A flooring warehouse manager runs the building where cartons, carpet rolls, tile pallets and job orders wait for crews. They decide how stock is stored and moved, plan deliveries to job sites, lead the warehouse staff and keep stock records accurate.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, building finishing contractors · BLS, May 2025
Responsible for overseeing the management of flooring materials and supplies, ensuring timely and organized deliveries while maintaining optimal inventory levels to support our flooring installation projects. Acts as a critical link between the warehouse and installation teams, ensuring high operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Manage and maintain inventory levels of flooring materials to prevent shortages or excesses.
Organize and coordinate timely deliveries of materials to various installation sites.
Track stock movement and update inventory records accurately.
Collaborate with flooring installers and other departments to streamline workflow and resolve material-related issues.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Monitor stock levels and conduct regular inventory audits.
Prepare and organize delivery schedules to align with project timelines.
Coordinate with vendors and supply chain partners to ensure quality and timely material procurement.
Update digital records and manage documentation related to material movements and deliveries.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Inventory accuracy: 98% or higher.
On-time delivery rate: 95% or above.
Material shortage incidents: Less than 2% per quarter.
Warehouse efficiency (stock turnover rate): Achieve a minimum of 15 turnovers per year.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in warehouse management or inventory control.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Proficient in inventory management software and Microsoft Office Suite.
6. Preferred Experience
Experience in the home services or flooring industry.
Familiarity with supply chain management and logistics within a fast-paced environment.
Experience in managing a team and coordinating multi-department projects.
Previous involvement with warehouse safety and operational compliance.
7. Physical Requirements
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
Frequent standing, walking, and occasionally climbing in a warehouse environment.
Comfortable working in varying temperature zones within the warehouse.
May require occasional bending and stretching during inventory checks.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Standard work hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Occasional need to work extended hours during peak operations.
Limited weekend availability during high-demand periods.
Minimal travel required between warehouse and installation sites.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Competitive salary range: $55,000 - $70,000 USD per year.
Eligibility for performance-based bonuses.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
401(k) plan with company matching contributions.
10. Company Culture and Overview
At [INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE], we foster a collaborative and innovative work environment where each team member is empowered to contribute to our collective success.
We are passionate about delivering exceptional home services and continuously investing in the growth and development of our employees.
Our team celebrates diversity, encourages creative problem-solving, and values a work-life balance that inspires professional and personal excellence.
11. How to Apply
If you meet the above criteria and want to be part of a growth-oriented company focused on customer satisfaction, please send your resume to [INSERT EMAIL HERE] or apply online at [INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE].
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Flooring is heavy, bulky and easy to damage. Much of it must be stored the way the maker says, and the warehouse is set up around that.
Carpet rolls ride on a pole
Many flooring warehouses move rolls with a carpet pole on the forklift. OSHA says that if a truck has a front-end attachment that didn't come from the factory, the user must ask to have the truck marked. The marking names the attachment and shows the rough combined weight at full height. Changes that affect capacity need the truck maker's written approval. Check each truck's plate before a pole goes on. Source: OSHA: 29 CFR 1910.178, powered industrial trucks.
Stored the way the maker says
One vinyl maker's guide says to store its flooring in a dry indoor space that is climate-controlled or held steady. It wants the boxes raised on a dry pallet with room for air to move underneath. A metal building that bakes in an Alabama summer or freezes in a Wyoming winter needs a conditioned room for products like that. It also needs a plan to hold stock until the site is ready. Source: Hallmark Floors: San Simeon installation instructions.
Solvent glues go in a cabinet
Some contact cements for rubber stair treads and cove base are flammable, and so are some seam sealers. The safety data sheet says which. Keep those in a flammable storage cabinet. OSHA's general industry rule caps each cabinet at 60 gallons for flammable liquids in Categories 1 through 3. Source: OSHA: 29 CFR 1910.106, flammable liquids.
Job orders staged by day and room
A homeowner job might need hardwood, a stair kit, tile for the bath and carpet for the bedrooms. Stage each order in one marked spot with the product, lot and trims. Load it so the first room's material comes off the truck first. Check it against the project manager's list the afternoon before, since a missing reducer found at the house costs a trip back.
How much flooring installers warehouse managers make
The closest BLS group for flooring installers warehouse managers is transportation, storage, and distribution managers. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers who work for building finishing contractors earned a median of $72,500 a year ($34.85 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s below the $107,230 median for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in all industries. About 610 of the 221,180 transportation, storage, and distribution managers in that survey work for building finishing contractors.
This template offers a salary and a chance at bonuses. That range falls short of the middle BLS figure for this industry, so check it against local warehouse and logistics jobs before you post.
Building finishing contractors
$72,500$72,500 median Middle half $56,990–$94,210 10th–90th $51,770–$104,010
All industries
$107,230$107,230 median Middle half $82,440–$146,770 10th–90th $65,120–$194,900
$25k$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k$225k
10th–90th percentileMiddle halfMedianAnnual pay, May 2025. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Annual pay by percentile
Group
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
Building finishing contractors
$51,770
$56,990
$72,500
$94,210
$104,010
All industries
$65,120
$82,440
$107,230
$146,770
$194,900
BLS doesn’t publish pay for flooring contractors on their own. These figures cover building finishing contractors, which include them. Post a real range for your market in the ad.
The pay line in the template above is an example from our Role Blueprint. Set yours from these figures and what local companies pay.
Skills to hire for, and what you can teach
Hire for these
Has led a warehouse team and its daily loading
Keeps stock records accurate with inventory software and cycle counts
Knows forklift safety and how attachments change a truck's load
Plans deliveries around job start dates
Handles vendor and freight problems firmly
Teach these on the job
Flooring products, lots and trims
Each maker's storage and handling lines
Your job staging and labeling system
Store-program and builder delivery rules
Your flooring business software
Expect a flooring warehouse manager to run forklifts with carpet poles, pallet jacks, carpet racks and a cutting table or machine. They also use your inventory software and a label printer. Name your trucks, attachments and software in the ad.
Two of the 6 questions we'd ask, and what a strong answer sounds like. Ask every candidate the same questions, and rate each answer on your own before you compare notes.
Situational · Damaged deliveries
Crews report damaged boxes delivered from your warehouse. What do you do?
A strong answer: Replaces them fast, checks how loading and securing were done, and fixes the process.
Behavioral · Picking accuracy
Tell me about a time you cut picking errors, such as wrong lots or missing trims, on outgoing orders.
A strong answer: Added a check like scanning lot numbers or a second count, and shows errors dropped.
Start from the template's targets, then reset them after a quarter of your own counts, deliveries and shortages.
Inventory accuracy
Take the inventory specialist's weekly cycle count results and add your own surprise count of one aisle each month. Track misses by product family and by who picked them, to find where the process breaks.
On-time delivery rate
Share of job deliveries that reach the site complete by the time promised to the crew or customer. A delivery missing one trim counts as late.
Material shortage incidents
Count jobs where a crew waited or left for missing material that should have been in stock or staged. Log the item and the cause for each one.
Warehouse efficiency (stock turnover rate)
Divide the cost of stock used in a year by the average value on hand. Run it by product family. Slow rolls drag the figure down, while sundries turn fast.
How long should a flooring warehouse hold a customer's material?
Set a limit in the sales contract. Delayed remodels and builder slips can leave paid-for cartons on your racks for months. They take space and can get damaged. Tag held orders with the customer, date and lot, and review them each month with the project managers. Agree with sales on when a storage charge or a delivery to the customer starts.
How much does a flooring installers warehouse manager make?
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers who work for building finishing contractors earned a median of $72,500 a year ($34.85 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $56,990 and $94,210 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and bonus terms.
Who files the freight claim when flooring arrives damaged?
The inventory specialist notes the damage at the dock. The warehouse manager owns the claim and the carrier relationship. Send the written claim quickly, keep the photos and receipt together, and track open claims each week. If a vendor's pallets keep arriving crushed, push them to change the packing or the carrier.
What's a good first project for a new flooring warehouse manager?
Have them walk the racks and list every held order, slow roll and open freight claim, with a plan for each. It shows how they think about space and money. It also gives you a clean starting point for the template's turnover and accuracy figures.
Which flooring warehouse tasks fall under the template's lifting, climbing and temperature lines?
They mean lifting cartons and pails, climbing to check upper rack levels during counts, and bending to read labels on low pallets. They also cover work at the dock door and in unheated or uncooled parts of the building in summer and winter. Put that list in the ad, mark which jobs use a forklift or pallet jack, and invite accommodation requests.
