Logistics: Warehouse Specialist

Logistics: Warehouse Specialist

The Warehouse Specialist is a highly analytical, detail-oriented, and process-driven role that will oversee and optimize our daily warehouse activities. This role will specialize in maximizing warehouse storage and equipment utilization and process, enforcing strict supplier compliance standards, managing third-party logistics and carrier invoicing, and BPS implementation. The ideal candidate will leverage data and modern warehouse management systems (WMS) to streamline workflows, mitigate risks, and control operational costs.

Key Tracking metrics:

• Supplier optimization and compliance with powered industrial equipment
• Ensuring accuracy and maintenance of material master data and third-party invoicing
• Maintaining 75% - 85% Warehouse utilization
• BPS implantation and work instruction maintenance

Primary Duties and Accountabilities

Warehouse Utilization: 40% of Time

• Analyze and optimize physical warehouse layout, rack configurations, and pallet storage locations.
• Calculate and monitor pallet handling capacity and adjust warehouse zoning for fluctuating inventory volumes by material type.
• Track and design optimal material movement flows to reduce picker travel time and process bottlenecks.

Supplier Compliance: 25% of Time

• Monitor and coordinate equipment utilization (e.g., forklifts, fleet rentals) to align with daily capacity needs.
• Work closely with the transportation coordinator to monitor, document, and address receiving discrepancies, packaging integrity issues, damaged cargo, or late arrivals.
• Partner with procurement to execute chargebacks, vendor RMAs, and supplier scorecard evaluations.

System Maintenance: 15% of Time

• Conduct detailed three-way matching of Purchase Orders (POs), Bills of Lading (BOLs), and invoices.
• Investigate invoice discrepancies and determine root cause.
• Maintain material master data updates to ensure system accuracy and compliance

BPS Implementor: 10% of Time

• Review and update work instructions quarterly.
• 5S Audits to ensure compliance with Bosch Production System standards

Other: 10% of Time

• Assist operations when short staffed and during high-volume periods.
• Other duties as defined to maintain operations

Your Profile

Required Knowledge, Skills, Ability, Training, Experience, etc.

Experience with SAP-ERP systems: Proficiency: Intermediate

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Forms, PowerPoint, etc.): Proficiency: Intermediate

Communication Skills (Ability to collaborate with multiple levels of leadership effectively) Proficiency: Intermediate

Contact & Additional Information

Environment

• Fast-Paced & Process-Driven: We operate in a highly synchronized manufacturing and warehousing ecosystem utilizing Lean, 5S, and Continuous Improvement Projects (CIP) to eliminate waste and optimize space.

• Technology-Forward: Our operations are driven by SAP, leveraging modern logistics tools and automated dashboards to keep material flows highly visible.

• Safety-First Culture: We maintain a world-class safety culture through proactive risk management, robust safety protocols, and a clean, visually organized workspace.

Benefits

• Cross-Functional Exposure: You will work directly with operations, production, and external logistics providers, rapidly building a diverse professional network.

• Direct Operational Impact: We actively fund and implement associate-led ideas; if you find a way to optimize warehouse space or improve a process, you'll have the resources to build it.

• Continuous Skill Development: Gain access to specialized training in advanced WMS/SAP architectures, Lean Logistics methodologies, and safety leadership.

Welcome to Lincolnton

At Bosch, we care; for you, our business, and our environment.

Let's turn visions into reality. At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people's lives. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our outstanding Bosch-teams around the world. Their creativity is the key to innovation through connected living, mobility or industry. Our responsibility goes far beyond 'business'. We're independent of stock markets and bound to the purpose of the Robert Bosch Foundation; our success directly benefits society, the environment, and future generations. Our promise to our associates is rock- solid: we grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire each other. Join in and feel the difference. Work #LikeABosch.

Location Benefits

• Emergency travel assistance services
• Associate discounts
• Business travel accident insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Will preparation service
• Social and hobby clubs
• Wellness Rooms
• Flexible Work
• Child care discounts
• Bosch Cafs / Bosch Market Caf
• Bosch Sites
• Wellness incentives

Welcome to Bosch

Robert Bosch Tool Corporation is composed of industry-leading brands, including Bosch, Dremel, RotoZip, and Vermont American. Bosch designs, manufactures, and sells power tools, rotary tools, and accessories. Renowned for innovation, versatility, ease of use, durability, and performance, Bosch tools are sold through tool specialists, hardware stores, mass merchants, and home improvement centers.

Bosch is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)

Do you want beneficial technologies being shaped by your ideas? Whether in the areas of mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology or energy and building technology with us, you will have the chance to improve quality of life all across the globe. Welcome to Bosch.

The Lincolnton, NC Conversion, Customizing and Packaging Center is located approximately 30 miles from Charlotte, NC. This facility employs 400+ full time associates in a 5-shift operation, which encompasses 235,000 sq ft. along with 12,000 SKU's. In addition to the conversion, customizing and packaging activities, abrasives are now a big part of our power tool accessory business. ISO certified, our associates engage in BPS, CIP and 5S. By choice we are committed to a diverse workforce -EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled