senior warehouse manager.

Career Opportunity: Senior Warehouse Manager

Job Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Remuneration: Highly competitive base salary
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time Staff Position
Standard Working Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

About the Role:
We have partnered with a premier, industry-leading enterprise to find a driven and experienced Senior Warehouse Manager for their Edmonton facility. In this pivotal leadership role, you will be the driving force behind your business unit's triumphs, directly aligning your department's output with the broader strategic ambitions of the company.

You will take complete ownership of the facility's day-to-day success, expertly directing all warehouse logistics, sales initiatives, client relations, and invoicing processes. Ultimately, you are the key player tasked with safeguarding and expanding the ongoing financial profitability and operational excellence of the entire department.

Advantages
Lucrative Earning Potential: Enjoy a fantastic, highly competitive compensation package tailored to reward your senior-level expertise.

Exceptional Work-Life Integration: Benefit from the security of a permanent, full-time career that operates on a highly predictable Monday-to-Friday, 9-to-5 schedule.

Massive Strategic Influence: Step into a role where your decisions matter. You will direct multi-disciplinary teams, craft comprehensive annual budgets, and personally steer the financial and operational victories of the facility.

Continuous Career Advancement: Stay at the top of your game with dedicated avenues for professional growth, including industry workshops, extensive networking opportunities, and access to top-tier professional literature.

Synergistic Corporate Culture: Partner daily with a supportive network of supervisors, HR business partners, assistant managers, and executive leadership to achieve shared operational goals.

Engaging & Progressive Challenges: Never have a dull day. This role empowers you to pioneer workflow enhancements, re-engineer warehouse floor plans, and actively participate in high-level business development strategies.

Responsibilities
Personnel Leadership & Mentorship: Direct, educate, mentor, and assess warehouse staff to maximize operational efficiency and foster a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.

Logistics & Inventory Control: Mastermind the entire lifecycle of shipping, receiving, and distribution. You will rigorously manage inventory accuracy via routine physical audits and guarantee the facility remains organized and pristine.

Uncompromising Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Act as the ultimate authority on site safety, ensuring every protocol aligns perfectly with corporate mandates, provincial labor laws, and federal material handling legislation.

Fiscal Management & Profitability: Take charge of the financial health of the unit. This includes drafting robust annual budgets, curbing unnecessary expenditures, aggressively pursuing income targets, and skillfully negotiating favorable terms with clients and suppliers.

Client & Supplier Ecosystem: Elevate the customer experience by instituting rigorous Quality Management systems and tracking crucial KPIs. You will also manage supplier performance metrics, troubleshoot logistical hiccups, and collaborate face-to-face with clients to build custom service solutions.

Administrative Oversight: Seamlessly execute vital back-office duties, ensuring payroll processing, internal auditing, and comprehensive corporate reporting are completed accurately and punctually.

Qualifications
Professional Background: A minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience operating strictly within a high-volume warehousing or distribution setting, demonstrating clear success in unifying cross-functional departments.

Credentials & Training: You hold a relevant post-secondary degree or diploma, alongside active Forklift and WHMIS certifications, plus a valid Class 5 driver's license. (Possessing a valid Transportation of Dangerous Goods / TDG certificate will bump you to the top of the pile).

System & Equipment Proficiency: You are highly literate in the MS Office suite, AS400 platforms, and modern Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). You also possess the practical, hands-on capability to safely operate heavy machinery, including pallet jacks, cargo vans, and various forklifts.

Strategic & Operational Mastery: You boast a documented history of drafting and implementing highly effective Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), reinforced by an exhaustive knowledge of occupational health and safety legislation.

Interpersonal & Analytical Traits: Armed with impeccable verbal and written communication skills, you possess the mathematical acumen and analytical mindset required to thrive under pressure, consistently meeting aggressive deadlines without losing your cool.

Physical Capabilities: You are ready and willing to tackle the physical demands of the job—including lifting, standing, and pushing—while operating comfortably in a bustling environment that includes exposure to seasonal weather, elevated noise levels, and Dangerous Goods (DG).

Summary
Are you an exceptionally motivated, data-driven professional boasting extensive executive experience in logistics operations, inventory mitigation, and facility budgeting? If you are ready to take the helm of a massive operation, we absolutely want to review your profile today!

How to Submit Your Application: Please forward a copy of your most recent, updated resume directly to our hiring team:

- Contact: Renee Paul Email Address: View email address on randstad.com (Crucial: To ensure your application is routed correctly, please type "Senior Warehouse Manager" into the subject line of your email).
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- Bypass the email and submit your credentials instantly by applying directly through this job portal!

Disclaimer: We are incredibly grateful to everyone who expresses interest in this opportunity. However, please understand that our recruitment staff will only be reaching out directly to individuals who meet or exceed the mandatory qualifications outlined above.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to View email address on randstad.com to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process. show more