Senior Manager, Warehouse Operations

Stored Energy Systems LLC (SENS)•Longmont, CO

1d•$135,000 - $165,000•Onsite

About The Position

Stored Energy Systems (SENS) is an award-winning manufacturer of power conversion products, including battery chargers and DC power systems, serving industrial markets. The Senior Manager, Warehouse Operations leads the people, processes, and systems that support accurate inventory and reliable material flow across SENS manufacturing operations. Based at the Disc Drive headquarters in Longmont, Colorado, the role leads teams across SENS locations on first and second shifts. The position oversees receiving, warehousing, inventory control, material handling, production replenishment, kitting, inter-factory transportation, shipping, and freight coordination. It develops teams and operating capacity to support production continuity, customer deliveries, and company growth. The role works with functions including Environmental Health and Safety, Procurement, Finance, Planning, Production, Order Management, IT, Manufacturing Engineering, and Continuous Improvement.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in manufacturing inventory, warehousing, and logistics, including at least 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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

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 shifts.
Promote safe material handling and consistent workplace practices in partnership with the Environmental Health and Safety team.
Own inventory accuracy and control standards across SENS inventory locations, including inventory held at partner locations.
Establish 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 inventory-health improvements, supporting Procurement’s ownership of inventory turns, safety stock, and excess and obsolete inventory.
Lead preparation and execution of annual physical inventories at all SENS locations.
Lead production material delivery, including stock picking, point-of-use replenishment, scheduled delivery routes, and kanban replenishment parameters, aligning execution with SIOP and production schedules.
Develop and implement scalable assembly-phase kitting processes for configure-to-order and engineer-to-order products, ensuring kit accuracy, completeness, revision alignment, 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.
Own inter-factory transportation and inventory transfers, finished-product movement 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.
Translate production forecasts into logistics capacity plans and 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 ERP system improvements in partnership with IT, Manufacturing Engineering, and Continuous Improvement.