Warehouse Manager
About the Role
As a Warehouse Manager for Watkins Wellness, you will lead warehouse operations that support the movement of raw materials from receipt through consumption and intercompany transfers. This role combines hands-on operational leadership with strategic planning, overseeing inventory control, cycle counting programs, warehouse processes, reporting, compliance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives while leading a team responsible for keeping operations running smoothly every day.
This role offers visibility across the organization and exposure to a variety of supply chain functions. It's an excellent opportunity for a leader who enjoys developing people, solving problems, and helping shape the future of warehouse operations.
Responsibilities
- Guide warehouse, receiving, inventory control, and cycle count operations while developing a culture of accountability, engagement, safety, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure inventory processes, transactions, and controls support accurate material visibility from receipt through consumption and intercompany transfers.
- Lead efforts to maintain inventory integrity, resolve discrepancies, support audit readiness, and provide operational discipline to support manufacturing and financial objectives.
- Leverage reporting, KPIs, and operational metrics to find opportunities, address root causes, and improve warehouse performance.
- Lead warehouse safety and compliance efforts by ensuring training, certifications, and processes remain current and effective.
- Partner with teams across the organization to support process improvements, technology enhancements, and operational standards.
- Support future automation initiatives and help position the organization for continued growth and long-term success.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
- 5-10 years of warehouse, inventory control, logistics, or supply chain experience within a manufacturing environment.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams and developing employees.
- Strong experience with inventory management, stock control, receiving operations, material movement, and cycle counting programs.
- Proven ability to analyze data, run reports, monitor KPIs, and drive operational improvements.
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Experience supporting financial accuracy through proper inventory transactions, controls, and reporting.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
- ERP experience preferred; SAP experience is helpful but not required.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Experience leading safety programs, compliance activities, training initiatives, and audit preparation.
- Lean manufacturing, operational excellence, APICS, or other supply chain certifications are a plus.
- Spanish language skills are preferred but not required.
The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Benefits
- Exceptional health and wellness benefits.
- Paid time off.
- Company bonus and profit sharing.
- 401k match.
- Education assistance.
Pay
Hiring range: $84,100 - $132,000. Many factors affect actual compensation including but not limited to experience, education, skills, and geographic location.
Schedule
Full time, Shift 1.