Warehouse Operations Manager

Job Title: Warehouse Operations Manager Job Description The Warehouse Operations Manager leads warehouse, inventory, material flow, and distribution operations within a high-volume food manufacturing environment. This role combines hands-on operational leadership with industrial engineering principles, process improvement, data analysis, and systems optimization to ensure the safe, efficient, and accurate movement of raw materials, packaging components, finished goods, and customer shipments. The manager builds scalable warehouse processes that support production performance, inventory integrity, customer service, and long-term business growth. Responsibilities

- Lead day-to-day warehouse operations, including receiving, storage, replenishment, inventory control, material handling, shipping, and distribution activities.
- Develop and execute strategies to improve warehouse safety, productivity, inventory accuracy, service performance, and cost effectiveness.
- Analyze warehouse KPIs, labor utilization, throughput, dock activity, order accuracy, inventory aging, and service levels to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.
- Apply process engineering and continuous improvement methods to optimize warehouse layout, product flow, storage utilization, picking methods, and material movement.
- Partner closely with Production, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Transportation teams to ensure uninterrupted material availability and efficient product movement.
- Lead inventory control programs, including cycle counting, reconciliation, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and controls that strengthen inventory integrity.
- Own and maintain warehouse standard work, SOPs, visual controls, training requirements, and operating procedures across all employees and shifts.
- Use ERP, WMS, barcode, RF, and reporting systems to improve transaction accuracy, traceability, operational visibility, and data-driven decision making.
- Evaluate labor models, staffing plans, equipment utilization, dock capacity, and workflow constraints to support production and shipping demand.
- Lead root cause analysis for inventory discrepancies, shipping errors, product damage, workflow delays, and recurring operational issues, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Support warehouse expansion, facility layout, racking, material handling equipment, automation initiatives, and capital improvement projects.
- Ensure compliance with food safety requirements, GMP standards, sanitation expectations, OSHA regulations, and company policies.
- Develop warehouse supervisors and team members through coaching, clear accountability, performance management, and structured training programs.
- Establish performance dashboards and review routines that create clear ownership of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people metrics.
- Build scalable processes that support increased production volume, new product introductions, and long-term facility growth.

Essential Skills

- Five or more years of progressive leadership experience in warehouse, distribution, logistics, supply chain, or manufacturing operations.
- Experience leading warehouse teams in food and beverage, consumer products, manufacturing, or other high-volume environments.
- Strong knowledge of inventory management, material flow, warehouse operations, shipping, receiving, and distribution systems.
- Proven ability to use data, KPIs, and operational metrics to improve productivity, accuracy, service levels, and cost performance.
- Hands-on experience with ERP and WMS systems, inventory control processes, barcode or RF technology, and warehouse reporting tools.
- Ability to lead cross-functional projects involving Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and change management skills.
- Experience with continuous improvement, including lean manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, process engineering, and process mapping.
- Knowledge of FIFO or FEFO inventory practices, traceability, lot control, and GMP requirements in a food or CPG environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Logistics, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field preferred.
- Experience in food and beverage manufacturing, refrigerated products, or consumer packaged goods operations.

Job Type & Location This is a Permanent position based out of Burlington, NC.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $100000.00 - $110000.00/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. PTO & Performance Bonus & Company Growth
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Burlington, NC.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 29, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Burlington,NC. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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