Warehouse Operations Manager (Pharma)

Location: Buffalo Grove and Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States; onsite warehouse operations across multiple buildings and shifts.

Salary: $125,000–$145,000 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global manufactures drug delivery systems and provides development, industrialization, manufacturing, and contract manufacturing services for pharmaceutical companies.

What you will do

• Lead warehouse and internal logistics operations across multiple buildings and shifts, covering receiving, shipping, material handling, warehousing, transfers, transportation, and production replenishment.
• Establish daily operating cadences, conduct Gemba walks, resolve root causes, and convert recurring issues into standard work, training, process controls, or improvement projects.
• Lead and develop Warehouse Supervisors, the Inventory Control Supervisor, and frontline leaders while maintaining staffing, training, certification, and cross-training systems.
• Manage inventory accuracy, reconciliation, SAP transaction integrity, material availability, warehouse flow, space utilization, and production support.
• Ensure safety, quality, regulatory compliance, SOPs, 5S, inspections, audits, equipment maintenance, change control, and validation requirements.
• Plan capacity, resources, infrastructure, capital, operating expenses, KPIs, corrective actions, third-party logistics performance, and warehouse growth initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, or a related discipline strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive warehouse, distribution, logistics, or manufacturing-materials experience and 5+ years of supervisory or people-leadership experience in a warehouse, distribution, or manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading multi-shift operations in a regulated, high-quality, or highly controlled manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of warehouse operations, material flow, inventory control, and production-support principles.
• Working knowledge of SAP and warehouse, inventory, production, and distribution processes.
• Ability to develop supervisors, leads, and frontline employees; lead change and continuous improvement while maintaining daily execution.
• Strong analytical, organizational, structured problem-solving, written, and verbal English communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Finance, EHS, and other cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and data-driven performance management; must be eligible to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Multi-site or multi-building warehouse operations experience.
• Lean manufacturing or Lean logistics experience, including Leader Standard Work, Gemba, visual daily management, 5S, and structured problem solving.
• Experience improving inventory accuracy and transactional discipline in SAP, including SAP MM, WM/EWM, PP, or SD processes.
• Experience with capacity planning, facility layouts, space utilization, material-flow optimization, third-party logistics, external warehousing, warehouse technology, automation, scanning, or material-handling equipment.
• Experience supporting warehouse or manufacturing expansion and organizational growth.
• Knowledge of budget management, capital planning, and business-case development.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within an international manufacturing group focused on drug delivery devices and patient outcomes.
• Collaborative environment emphasizing accountability, teamwork, employee engagement, continuous improvement, and open reporting of safety and quality concerns.
• US benefits are available through the employer’s benefits program.
• Equal opportunity employment with confidential handling of application information under EEO guidelines.

Hiring process

• Submit an application with a resume; an English-language resume is appreciated.
• If applicable, arrange for a hirify.global employee referral before applying.