Warehouse Operational Excellence Specialist
Location: Asia Pacific, Indonesia, Jawa, Jakarta Raya
Work Location: Fully Onsite
Role reports to: Selfcare E2E Ecosystem Improvement Lead (position also described as reporting to Warehouse Lead; based in Jakarta)
Who We Are
At Kenvue, we believe there is extraordinary power in everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and propelled forward by science, our iconic brands—including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON'S®, MYLANTA®, COMBANTRIN®, NICORETTE®, IMODIUM® and CAREFREE®—are category leaders trusted by millions of consumers who use our products to improve their daily lives. Our employees share a digital-first mindset, an approach to innovation grounded in deep human insights, and a commitment to continually earning a place for our products in consumers' hearts and homes.
What You Will Do
The Warehouse Operational Excellence Specialist is responsible for driving warehouse efficiency and performance through process optimization, effective operational planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Working closely with warehouse operations and cross-functional teams, this role ensures effective planning and utilization of warehouse capacity, manpower, inventory, and resources. The position also plays a key role in identifying operational gaps and implementing improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, service, quality, cost, and compliance.
The ideal candidate brings strong experience in warehouse operations, planning, and continuous improvement, with the ability to translate operational challenges into practical and sustainable solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Warehouse Planning & Performance
•Lead warehouse operational planning, including workload, capacity, manpower, storage utilization, and resource requirements.
•Translate production, supply, and demand plans into effective inbound, storage, material movement, and outbound plans.
•Identify capacity constraints, operational risks, and bottlenecks and develop mitigation plans to ensure operational continuity.
•Monitor warehouse performance through KPIs, trend analysis, loss analysis, and performance management routines.
•Partner with Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, and Logistics to improve end-to-end material flow and schedule adherence.
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
•Drive the warehouse Operational Excellence roadmap with focus on Safety, Quality, Service, Productivity, Cost, and Inventory.
•Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving.
•Identify and eliminate waste, non-value-added activities, process variation, bottlenecks, and operational losses.
•Develop and improve warehouse standards, standard work, visual management, and performance management systems.
•Use operational data to identify improvement opportunities and translate insights into measurable actions.
•Lead improvement projects delivering measurable benefits in productivity, capacity, inventory accuracy, service, and cost.
Warehouse Transformation & Digitalization
•Support and lead warehouse digitalization and automation initiatives, including data analytics, smart warehouse technologies, and AI-enabled solutions.
•Improve visibility of warehouse performance through digital dashboards, automated reporting, and data-driven performance management.
•Build a continuous improvement culture by coaching warehouse teams on problem solving, Lean thinking, and operational discipline.
Operational & Compliance Excellence
•Support robust inventory management, including inventory accuracy, cycle counting, reconciliation, and root-cause investigation.
•Ensure warehouse processes comply with GMP, GDP, EHS, Quality Management Systems, data integrity, and applicable regulatory requirements.
•Support Bonded Zone requirements, customs compliance, audits, deviations, CAPA, and change controls from a warehouse process perspective.
Required Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, or related field.
•3–5 years of relevant experience, with strong exposure to planning, Operational Excellence, continuous improvement, and/or warehouse operations.
•Demonstrated experience in operational or supply planning, capacity planning, resource planning, and performance management.
•Strong working knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, RCA, and continuous improvement methodologies.
•Strong analytical capability with experience using operational data to identify losses, bottlenecks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
•Good knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Excel, and data visualization/analytics tools.
•Strong problem-solving, project management, and cross-functional stakeholder management skills.
•Good communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
Preferred Qualifications
•Experience in FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Health, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
•Experience leading measurable Operational Excellence or warehouse transformation projects.
•Lean Six Sigma certification or demonstrated application of Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
•Experience with Power BI, warehouse digitalization, automation, or Industry 4.0 solutions.
•Understanding of Bonded Zone (Kawasan Berikat), customs, and import-export operations.
•Experience working across Planning, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Quality, and Supply Chain functions.
What's In It for You
•Competitive Benefit Package, Paid Company Holidays, & More!
•Learning & Development Opportunities
•Employee Resource Groups
