Manager, Warehouse and Logistics

Voith Group•York, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Warehouse and Logistics – Heavy & Oversize Transportation leads warehouse operations, material handling, inventory control, transportation coordination, and specialized heavy-haul and oversize transportation supporting Voith Hydro’s York, Pennsylvania operations. The role ensures safe, efficient, and cost-effective receipt, storage, handling, staging, movement, and delivery of materials and equipment for hydroelectric power generation projects and engineered-to-order manufacturing. Warehouse and logistics activities must support manufacturing requirements, project schedules, supplier deliveries, customer commitments, and overall operational performance. A key focus is planning and executing heavy and oversize transportation movements for large, heavy, high-value, and specialized components. This includes coordinating transportation providers, evaluating shipment and route requirements, arranging permits and escorts, managing loading and unloading, and ensuring compliance with applicable safety, transportation, regulatory, and company requirements. The Manager oversees warehouse personnel, logistics coordinators, transportation partners, and external service providers, setting priorities, performance expectations, and standardized processes. The position works with Manufacturing, Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Quality, HSE, Finance, suppliers, and logistics providers to ensure materials and equipment are available at the right place, time, and condition. The role is primarily on-site in York, PA, with some flexibility for administrative, planning, and coordination work when operations permit. Occasional travel to suppliers, logistics facilities, ports, project sites, and other locations may be required. The position is accountable for safe and compliant warehouse operations, inventory accuracy and material traceability, optimized warehouse capacity and transportation costs, and execution of heavy and oversize movements in line with schedules and customer commitments.

Responsibilities

Manage day-to-day warehouse and logistics operations supporting Voith Hydro’s York facility and project execution activities.
Set operational priorities, staffing plans, work assignments, and performance expectations for warehouse and logistics personnel.
Oversee receipt, inspection coordination, identification, storage, preservation, staging, handling, and dispatch of materials, components, equipment, and project cargo.
Coordinate warehouse activities with manufacturing schedules, project requirements, supplier delivery plans, and outbound transportation commitments.
Establish standardized procedures for receiving, storage, inventory movement, staging, picking, packing, loading, and shipment release.
Ensure warehouse capacity, storage locations, material flow, handling equipment, and personnel meet current and forecasted needs.
Coordinate material movements among warehouse areas, manufacturing operations, external storage facilities, suppliers, and project destinations.
Identify operational bottlenecks and material-flow constraints, and improve warehouse utilization and logistics performance.
Communicate material availability, delivery status, warehouse capacity, and operational constraints to internal stakeholders.
Provide hands-on leadership and escalation support for critical material-handling, warehouse, and transportation issues.
Plan and manage heavy-haul, oversize, overweight, high-value, and specialized transportation movements for hydroelectric equipment and project requirements.
Evaluate shipment needs based on cargo dimensions, weight, center of gravity, lifting points, handling restrictions, packaging, and destination requirements.
Coordinate with specialized transportation providers, heavy-haul carriers, freight forwarders, crane companies, rigging contractors, and other service providers.
Assess route feasibility, bridge and roadway restrictions, overhead clearances, turning radii, load limits, site access, and other transportation constraints.
Coordinate permits, escorts, route surveys, police or utility coordination, and other required approvals.
Develop transportation plans and shipment schedules aligned with supplier readiness, manufacturing completion, project milestones, and customer delivery commitments.
Coordinate loading, securing, unloading, lifting, rigging, and cargo-handling arrangements for heavy and oversize equipment.
Verify transportation providers have appropriate equipment, qualified personnel, insurance, certifications, and operational capabilities.
Monitor transportation execution, address disruptions, and establish recovery plans for delays, route restrictions, equipment availability issues, and other challenges.
Ensure heavy-haul and specialized transportation complies with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local regulations as relevant to the shipment.
Maintain shipment documentation, transportation plans, permits, inspection records, delivery confirmations, and other required records.
Support domestic and international transportation planning, coordinating with customs brokers, freight forwarders, and international logistics providers when required.
Build and maintain relationships with approved carriers, heavy-haul providers, freight forwarders, rigging companies, crane contractors, and logistics service providers.
Obtain and evaluate transportation quotations based on capability, safety performance, availability, schedule, risk, and total cost.
Coordinate carrier selection and transportation arrangements in accordance with procurement policies, delegated authorities, and approved supplier agreements.
Monitor carrier performance against delivery schedules, service expectations, safety requirements, and commercial terms.
Review transportation rates and expenses, including accessorial charges, fuel surcharges, detention, demurrage, escort costs, and permits.
Negotiate transportation rates and service terms within assigned authority, escalating significant commercial commitments as required.
Secure transportation capacity for routine shipments, peak periods, project milestones, and critical heavy-haul movements.
Develop contingency arrangements for carrier shortages, equipment unavailability, weather disruptions, route restrictions, and other transportation risks.
Resolve transportation service issues.