Grow Boldy with Pretium!
Behind every on-time order is someone who made it all run smoothly. We’re hiring a Warehouse Manager in St. Charles, Illinois to be that person!
Who We Are:
Pretium Packaging, founded in 1992, is a leading supplier of injection-blow molded plastic containers, renowned for our commitment to superior quality, value, and customer service. With 21 manufacturing facilities across North America, we provide innovative packaging solutions that meet the diverse needs of brand owners in the United States and Canada.
What You’ll Do:
The Warehouse Manager oversees all warehouse and material flow activities within the plant, including direct material procurement and replenishment, receiving, inventory management, shipping, and transportation. This role ensures materials are available to support production, customer shipments are completed accurately and on time, and warehouse operations are managed safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Warehouse Operations: Oversee daily warehouse activities, including material handling, storage, receiving, shipping, and transportation to support production and customer requirements.
- Materials Procurement: Coordinate direct material ordering and replenishment with Purchasing, Planning, and Production to maintain appropriate inventory levels and prevent production disruptions.
- Inventory Management: Maintain accurate inventory records, oversee cycle counts and physical inventories, investigate discrepancies, and minimize excess, obsolete, and lost inventory.
- Shipping & Receiving: Ensure incoming materials are received, documented, and stored accurately and outgoing shipments are picked, loaded, documented, and shipped on schedule.
- Transportation & Delivery: Manage plant drivers, delivery schedules, vehicle utilization, and transportation activities to ensure timely and safe movement of materials and finished goods.
- Production Support: Partner with Production and Planning to ensure materials are available and delivered to the production floor in alignment with production schedules.
- Team Leadership: Lead and develop the Warehouse Lead, Coordinator, and warehouse associates. Establish clear expectations, monitor performance, and promote accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Safety & Compliance: Maintain a safe, organized warehouse and loading environment. Ensure compliance with company policies, material handling requirements, and applicable transportation and safety regulations.
- Systems & Reporting: Ensure accurate and timely ERP/MRP transactions and monitor key performance indicators, including inventory accuracy, material shortages, on-time shipments, transportation costs, and warehouse productivity.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve material flow, warehouse organization, inventory management, labor utilization, and operating costs.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Purchasing, Planning, Production, Quality, Customer Service, and Logistics to resolve material shortages, inventory issues, and shipping or delivery challenges.
What You’ll Bring:
- 3–5+ years of warehouse, materials management, or logistics experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Prior leadership or supervisory experience of up to eight employees.
- Experience managing direct materials, inventory, shipping and receiving, and transportation activities.
- Working knowledge of IQMS or another similar ERP system.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and team leadership skills.
- Ability to prioritize competing demands and respond quickly to changing production needs.
What Are the Success Measures?
- Inventory accuracy and material availability to support production.
- On-time, accurate shipments and deliveries.
- Warehouse safety and compliance.
- Transportation and warehouse cost control.
- Productivity, labor efficiency, and team performance.
- Continuous improvement in warehouse processes and material flow
Great things ship from here! Come join Pretium Packaging!