DC OPS PLANNING MANAGER
Role Overview
Provides short- and medium-term production plans for Canadian distribution centres.
Partners with Distribution and Transportation to provide planning, guidance, and end-to-end visibility.
Ensures staffing plans support throughput demand, building flow is balanced, load plans are efficient, and store service targets are met.
Key Skills for This Role
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Pay range
- Base salary range is $90,000–$120,000; additional total rewards may include performance bonuses, benefits, stock-purchase discounts, and merit increases.
Position overview
Provides short- and medium-term production plans for Canadian distribution centres.
Partners with Distribution and Transportation to provide planning, guidance, and end-to-end visibility.
Ensures staffing plans support throughput demand, building flow is balanced, load plans are efficient, and store service targets are met.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and adjust daily, weekly, and monthly volume and labour plans to meet delivery timelines and performance metrics.
- Partner with distribution-centre leadership, capacity planning, transportation, and other teams to maximize capacity, throughput, and efficiency.
- Train leadership on production-planning processes, tools, and resources.
- Improve forecasting models and planning tools; report on KPIs and trends.
- Lead process-improvement initiatives and projects.
- Manage, mentor, and coach production-planning analysts.
- Build an effective team through open, honest leadership and communication.
Skills and competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including analyzing complex data and identifying patterns.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to motivate teams, ensure accountability, and communicate clearly.
- Adaptability and resilience in stressful or ambiguous conditions.
- Ability to apply financial concepts to budgets, cost forecasting, and decision impacts.
- Knowledge of supply-chain concepts, principles, and best practices.
Work arrangement and conditions
- Hybrid work is flexible with a primary location.
- Limited travel to other distribution centres and the SSC may be required.
- Work includes office computer tasks and walking through distribution centres as required.
- Some non-standard work hours may be needed.
Education and experience
- Minimum five years of progressive supply-chain experience.
- A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field is preferred.
- Leadership experience is not required but is considered an asset.
Tools and systems
- Requires proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visual Basic, Word, and Visio.
- Requires experience with forecasting and warehouse systems such as EWM, SAP, WMS, TMS, or YMS.
- Experience with mechanized or automated distribution centres and multiple pick-pack processes is an asset.
Reporting line
Reports to a Senior Manager.
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