5% match
Wellness Program