Materials Manager

Job Title: Warehouse and Materials Manager Job Description
The Warehouse and Materials Manager oversees end-to-end warehouse and inventory operations, ensuring maximum efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction. This role leads a materials team in a multi-shift environment, develops and improves warehouse processes, and drives continuous improvement initiatives across receiving, storage, material handling, and shipping activities.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that the warehouse operates with maximum efficiency while maintaining customer satisfaction as the primary objective.
- Supervise, organize, direct, and train materials employees by establishing, monitoring, and managing operational objectives.
- Manage and monitor inventory transaction processes to ensure inventory accuracy and timely compliance with company policies.
- Determine appropriate storage methods, identification, and stock locations based on turnover, environmental factors, and facility capabilities.
- Verify inventory computations by comparing system records to physical stock counts, investigate discrepancies, and adjust errors as needed.
- Develop warehouse operations systems including product handling and storage requirements, equipment utilization, inventory management, and inbound and shipping processes.
- Coordinate and monitor the receipt, storage, movement, and shipment of goods to meet productivity, quality, and service standards.
- Coordinate the generation of cycle count and physical inventory sheets and maintain the accuracy of all inventory counts.
- Manage recycling and inventory disposal in accordance with company policies.
- Assist Finance and Procurement teams by reviewing and analyzing invoices as needed.
- Inspect material handling equipment, tools, and machinery regularly and monitor general maintenance requirements.
- Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
- Directly manage employees, including approving timecards and personal time off, conducting performance evaluations, planning career progression, and recognizing employee achievements.
- Motivate, organize, and encourage teamwork within the workforce to ensure productivity goals are met or exceeded.
- Set and drive operational strategy for warehouse and materials management.
- Review and prepare workflow, staffing, space requirements, equipment design, and action plans while ensuring productivity, quality, and customer service standards are met.
- Assess departmental performance in assigned areas, identify problems, develop effective solutions, and present recommendations.
- Coach, manage, and evaluate performance of materials team personnel to meet company goals and policies, including career progression and cross-functional skill development.
- Demonstrate flexibility in developing systems that can be adapted to individual projects with varying quality assurance and documentation requirements.
- Provide feedback to leadership on resource and training needs and propose and implement solutions.
- Audit receiving, shipping, and material handling processes and procedures, including shipments and receipts, to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
- Coordinate and support the implementation of training, procedural documentation updates, and process improvements.
- Lead cross-functional projects, process improvements, and continuous improvement events to enhance the performance of the Materials team.
- Produce daily, weekly, and monthly statistical and information reports regarding inventory and warehouse status, including establishing metrics and performance targets.
- Provide guidance, training, and priorities to personnel in their daily work while working with them to resolve issues and anticipate potential problems.
- Participate in global policy changes and continuous process improvement initiatives.
- Update policies and training materials as needed to reflect current practices and standards.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Essential Skills
- At least 5 years of experience in warehouse and inventory management, including physical inventory practices and procedures.
- At least 5 years of experience leading hourly teams or equivalent experience and training.
- University or college degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent educational credential.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including creating and editing formulas, using VLOOKUP, and building PivotTables.
- Advanced business communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
- Ability to schedule and conduct meaningful and effective meetings.
- Strong customer service focus for both internal and external stakeholders.
- High level of attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Flexibility and adaptability, with the ability and willingness to adjust activities and direction in a dynamic business environment.
- Ability to manage and support staffing in a multi-shift operation.
- Proactive mindset with a strong sense of urgency.
- Assertive and confident leadership style.
- Experience and knowledge in supply chain, materials management, supply chain management, inventory management, and inventory control.
- Familiarity with ERP systems and production planning, procurement, production scheduling, and production processes.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to set and drive operational and strategic direction for warehouse and materials functions.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving Finance, Procurement, and operations teams.
- Proven capability in developing and implementing warehouse operations systems and process improvements.
- Experience managing recycling and inventory disposal activities in alignment with company policy.
- Strong analytical skills to review invoices, interpret inventory data, and produce meaningful reports and metrics.
- Ability to coach and develop team members, including cross-functional skill development and career progression planning.
- Experience participating in or leading continuous improvement and global policy change initiatives.
- Capability to design workflows, staffing plans, space utilization strategies, and equipment layouts to optimize performance.
- Skill in auditing operational processes such as receiving, shipping, and material handling for compliance and efficiency.
- Experience updating and maintaining training materials and operational policies.
- Ability to anticipate potential operational problems and implement preventative solutions.
Work Environment
This role operates in a mixed office and warehouse environment, with approximately 50% of the time spent at a desk and 50% on the warehouse floor. The position oversees a team that includes 2 direct reports (a warehouse supervisor and a shipping and receiving supervisor) and approximately 12 indirect reports within a multi-shift operation. The environment involves regular interaction with material handling equipment, tools, and machinery, as well as active participation in inventory counts, audits, and process improvement activities. The role requires an assertive and confident presence on the floor, frequent collaboration with cross-functional teams, and adherence to safety standards and legal regulations in all warehouse and materials activities.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Oak Creek, WI.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $115000.00 - $115000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Benefits - health insurance (starts the first day of the first full month).
Bluecross blue shield
401k - if they contribute 4% the company will match it for 2%
PTO- start with 3 weeks
Can negotiate up to 4 weeks
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Oak Creek, WI.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 26, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Oak Creek,WI.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

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