Warehouse Manager - Ice Solutions
8 days ago
Council Bluffs
Job DescriptionDescription: Job Summary Ice Solutions is seeking an experienced Warehouse Manager to lead warehouse, inventory, and logistics operations for a manufacturing operation with a product bottling focus. This role is responsible for overseeing daily warehouse activities while supporting manufacturing, material flow, and outbound distribution to ensure accurate, timely, and cost-effective movement of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in manufacturing support (preferably with a product bottling focus), inventory control, and logistics coordination, with the ability to manage people, processes, and systems in a fast-paced operational setting, that is on pace for rapid and continuous growth. Key Responsibilities • Manage all daily warehouse operations including receiving, storage, staging, inventory control, picking, packing, and shipping, • Support manufacturing operations by ensuring timely material availability, efficient staging, and accurate movement of goods, • Coordinate inbound raw materials and outbound finished goods shipments, • Work with carriers, freight providers, and 3PL (Third Party Logistics) partners as needed, • Monitor shipment schedules, dock activity, and transportation performance; resolve delays and discrepancies, • Maintain high levels of inventory accuracy through cycle counts, reconciliations, and root-cause analysis, • Oversee material flow, FIFO (First In, First Out) practices, and traceability as required, • Optimize warehouse layout, space utilization, and workflows to support production and distribution demands, • Supervise, train, schedule, and develop warehouse staff at all levels, • Enforce safety, quality, and compliance standards, including OSHA and company policies, • Support transportation planning including load coordination and dock scheduling, • Track, analyze, and report key operational KPIs related to productivity, inventory, service levels, and logistics costs, • Collaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing, purchasing, production planning, quality, and customer service teams, • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, cost reduction, and service reliability, • Utilize WMS, ERP, and shipping systems to manage operations and reporting, • High school diploma or equivalent required. Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Manufacturing, or Business preferred, • 5+ years of warehouse or logistics management experience in a manufacturing environment, • Strong knowledge of inventory management, material flow, and distribution processes, • Experience managing warehouse teams in fast-paced, production-driven operations, • Proficiency with WMS, ERP, and transportation/shipping systems, • Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills, • Experience supporting bottling or packaging operations, including coordination of materials, finished goods staging, and production line replenishment (highly preferred), • Familiarity with high-speed bottling or packaging environments, where inventory accuracy, throughput, and timing are critical to production efficiency, • Experience managing warehouse and logistics support for bottling lines, including raw materials, packaging components, and outbound finished goods flow, • Experience supporting general manufacturing or industrial operations, preferably in an organization with a bottling focus, • Exposure to Lean, continuous improvement, or operational excellence initiatives, • Experience coordinating LTL, FTL, and local carriers, • 3PL (Third Party Logistics) experience, • Understanding of freight costs, transportation metrics, and logistics budgeting, • Forklift certification and hands-on warehouse floor experience