Planning Manager - Supply Chain - Fort Worth, TX

Harbor Freight Tools

6d • $120,000 - $138,115 • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager of Supply Chain Planning (also known as Planning Manager or PM) maintains and ensures successful execution of a division operating plan for a Harbor Freight Tools Main Distribution Center (MDC). The PM owns tools and processes for multi-shift and multi-site planning across daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual horizons, calibrating the operating plan to forecasts and distribution center labor capability. The role monitors performance variances, compares actual volumes with forecasts, and adjusts planning tools to reflect the current state of the business. The PM maintains the operating plan and prepares outputs for Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning (SIOP).

With strategic guidance and partnership from the Sr. Manager of Operations Planning, the PM works with MDC senior leadership to secure buy-in to the operating plan, submits staffing requests to Talent Acquisition, and prepares equipment business cases based on volume changes or new processes. The PM disseminates the plan through Shift Planning Managers and their staff, provides direct support to those managers, and ensures real-time planning representation on each shift. The PM must move between shifts as needed and drive continuous improvement across them.

This DC-based position supervises and develops staff, involves travel up to 10%, and requires flexibility to support multiple shifts, including nights, weekends, and days as needed.

Requirements

• Willingness to work across multiple shifts, including nights, weekends, and days, as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily plans for labor utilization and staffing, outbound shipping, inbound unloading, and transfers.
• Measure and improve supply chain metrics, including fill rate, inventory days on hand, staffing levels, building capacity, zone compliance, and labor-hours budget.
• Optimize the flow of goods into and out of the facility.
• Use past trends and current forecasts to identify staffing risks and optimize the distribution center slotting strategy.
• Supervise and support leaders managing daily waving operations, including label printing and distribution.
• Interview, select, orient, train, coach, counsel, and discipline associates.
• Communicate values, strategies, and objectives, and assign team responsibilities and work.
• Plan, monitor, and appraise performance results to meet financial targets and service levels.
• Identify and explain budget and service-level variances across the distribution center and partner with operations owners on corrective actions.
• Promote openness, trust, respect, cooperation, and collaboration.
• Educate and direct associates to follow company, federal, state, and local policies and procedures.
• Enforce systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
• Maintain accurate staff attendance records and enforce attendance standards.
• Schedule associates, assign work, and monitor and revise schedules and assignments as needed.
• Research, compile, initiate, sort, and analyze production performance records and data.
• Resolve and report production issues.
• Answer questions and respond to requests from internal customers.
• Keep the work environment clean and safe by reporting violations and identifying needed repairs.
• Ensure associates have the proper tools to perform their duties.
• Remain open to new ideas and ways to achieve results.
• Attend educational workshops, review professional publications, establish professional networks, and participate in professional organizations.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the manager.
• Support operations across multiple shifts, including nights, weekends, and days, as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company 401(k) plan for eligible associates
• Paid time off up to 200 hours per year, inclusive of PTO, floating holidays, and paid holidays
• Paid sick time up to 80 hours per year, unless otherwise required by law
• Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed