Manager, Planning - 1st shift

GXO Logistics•Bloomington, CA

7d•$103,611 - $115,124

About The Position

The Manager, Planning is responsible for demand planning, forecasting, and customer care for select clients. The role leads planning-related functions at a distribution center, including planning and scheduling inbound receipts and outbound shipments, replenishment, inventory slotting, capacity analysis, order prioritization, and expedite processing. The manager develops operational reporting for site leadership and clients, supports operations in meeting service-level standards and contractual obligations, and works to ensure client compliance. The position also supports customer growth and cost-saving opportunities, maintains planning and operations data, deploys metrics to optimize operational efficiency, and helps identify and implement continuous-improvement initiatives. The manager oversees direct reports, including interviewing, hiring, onboarding, setting expectations, training and development, and performance reviews. The listed annual salary range is $103,611–$115,124 for jobs performed in California. GXO offers eligible employees paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), and other benefits.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience with complex demand planning activities.
Experience utilizing and deploying solutions within leading business intelligence solutions such as Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, or equivalent.
Advanced skills with Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Working knowledge of statistical methods, mathematical techniques, and related analytical tools, including forecasting and projections.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related field.
Working knowledge or understanding of SQL or similar programming languages.
4 years of managerial or supervisory experience.
APICS certification.
Bilingual English/Spanish.
Experience with Lean manufacturing principles.
Warehousing or Third-Party Logistics (3PL) experience.
Experience in quality, inventory, data mining, and problem-solving.
Experience in an AS9100 or ISO environment.

Responsibilities

Lead and direct distribution-center planning functions, including inbound and outbound scheduling, replenishment, inventory slotting, capacity analysis, order prioritization, and expedite processing.
Develop and execute operational-level reporting for site leadership and the client.
Support Operations teams in meeting service-level standards, adhering to contractual obligations, and ensuring client compliance.
Identify growth opportunities with current customers by promoting enhanced services and/or cost savings, and partner with site leadership on customer visits, conference calls, and problem-solving efforts.
Track, record, and maintain planning- and operations-related data; deploy planning-based metrics to optimize operational efficiency.
Support identification and deployment of cost-saving initiatives through planning-based continuous-improvement initiatives at the site.
Manage direct reports, including interviewing, hiring, onboarding, setting expectations, training and development, and conducting performance reviews.