Warehouse Performance Leader

Warehouse Performance Leader

Schneider Electric has an opportunity to join our Fairfield, Ohio team. As Warehouse Performance Leader, you will lead and optimize end-to-end warehouse operations with a focus on third-party logistics performance, material flow, Kanban execution, work-in-progress management, receiving accuracy, and S4 HANA MRP discipline. This role is responsible for improving warehouse efficiency, inventory accuracy, material availability, and operational flow to support manufacturing performance. You will work cross-functionally with Production, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Logistics, and external third-party logistics partners to ensure materials are received, stored, replenished, and delivered to point-of-use with the right process controls, visibility, and urgency. This position will play a key role in strengthening warehouse processes, reducing material shortages, improving MPH execution, optimizing waterspider routes, and driving continuous improvement across receiving, internal logistics, supermarket management, work-in-progress controls, and MRP-related warehouse transactions.

What will you do?

• Lead warehouse performance improvement initiatives focused on safety, service, quality, productivity, inventory accuracy, and material availability.
• Own and improve third-party logistics operational performance, including service levels, receiving execution, put-away discipline, inventory controls, material delivery performance, issue resolution, and accountability cadence.
• Drive optimization of Material Providing & Handling (MPH) processes to improve material flow from receiving through point-of-use delivery.
• Lead the design, implementation, and sustainment of Kanban systems, including card/signal accuracy, supermarket sizing, replenishment frequency, min/max levels, and escalation processes.
• Improve work-in-progress management processes to ensure material visibility, transaction accuracy, aging control, floor discipline, and alignment with production demand.
• Develop and optimize waterspider routes, replenishment cycles, delivery standards, and visual management to support production efficiency and reduce operator material handling burden.
• Strengthen receiving processes, including dock-to-stock performance, advance shipment notice/packing slip accuracy, purchase order receipt accuracy, discrepancy management, labeling, put-away, and supplier/third-party logistics issue escalation.
• Serve as a site subject matter expert for S4 HANA MRP and warehouse-related transactions, ensuring system discipline, accurate material movements, inventory visibility, and alignment between system signals and physical flow.
• Partner with Planning and Production teams to identify and resolve material shortages, MRP exceptions, inventory discrepancies, and flow interruptions.
• Use data, KPIs, and daily management routines to monitor warehouse performance, identify gaps, and drive corrective actions.
• Lead Kaizen events and continuous improvement projects related to warehouse layout, material flow, internal logistics, inventory accuracy, receiving performance, replenishment strategy, and productivity.
• Support Schneider Production System principles through strong visual management, standard work, 5S, short interval management, problem solving, and process sustainability.
• Create and maintain standard work for receiving, put-away, picking, replenishment, Kanban execution, work-in-progress control, cycle counting, waterspider activity, and third-party logistics handoffs.
• Collaborate with site leadership to identify high-impact actions that improve service to production, reduce waste, improve inventory accuracy, and lower total logistics cost.

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Strong experience in warehouse operations, internal logistics, material flow, production support, or supply chain performance improvement.
• Demonstrated experience managing or optimizing third-party logistics warehouse operations and external logistics partners.
• Strong working knowledge of Material Providing & Handling, Kanban, work-in-progress management, receiving, supermarkets, waterspider processes, and point-of-use replenishment.
• Experience using S4 HANA, SAP, or equivalent ERP/MRP systems, with strong understanding of material movements, inventory transactions, MRP signals, receiving, and production supply processes.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement tools, including 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, visual management, standard work, problem solving, and root cause analysis.
• Ability to analyze warehouse and supply chain data to identify trends, gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Experience improving inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock performance, material availability, replenishment efficiency, and warehouse productivity.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders across Production, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Logistics, and third-party logistics operations.
• Strong project management, communication, problem-solving, and change management skills.
• Ability to establish priorities, create action plans, monitor results, and sustain process improvements.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI or other reporting tools is a plus.

What's in it for me?

Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees, including things such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k)+ match, company stock option purchase+ match, and much more.

We seek out and reward people for embracing diverse perspectives; delivering the highest quality innovations; aspiring to build a sustainable future for everyone; getting things done with accountability, speed, integrity, and always with the customer in mind; thinking deeply and differently, challenging the status quo and learning every day; and achieving together, collaborating with trust and openness.

We're recognized around the world for welcoming people as they are. We create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value for Schneider Electric.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.