Sr. Manager, Warehouse Ops Excellence
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Ashville, Ohio, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Logistics
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 7+ years in operational excellence, lean manufacturing, production system deployment, or warehouse/manufacturing operations, with 3+ years in a leadership role.
- Expertise in TPS principles: Kata coaching, A3 problem-solving, Kaizen facilitation, and standard work development.
- 3+ years designing and facilitating tiered daily management systems (DOR/WOR/MOR or equivalent).
- Experience building training and qualification systems in a manufacturing or warehouse environment.
- Proficiency with KPI design, dashboards, and translating data into operational action.
- Experience with ERP/WMS platforms and managing process changes through system transitions.
- Strong analytical skills: labor modeling, budget analysis, and cost-per-unit tracking.
- Excellent communication and coaching skills across all levels — shop floor to site leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a chief of staff or right hand to a senior leader — synthesizing information, driving meeting cadence, and ensuring leadership bandwidth is protected.
- U.S. citizenship is required pursuant to contractual obligations.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or related field.
- Defense, aerospace, or government-contract manufacturing environment experience.
- Experience scaling operations from low-volume/prototype to high-rate production.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Kata Coach certification, or equivalent credential.
- Familiarity with DFARS, ITAR, and government property requirements.
- Experience with visual management systems, layered process audits, and shop-floor information radiators.
- Track record of building management systems from scratch at a new or scaling facility.
Full description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Material Movement & Flow (MMF) organization at Arsenal-1 is responsible for warehouse operations, inventory integrity, and material flow engineering across Anduril's multi-program defense manufacturing site. We are building a world-class operating system rooted in Toyota Production System principles, structured PDCA problem-solving, and disciplined daily management. This role is the architect of that system.
THE ROLE
The Senior Manager, Warehouse Ops Excellence is the management system architect for the MMF organization. You will also serve as the operational chief of staff to the Director, Material Movement & Flow — translating strategic priorities into structured execution through the operating rhythm, decision-support packages, and organizational readiness tracking. You will design and stand up the operating rhythm, continuous improvement methodology, training infrastructure, and KPI framework that warehouse operations runs on. Once each system is established, you will coach and empower the line to maintain and evolve it independently — your success is measured by how well the systems run without you in the room.
You will also shape the broader MMF organization as it scales — defining functional charters, role boundaries, and operating frameworks that new teams and leaders will inherit, including future inventory integrity and control leadership roles. You will architect the operating model across multiple buildings and programs as construction completes, partnering with Material Flow Engineering to ensure new spaces launch with the management system already in place.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Operating Rhythm: Design and facilitate the tiered daily management system — DOR, WOR, and MOR. Own templates, cadence, escalation paths, visual boards, and action tracking.
- Tier System & Leader Standard Work: Build the tier board system, leader standard work schedules, and escalation protocols. Coach supervisors and team leads on structured daily accountability.
- Toyota Kata & Continuous Improvement: Serve as the team’s Kata coach. Own the CI pipeline — Kaizen events, A3s, and savings validation.