Warehouse Manager

About the role

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Warehouse Manager located in Buffalo Grove, IL.

Reporting to the manager the potential candidate would the Night Shift Warehouse Manager operates with a high degree of independence, exercising sound judgment and data-driven decision-making to address operational challenges, allocate resources, and maintain uninterrupted warehouse operations in a fast-paced lean manufacturing environment.

The Manager would lead and manage all warehouse operations during the assigned shift to ensure the safe, efficient, and accurate movement of materials supporting manufacturing and customer requirements. This position serves as the highest-ranking operational leader on shift and is responsible for driving safety, quality, inventory accuracy, productivity, and on-time material delivery performance.

Shift hours: 6:00 pm - 2:00 am CST What a typical day looks like: Lead all warehouse functions during the assigned shift, including receiving, storage, inventory control, material movements, shipping activities, and production support. Serve as the primary operational decision-maker during the shift, utilizing available data, business priorities, and operational requirements to make timely and effective decisions.

Ensure all materials are delivered accurately and on time to support factory production schedules and customer commitments. Maintain a safe work environment by enforcing all safety procedures, leading incident investigations, implementing corrective actions, and promoting a culture of safety accountability.

Drive compliance with quality standards, training requirements, and operational procedures to ensure consistency and operational excellence. Monitor inventory accuracy through cycle counts, inventory audits, reconciliation activities, and adherence to inventory control processes. Lead productivity improvement initiatives by optimizing labor allocation, workflow efficiency, equipment utilization, and warehouse processes.

Analyze operational performance metrics and initiate corrective actions to address gaps in safety, quality, delivery, inventory accuracy, and productivity. Provide direct leadership, coaching, performance management, and development for supervisors and hourly associates. Administer employee discipline, attendance management, coaching, and staffing decisions in alignment with company policies and procedures.

Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Effectively communicate operational priorities, shift performance, staffing concerns, and business updates across all levels of the organization. Manage labor resources to support fluctuating business demands while maintaining productivity and service expectations.

Ensure proper operation and maintenance of forklifts, material handling equipment, and warehouse infrastructure. Utilize the Baan ERP system and other business tools to monitor operational performance, inventory transactions, and workload planning. Partner with peer managers and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth transitions between shifts and alignment on operational objectives.

Support Lean Manufacturing initiatives through waste reduction, process improvement, standard work adherence, and continuous improvement activities. The experience we're looking to add to our team: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or a related field preferred. Minimum 5-7 years of warehouse, logistics, or manufacturing operations leadership experience.

Experience working in lean manufacturing environments. Experience leading supervisors and hourly employees in a warehouse or manufacturing environment. Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple competing responsibilities. Commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence Forklift-intensive warehouse operations experience preferred.

Experience utilizing ERP and warehouse management systems, preferably Baan. Demonstrated success managing safety, quality, inventory accuracy, productivity, and delivery performance metrics. APICS preferred.

SD20 SD20 What you'll receive for the great work you provide: Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans Life Insurance Short-term and Long-term Disability Matching 401(k) Contributions Vacation and Paid Sick Time Tuition Reimbursement Application Deadline: Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled.

This posting may close sooner due to application volume. Job Posting Start Date 10-22-2026 Job Posting End Date 11-30-2026 The base pay range for this position is provided below.

The final base rate offered will be determined using job-related, non-discriminatory criteria, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity. $66,800.00 USD - $91,900.00 USD Annual Job Category Global Procurement & Supply Chain Is Sponsorship Available?

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