What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Supervisor position at Advantech USA?
Job Title: Warehouse Supervisor
Location(s): Milpitas, CA - Onsite
Compensation: $75,000 - $85,000
About this position:
At Advantech USA, the Supervisor, Warehouse plays a vital role in keeping our operations running smoothly and efficiently. This position is responsible for overseeing the flow of all incoming and outgoing materials, ensuring accuracy through our bar code system, and upholding warehouse standards. Beyond day-to-day operations, the Supervisor, Warehouse provides leadership, coaching, and training to team members and new hires, helping to build a safe, productive, and collaborative work environment. Reporting directly to the Associate Director, Warehouse this role is key to supporting Advantech’s commitment to quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure warehouse operational standards are met by implementing effective action plans, strategies, policies, and procedures.
- Oversee and coordinate all inventory activities, including annual and semi-annual physical counts, customer consignment projects, and reconciliation efforts in collaboration with Inventory Leads, Accounting, and external auditors.
- Supervise the distribution, processing, and storage of pallets, boxes, and materials in accordance with FIFO practices.
- Maintain organized inventory to maximize available space for incoming shipments.
- Oversee accurate data entry, corrections, and reporting in SAP, WMS, and CTOS systems; resolve issues and discrepancies as needed.
- Develop, analyze, and review reports on shipments and material flow to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Manage customer and sales order picks, resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Provide leadership, training, and development to warehouse employees, including forklift operation certification.
- Prepare and maintain warehouse Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reports.
- Perform additional tasks and projects as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5–7 years of related warehouse experience in material handling, shipping/receiving, distribution, and/or operations.
- Prior supervisory or lead experience in a warehouse environment required.
- Proven experience in inventory control management.
- High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate’s degree (A.A./A.S.) preferred.
- Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Strong knowledge of warehouse operational policies and procedures.
- Current forklift certification required, with the ability to train and certify employees in forklift operation.
- Ability to manage and complete multiple projects effectively.
- Strong leadership, initiative, and project management skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation abilities.
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with warehouse automation systems such as ASRS (Automated Storage & Retrieval System), AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robots), or goods-to-person solutions.
- Hands-on experience in process improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma methodology.
- Exposure to digital transformation projects (e.g., paperless warehouse, system integration).
- Familiarity with auto dimensioning and labeling systems or cross-dock operations.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary dependent on experience (DOE)
- Winning culture with a friendly, team-oriented environment!
- Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401(k) with company match
- Education & personal development reimbursement program
- Generous vacation and paid holidays package
- Company events, and lunches
- Referral Bonus
About Advantech
Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support; all backed by industry-leading front and back-office e-business solutions. Advantech has always been an innovator in the development and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance computing platforms.
We cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. To realize our corporate vision of Enabling an Intelligent Planet, Advantech will continue collaborating and partnering for Smart city & IoT Solutions.
World-class Recognition
Advantech is an authorized alliance partner of both Intel® and Microsoft®. Our customers will find the technologies we use inside our products to be widely compatible with other products in the global marketplace. In 2018 and 2019, Interbrand, the world-renowned brand consulting firm, once again recognized Advantech efforts to build a trusted, global brand; it also symbolizes a promise we gave to our business partners, which was to do our best to keep building a trustworthy brand that is recognized everywhere in the world. Advantech was selected as Interbrand’s #5 best Taiwan Global Brand in 2018.
Work Authorization:
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR), applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8. U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. More information can be found at https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html
Advantech is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We accept applications directly from candidates only and will not be responsible for any recruiting agency fees absent a formal agreement.
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000