Warehouse Transportation Manager
Chicago, IL | Full-Time | Direct Hire
If you've owned warehouse and logistics operations across multiple food manufacturing sites and know what it takes to keep inventory, transportation, and compliance running tight, this role was built for you.
This role requires regular travel between Oak Creek, WI and Bloomington, IL. Candidates must be comfortable with frequent multi-site presence.
Must-Haves
- 5+ years in warehouse operations, logistics, inventory management, transportation, distribution, or supply chain
- Comfortable with regular travel between Oak Creek, WI and Bloomington, IL - multi-site presence is a core part of this role
- Experience leading warehouse or logistics teams across multiple production facilities
- Strong knowledge of inventory accuracy, cycle counting, FIFO/FEFO, lot traceability, WMS transactions, receiving, picking, shipping, and dock operations
- Experience with centralized warehousing, 3PL providers, and intercompany transfers
- Experience in food and beverage, CPG, ingredients, packaging, or a regulated inventory environment
- Hands-on ERP experience - Aptean F&B, Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar
- Experience supporting WMS implementation, configuration, or user acceptance testing
- Familiarity with food safety audits, mock recalls, and regulated traceability requirements
Nice to Have
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, logistics, business, or related field
- CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, Lean, or Six Sigma certification
About the Company
This is not a hold-the-line, maintain-the-status-quo kind of company. They are a family-owned food manufacturer and global supplier of freeze-dried ingredients on an aggressive growth trajectory - two facility acquisitions in the last 12 months, with more on the horizon. No private equity. No plans to sell. Just a leadership team that is investing in the right people and infrastructure to scale. If you want to be the person who builds the warehouse and logistics operation that grows with a company, not just maintains one, this is the opportunity.
What You'll Own
Warehouse Operations
- Set and enforce warehouse standards across all operating locations
- Directly manage the central warehouse, including labor, safety, receiving, put-away, picking, shipping, and dock flow
- Provide dotted-line leadership to site-level warehouse and WMS leads
- Manage layout, slotting, capacity, traffic flow, and equipment needs
Transportation and Logistics
- Oversee transportation between production facilities, the central warehouse, 3PL providers, carriers, customers, and suppliers
- Manage inter-site transfers of raw materials, packaging, WIP, and finished goods
- Coordinate carrier scheduling, dock appointments, load planning, and freight issue resolution
- Monitor on-time pickup and delivery, trailer utilization, carrier reliability, detention, and freight cost trends
Inventory Control
- Own inventory accuracy expectations across all sites and inventory categories
- Lead the cycle count program, including cadence, variance review, reconciliation, and corrective action
- Partner with Finance on inventory valuation and month-end reconciliation
- Partner with Quality and Food Safety on GMPs, allergen control, organic handling, quality holds, and audits
ERP and WMS
- Serve as warehouse and logistics SME for the ERP and WMS implementation
- Lead SOP creation, team training, and compliance auditing across sites
Pay: $90,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you have a Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, logistics, business, or related field? (Preferred)
- How many years of experience do you have in warehouse operations, logistics, inventory management, transportation, distribution, or supply chain? (required)
- How many years of experience do you have in food and beverage, CPG, ingredients, packaging, or a regulated inventory environment? (required)
- Are you comfortable with regular travel between Oak Creek, WI and Bloomington, IL? (required)
- How many years of hands-on experience do you have with ERP systems such as Aptean F&B, Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar platforms?
- What are your salary requirements?
- Will you now, or in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B visa status)?
Work Location: In person
