Materials and Logistics Operations Manager

Ready to join a global leader in air movement and ventilation? At Greenheck Group, joining our team means more than just starting a job, it’s joining an award-winning culture prioritizing your growth and development. Our unwavering commitment in supporting our team members both personally and professionally has earned us national recognition time and time again. As an innovative, environmentally responsible manufacturer of commercial HVAC systems, Greenheck Group designs and manufactures industry-leading air movement and ventilation solutions through our family of trusted brands. Our products are found in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities worldwide, from schools and hospitals to factories and stadiums. Since 1947, we’ve proudly invested in our people and our communities, fostering innovation, leadership, and opportunity at every level. We are more than products, we are a team of inspired people doing extraordinary things.

Your opportunity:

As a Materials and Logistics Operations Manager for Greenheck Group you will support manufacturing operations by overseeing the efficient flow, storage, and availability of components, and finished goods. Ensures that campus business units are continuously supplied, inventory levels are optimized, and distribution activities meet customer delivery requirements. Key responsibilities include managing warehouse staff, coordinating inbound shipments from suppliers, overseeing material fulfillment for production, inventory-control and ERP/WMS systems, and directing outbound logistics of finished products. Ensures compliance with manufacturing quality, safety, and regulatory standards while identifying process improvements to reduce downtime, minimize waste, and enhance supply chain reliability. Strong leadership, knowledge of lean manufacturing principles, and proficiency in materials planning are essential for success in this role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensure the reliable and timely availability and delivery of parts and raw materials to campus manufacturing units in order to avoid material shortages and delays.

• Oversee distribution activities including receiving, consolidation, and shipping of finished goods, parts, and stock items to customers in a timely manner, ensuring on time shipping metrics. 

• Directly supervise a team of supervisors, specialists, analysts, and shopfloor personnel: including responsibility for timecard oversight, performance management, disciplinary actions, and employee development.

• Continually develop, refine, and improve the materials and inventory management systems for the campus business units, while coordinating with the corporate SAP and purchasing functions.

• Provide ongoing business units oversight for SAP master data management.

• Identify and implement recommendations and justifications for future system and operational equipment enhancements.

• Identify, develop and implement material planning and replenishment strategies, both short-term and long-term.

• Establish, track, audit, and report Business Unit inventory and materials management KPI metrics (Inventory turns, record accuracy, material utilization, on time in full, etc.).

• Develop and manage departmental budgets, monitor expense performance, and identify cost-reduction opportunities.

• Work with purchasing to link key strategic supply chain initiatives and qualification of new suppliers regarding any delivery and quality issues.

• Develop, maintain, and oversee inventory and materials management training of team members.

• Lead and support continuous improvement events.

• Collaborate with other purchasing and materials managers in defining and implementing inventory best practices.

• Function as a liaison between engineering, production, and planning teams for short term and long-term planning.

• Collaborate with purchasing and material managers on corporate stocking strategies to optimize inventories and minimize shortages. Strategize year-end close cutoffs and inventory counts.

• Collaborate with IT to determine priority of inventory management systems and continuous improvement projects.

• Drive inventory strategies to balance reducing overstock vs. stock-out situations. Collaborate with manufacturing engineering on material handling operational and capital expenditures.

• Lead high level projects from start to finish for the business units with a focus on change management.

• Establish and maintain procedures for conducting and valuing year-end physical inventory, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and audit readiness at all times. 

What you should have:

• 6-8 years of relevant work experience in materials/inventory manag