Logistics and Planning Manager

As a Logistics and Planning Manager, you're responsible for both the movement of goods and the planning that determines what moves when. You're coordinating transportation, managing inventory levels, running demand-supply planning processes, and ensuring logistics execution aligns with business needs.

Your day bridges planning and execution. You might start reviewing inventory positions against targets, then coordinate with carriers on shipment scheduling, then participate in a demand planning meeting, then troubleshoot an expedite request. You need to think ahead while handling today's operational needs.

The hardest part is managing competing priorities. Sales wants everything available everywhere; finance wants minimal inventory; operations wants predictable volumes. You're constantly balancing service levels, costs, and working capital. The people who thrive here can see patterns in complexity and make trade-offs thoughtfully.