DTDC - Senior Manager - Line Haul Planning

Senior Manager Line Haul Planning

About the role :

- Lead the linehaul design, optimization and continuous efficiency improvement to develop a reliable, cost efficient and agile network

- Participate in key transformation initiatives and network related programs to develop a robust linehaul in-line with the overall network strategy

- Own all aspects of how a linehaul impacts customer and shipper experience; manage performance, measure, analyze & then drive initiatives necessary to improve it

- Engage with operations teams and vendors to continuously identify and implement optimization opportunities

- Develop capacity planning models, revise plans based on business requirements, align with all stakeholders and drive implementation

- Dig deep in data to determine health of linehaul, work with operations to identify causes of failure, clearly define actionable decisions and drive corrective actions

- Participate in projects having direct impact on network constructs

- Evaluate and implement new technological solutions to improve linehaul planning & processes

- Maintain governance with relevant stakeholders through weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual business performance reviews

Professional traits :

- Ability to deal with ambiguity and define programs with little or no information

- Ability to create and sustain a sense of urgency

- Customer focus with excellent problem solving and decision-making skills

- Use cutting edge optimization methods to model the network

- Able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business

- Excellent stakeholder management and project management in a high pressure environment

- Excellent analytical skills

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Basic Qualification :

- Bachelor's/Master's degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields

- At least 5-8 years of business experience in areas relevant to supply chain optimization, such as operations research, supply chain management, linehaul management and linehaul design

- Strong Data and Analytics capabilities - Ability to leverage large amounts of complex data sets to support business decisions by telling the story with data.