1. Warehouse Operations & Material Flow

• Manage the complete warehouse cycle: receiving, verification, put-away, storage, picking, issue/transfer, finished-goods receipt and dispatch.
• Ensure materials are available to Production according to authorized requirements without unnecessary delays or uncontrolled movements.
• Control all inter-warehouse and production-floor material movements and ensure no physical movement occurs without approved documentation and system transaction.
• Establish clear custody and responsibility at each stock-transfer point.

2. Storage, Location & Traceability

• Maintain structured warehouse locations, bin coding, labeling and material identification.
• Optimize warehouse layout, racking and space utilization within the approved warehouse structure.
• Ensure segregation of raw materials, WIP, finished goods, rejected, damaged, obsolete, scrap and quarantined materials.
• Maintain required material and component traceability and apply FIFO or other approved rotation rules as applicable.

3. Physical Inventory Accuracy

• Maintain physical stock quantities consistent with authorized warehouse records and transactions.
• Organize and execute cycle counts, periodic counts, surprise counts and annual physical inventory.
• Investigate physical discrepancies, provide documented operational explanations and implement corrective actions for recurring causes.
• Control stock loss, damage, shrinkage and unauthorized movement.

4. ERP & Documentation Discipline

• Ensure timely and accurate execution of warehouse transactions through the approved ERP/Warehouse system.
• Ensure physical movement, supporting documents and system transactions remain synchronized.
• Prevent undocumented or off-system stock movements and maintain complete supporting documentation for receipts, issues, transfers, returns and dispatches.
• Maintain warehouse master/location data under Warehouse responsibility accurately.

5. Production Interface

• Coordinate daily with Production and Planning regarding material requirements, priorities and availability.
• Ensure authorized materials are issued accurately and on time and control the return of unused or excess materials from Production.
• Maintain clear physical custody through raw-material, WIP and finished-goods movements.
• Promptly escalate shortages, abnormal movement patterns or material-flow problems.

6. Quality & Non-Conforming Materials

• Coordinate incoming material handling with Quality and ensure rejected or quarantined materials cannot be issued accidentally.
• Control physical handling and segregation of scrap, damaged and obsolete materials pending authorized disposition.
• Maintain identification and traceability requirements in coordination with Quality.

7. Warehouse Team Management

• Lead Warehouse Supervisors, Storekeepers and warehouse workers; define responsibilities, shifts, workload and custody.
• Train employees on approved procedures, ERP transactions, material handling, traceability and safety.
• Evaluate team performance and take appropriate corrective and development actions.

8. Safety & Warehouse Discipline

• Maintain safe storage, stacking, handling and material-movement practices and ensure compliance with applicable HSE requirements.
• Maintain warehouse housekeeping and 5S standards.
• Control access to warehouse areas and protect company inventory and assets.

9. Systems, Restructuring & Process Improvement

• Participate in warehouse restructuring, system development, ERP implementation and process-improvement projects.
• Provide operational input and warehouse requirements during the design or redesign of warehouse processes and systems.
• Support testing and implementation of approved new processes, controls and system changes.
• Implement and ensure compliance with approved warehouse SOPs and material-flow procedures, and participate in their review and improvement.
• Identify operational gaps, bottlenecks and control weaknesses and escalate them with practical recommendations.
• Provide feedback on the effectiveness of implemented processes and systems and participate in continuous-improvement initiatives.

Critical Role Boundary

Warehouse Manager: Owns physical custody, receiving, storage, issuing, physical stock accuracy, operational warehouse transactions and warehouse execution.

Inventory & Cost Controller: Owns independent inventory control, reconciliation, financial validation, inventory valuation and costing analysis.

Control Rule: The Warehouse Manager shall not independently authorize inventory write-offs or adjustments resulting from discrepancies under his/her custody.

Requirements 

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Commerce, Business Administration, Engineering or a related field.
• Experience: 8–12 years of warehouse experience, including 3–5 years in a supervisory or managerial role, preferably in manufacturing.
• Strong Preference: Automotive components, electrical components, wire harness or high-volume discrete manufacturing.
• Must Have: ERP experience, strong Excel, physical inventory management, cycle counting, documentation discipline, FIFO, traceability, stock variance investigation, team management and warehouse location management.
• Personality: Hands-on, highly organized, process-disciplined, strong shop-floor presence, firm on undocumented movements and capable of effective cross-functional cooperation.