Warehouse Operations Manager

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.  

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognise unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life. 

Summary of the Role:

Manage warehouse and road transport operations across India and the MEA region, ensuring seamless execution, scalability, efficiency, and compliance. Drive cost optimization, innovation, agility, and competitiveness while leading logistics operations. Lead projects, monitor KPIs, implement corrective actions, and standardize SOPs to achieve operational excellence. Foster continuous improvement, strategic execution, and collaboration with key stakeholders, including finance, HSE, supply chain, plant operations, global logistics, legal, and HR. A proactive, execution-focused leader with expertise in logistics, process improvement, and supply chain efficiency at both regional and global levels. Ensure safety, productivity, and compliance with international and regional regulations.

⸻
1. 3PL & Warehouse Network Management
• Regional Scope & Scale: Manage multiple warehouses (both implant and external) across India and MEA, managing various third-party logistics (3PL) providers.

• End-to-End Logistics Execution: Manage inventory control, inbound/outbound shipments, order fulfillment, and warehouse operations to ensure seamless execution.

• Capacity & Scalability: Optimize storage efficiency and throughput for warehouse operations.

• Stakeholder Communication & Alignment: Maintain regular engagement with regional and global stakeholders, ensuring alignment with best practices.

• Process Standardization & Benchmarking: Collaborate with global logistics teams to benchmark performance, enhance agility, and implement process improvements.

• Hands-On & Independent Leadership: Engage with teams at all levels, driving operational excellence and innovation.

⸻

2. Road Transport Operations & Vendor Management
• Drive innovation in road transport operations by leveraging technology and data analytics to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and reliability.
• Foster strong partnerships with transport providers to ensure service excellence, regulatory compliance, and cost-effectiveness through proactive collaboration.
• Implement dynamic transport strategies that optimize routing, reduce environmental impact, and adapt to evolving market conditions.
• Continuously evaluate and elevate transport partners’ performance through data-driven insights and industry benchmarking.
• Integrate global best practices by collaborating with international transport teams, embracing cutting-edge logistics solutions, and staying ahead of industry trends.
• Develop agile response frameworks that anticipate challenges, minimize disruptions, and enable seamless issue resolution in real time.

⸻
3. Cost Management & Spend Optimization
• Budget Ownership: Manage logistics expenditure efficiently, ensuring optimized resource allocation.

• Strategic Cost Control: Implement cost-saving measures while maintaining service quality and operational excellence.

• 3PL Contract & Vendor Management: Negotiate competitive contracts and SLAs, ensuring compliance with performance and cost benchmarks.

• Data-Driven Decision-Making: Utilize KPI tracking, analytics, and financial insights to optimize costs and improve management practices.

⸻
4. Risk & Crisis Management
• Proactive Risk Identification: Anticipate supply chain disruptions, warehouse inefficiencies, and logistics risks, implementing contingency plans for resilience.

• Crisis Handling & Rapid Resolution: Lead swift response efforts to address supplier issues and operational disruptions, minimizing business impact.

• Operational Adaptability: Adjust strategies dynamically to respond to evolving market conditions and business needs.
⸻
5. Safety, Compliance & Leadership
• Regulatory & Compliance Management: Ensure full adherence to customs regulations, bonded warehouse laws, and regional compliance standards, road transport safety standards, GST laws, e-invoicing, and regional and global regulations.

• Workplace Safety & HSE Standards: Partner with HSE teams to enforce industry-best safety protocols, risk assessments, and compliance measures.

• Process-Oriented & Agile Approach: Develop and implement SOPs to standardize warehouse operations, ensuring consistency and efficiency.

• Team Leadership & Development: Manage warehouse and transport teams across regions, providing mentorship, performance management, and training for continuous growth.

• Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with finance, supply chain, plant operations, legal, and HR to align logistics strategies with business goals.

• Project Leadership & KPI Tracking: Drive logistics improvement projects, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), and implement innovation-driven corrective actions.

• Competitiveness & Growth: Enhance operational agility, drive continuous productivity, and position warehouse operations for long-term business growth.

Requirements (education, experience, competencies and specific job requirements):

Education & Certification
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.

• Any supply chain related certification or degree is preferred.

Experience & Skills
• 10+ years of managerial experience in warehouse and transportation operations, preferably in the chemical industry.

• Expertise in logistics and 3PL management.

• Strong knowledge of domestic transport regulations, documentation, and safety requirements.
• Expertise in carrier management, vendor negotiations, and logistics coordination.

• Strong leadership and people management skills, with a focus on stakeholder collaboration.

• Process-oriented mindset with expertise in innovation, change management, and continuous improvement.

• Strong project management and problem-solving abilities to drive operational excellence.

• Agile and results-driven, ensuring adaptability in dynamic environments.

• Proficiency in SAP and MS Office tools with a data-driven approach.

Key Competencies
• Global perspective with experience managing operations across diverse cultures.

• Team player, fostering collaboration and engagement.

• Influential leader, building relationships and driving real commitment.

• Focused on continuous productivity, innovation, competitiveness, and agility.

• Expertise in change management, ensuring operational transformation and efficiency.

Competencies – HR Internal use only

LCA Top 4 Competencies (to be filled by HR Partner)

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. 

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their ethnic origin, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic.