Planning Manager

at  McKesson

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POSITION SUMMARY:

The Planning Manager will have the overall responsibility for the production scheduling, labor management analysis, slot optimization, transportation management, training & development and workforce management systems. In this role, the Planning Manager is responsible for production schedule and balancing to meet daily service throughput and productivity objectives utilizing software and automation solutions to achieve goals.
The Planning Manager will communicate daily with Operations Management to ensure specific needs are addressed.

EDUCATION:

4-year degree or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE

5 + years operational experience including 3+ years managerial experience.

CRITICAL SKILLS

Industrial Engineering/Six Sigma – base knowledge
Extensive knowledge of data mining with multiple platforms
Expert user of Excel/Access/PowerPoint
Communications skills

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

Very thorough knowledge of Operations Management
Interpersonal skills
Proven Managerial / supervisory skills
Excellent organizational skills
Extensive knowledge of product flow through distribution center and impact of bottlenecks
Experienced in a high transaction customer sensitive environment
Ability to coordinate with multiple functional departments
Analytical skills
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson’s pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

• Develop short and long-range staffing plans based on productivity objectives and forecasted volume requirements.
• Develop, manage and monitor performance reporting on quality productivity and cost.
• Develop, analyze and recommend strategic and tactical operational and systemic improvements to meet current and future service, throughput and cost objectives.
• Monitor DC’s performance to schedule and forecast to actual and report to management team for continuous improvement opportunities.
• Maintain systems and databases in an accurate and timely manner as well as track activities and generate metrics to manage the process.
• Training & development of warehouse associates