Planning Manager at McKesson in Robbinsville Township, New Jersey

Job Description:

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.


What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.



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.



KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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

Minimum Job Requirements:




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.



Our Base Pay Range for this position



$75,900 - $126,500



McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer



McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.



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