Warehouse Supervisor

Vertiv•Pelzer, SC

20d

About The Position

The Warehouse Supervisor leads and executes day-to-day warehouse operations supporting Pelzer Plant 1. The role directly supervises warehouse associates and ensures safe, accurate, and timely receiving, storage, picking, staging, movement, and delivery of material required for production. The Supervisor maintains inventory accuracy, material availability, transactional discipline, and effective material flow throughout the plant. This hands-on leadership role operates in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with changing production priorities and collaborates with Materials, Planning, Production, Procurement, Quality, Logistics, and other cross-functional teams. The Supervisor is expected to establish clear expectations, maintain accountability, develop employees, reinforce standard processes, identify and escalate issues early, and continually improve warehouse performance. Performance is measured across safety, inventory accuracy, production picking and on-time material delivery, receiving and put-away, transaction accuracy and timeliness, cycle counts, shortage response, employee productivity, warehouse organization and 5S, adherence to standard work, and continuous improvement execution. The role requires work in an active warehouse and manufacturing environment, including extended standing and walking, safely working around equipment and loading docks, and handling materials within company safety requirements.

Requirements

At least 3 years of warehouse, distribution, logistics, materials, or manufacturing experience.
Working knowledge of receiving, inventory control, material handling, picking, staging, replenishment, and warehouse operations.
Experience with ERP or WMS systems.
Strong understanding of inventory transactions and the relationship between physical material movement and system inventory.
Demonstrated ability to lead hourly employees in a fast-paced operational environment.
Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Ability to prioritize multiple operational requirements and respond effectively to changing production demands.
Ability to investigate problems, determine root cause, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
Ability to work flexible hours, including overtime and weekends, based on production and business requirements.
Ability to work in an active warehouse and manufacturing environment; stand and walk for extended periods; safely work around forklifts, material-handling and production equipment, and loading docks; lift and handle materials within established company safety requirements; and work in varying warehouse and manufacturing environmental conditions.

Nice To Haves

Previous supervisory, team-lead, or frontline leadership experience.
Experience in a manufacturing or production-support warehouse environment.
Previous leadership experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
Experience supporting production lines or complex manufacturing operations.
Oracle ERP inventory and warehouse transaction experience.
Experience with cycle counting, physical inventory, inventory reconciliation, and inventory-audit processes.
Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Continuous Improvement, or similar operational excellence experience.
Forklift or material-handling equipment experience and knowledge of associated safety requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide daily leadership and direction to warehouse associates supporting Plant 1 operations.
Coordinate manpower and workload across receiving, put-away, replenishment, production picking, staging, material movement, and other warehouse activities.
Ensure production requirements are picked, staged, and delivered accurately and on time in support of the manufacturing schedule.
Communicate with Production and Planning about shortages, material availability, priority changes, and potential production constraints.
Ensure physical material movements are accurately and promptly transacted in Oracle.
Maintain inventory integrity through location control, transaction discipline, cycle counting, reconciliation, and investigation of discrepancies.
Support root-cause analysis and corrective actions for inventory variances, transaction failures, picking errors, and material shortages.
Monitor receiving and put-away to ensure materials are processed efficiently and available for production.
Ensure materials are properly identified, labeled, stored, and controlled throughout warehouse and production-support areas.
Set daily priorities and communicate expectations through shift-start meetings, Tier meetings, and regular floor engagement.
Monitor employee productivity and operational performance, taking corrective action when expectations are not met.
Manage employee attendance, assignments, training, performance, and adherence to company policies and procedures.
Develop and cross-train employees to improve workforce flexibility and coverage across warehouse functions.
Maintain a leadership presence on the warehouse floor and proactively identify constraints before they affect production.
Enforce EHS requirements, including forklift, pedestrian, dock, stacking, housekeeping, and PPE safety requirements.
Participate in incident investigations and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
Support cycle counts, physical inventory preparation, annual Physical Inventory, and inventory audits.
Drive continuous improvement in safety, material flow, inventory accuracy, productivity, space utilization, and reduction of non-value-added activity.
Support implementation of and adherence to standard work and warehouse SOPs.
Track and communicate warehouse performance, operational risks, shortages, and corrective actions to warehouse and materials leadership.
Partner with other Pelzer warehouse and plant leaders to support campus priorities.
Perform additional duties as required to support Materials and Warehouse Operations.