Warehouse Operations Manager

Company Description

ITW (Illinois Tool Works Inc.) is a Fortune 200 company and is one of the world’s leading diversified manufacturers of specialized industrial equipment, automotive components, consumables, and related service businesses. ITW businesses serve local customers and markets around the globe, with operations in 55 countries and an employee base of more than 48,000 women and men who adhere to the highest ethical standards. These talented individuals, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to our global leadership in innovation. We are proud of our broad portfolio of more than 17,000 granted and pending patents.

ITW Residential and Renovation Construction provides Industry leading, premium branded, cordless nailing systems and fastening solutions, that deliver superior productivity and reliability to meet the needs of professional remodelers and residential framers, with a widely available product portfolio at their preferred retail or dealer outlets The 80 focus for the division is aggressive market growth while sustaining profitability. ​ 

ITW offers its employees a path for advancement, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help employees care for themselves, their families, and their futures.

Job Description

The Warehouse Operations Manager will serve as a strategic partner to the ITW Renovation & Remodeling leadership team as a key decision maker related to all facets of our Elgin facility and external warehouses/3PLs.  The Manager will be responsible for delivering results in safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.  This position requires a strong enterprise-minded leader capable of further developing a safety-first culture, a robust ITW-Toolbox operations strategy, building a diverse talent pipeline, and leading continues improvement activities to service ‘80’ customers with excellence in one of ITW’s largest divisions as it continues to grow.

Core Responsibilities:        

• Direct, lead, and promote site leaders to develop a proactive safety culture that achieves zero incidents
• Drives improvement in order accuracy, on-time delivery, and operational efficiencies using the ITW Toolbox.  Lead continues improvement projects with attention to employee engagement.
• Defines and establishes objectives in the areas of safety, order accuracy/quality, on-time performance, and productivity including developing specific short-term and long-term plans which may include budget and capital requests
• Assures ‘80’ customer-related performance and expectations is well understood and communicated upstream and downstream
• Proactively partner with the New Product Development/Rollout initiatives, program expansions, and other marketing-driven programs 
• Assures quality processes are consistently applied across distribution operations
• Effectively hires and develops a diverse team of talent
• Engage employees in company/department plans and performance progress
• Additional duties and task as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required; MBA a plus
• Preferred 10+ years of relevant warehouse and progressive management experience, including 5+ years of people management experience with a proven track record of success
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)
• Change agent that demonstrates original thinking, facilitation skills, and the ability to develop innovative approaches for improving workflow and processes within the ITW Business Model 
• Ability to generate respect and trust from team and other stakeholders, along with the ability to work collaboratively with staff/colleagues to create a results-driven, team-oriented environment
• Willingness to flex work schedule based on customer fulfillment needs
• Experience with ERP Modules, working knowledge of Microsoft Navision is highly desired
• Strong written and verbal communication/presentation skills with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Minimal Travel 

Additional Information

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee will be exposed to fumes, heat and dust, climate variances and moving mechanical equipment typically found in a manufacturing environment.  The noise level in the