Regional Logistics Manager

The posting, as Loenbro wrote it

Material, Logistics & Tool Management Manager

Position Summary

The Material, Logistics & Tool Management Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing all material management, warehousing, logistics, laydown operations, and tool management activities across fabrication facilities and active construction projects. This position plays a critical role in ensuring field and shop personnel have the materials, tools, equipment, and logistical support required to execute work safely, efficiently, and productively.

This role will lead warehouse, logistics, and tool management personnel while working closely with Operations, Procurement, Project Management, Project Controls, Fabrication, and Field Leadership teams. The successful candidate will develop and implement scalable systems, processes, and controls that support multiple projects, trades, and locations while maintaining accountability, organization, and cost efficiency.

The ideal candidate understands industrial construction operations and can effectively bridge the gap between procurement, warehousing, fabrication, and field execution.

Key Responsibilities

Material Management

• Develop and implement company-wide material management processes and standards.
• Oversee receiving, inspection, storage, preservation, inventory control, staging, and distribution of project materials.
• Ensure accurate tracking of materials from purchase through installation.
• Establish and maintain material traceability requirements when required by project specifications.
• Monitor material shortages, overages, damaged goods, and discrepancies.
• Coordinate material transfers between warehouses, fabrication facilities, and project sites.
• Develop reporting and tracking systems to provide material status updates to project teams and leadership.

Warehouse & Yard Operations

• Manage all Regional warehouses, storage facilities, and project laydown yards.
• Develop warehouse layouts and storage strategies that maximize space utilization and operational efficiency.
• Ensure proper material handling, storage, preservation, and protection practices.
• Maintain inventory accuracy through routine cycle counts, physical inventories, and audits.
• Implement and maintain warehouse management systems and inventory controls.
• Establish and enforce housekeeping, organization, and storage standards across all facilities.
• Coordinate transportation, loading, unloading, and movement of materials between locations.

Site Logistics & Laydown Management

• Develop and manage site logistics plans for construction projects.
• Coordinate laydown yard utilization, traffic flow, material staging, and equipment access.
• Work with Project Managers, Superintendents, and Construction Managers to forecast upcoming material requirements.
• Ensure materials are staged and sequenced to support construction schedules and productivity goals.
• Coordinate heavy-haul deliveries, crane picks, oversized loads, and critic

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ment, Operations Management, Business, or a related field.

• Experience in industrial sectors such as:
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Power Generation
• Data Centers
• Oil & Gas
• Renewable Energy
• Heavy Industrial Construction
• Experience with warehouse management systems and tool tracking software.
• Experience with ERP platforms such as Dynamics, Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, or Viewpoint.
• Familiarity with Lean Construction, Six Sigma, APICS, CSCP, or related certifications.
• Experience supporting fabrication shop operations and material flow management.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

This role will be measured on

• Material availability to construction crews.
• Inventory accuracy and accountability.
• Tool utilization and asset accountability.
• Warehouse and laydown yard efficiency.
• Reduction of material and tool loss.
• On-time material deliveries and staging.
• Material handling and logistics costs.
• Warehouse labor productivity.
• Safety performance.
• Customer satisfaction from project teams and field operations.
• Project support responsiveness and execution effectiveness.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a construction-focused operations leader who understands that productivity in the field depends on having the right materials, tools, equipment, and support resources available when and where they are needed. They possess strong leadership skills, a process-driven mindset, and the ability to build and manage scalable logistics systems that support multiple industrial construction projects and self-perform trades.

This individual serves as a key partner to Operations and Project Leadership by ensuring material, logistics, and tool management never become constraints to safe, profitable project execution. Reporting to Regional Operations Leadership, this position plays a vital role in improving project performance, reducing waste, increasing accountability, and supporting the continued growth of the organization.