JOB SUMMARY

The Industrial Engineering (IE) Planner supports business planning by developing daily, monthly, and annual plans for the Package, Hub or Feeder operations.  He/She forecasts volume and productivity targets ensuring that the business plan production levels are achieved. Long range plans are developed for use in determining operations capacities.

This position is responsible for developing daily, weekly, and annual staffing projections.  This includes identifying processes to provide a cost-effective operating plan.  The IE Planner ensures projection and forecast measures are relevant and conform to accepted IE principles.

OTHER DUTIES 

• Works with various groups to develop operating plans components.
• Follows up with Business Managers to improve plan effectiveness and influence decision making.
• Analyzes process flow charts and production schedules.
• Develops contingency plans for unexpected situation preparedness.
• Remains current with new services and changing conditions.
• Identifies process improvement opportunities to increase efficiencies.
• Educates employees on job requirements and responds to job method questions.

PREFERRED COMPETENCIES

• Applies a thorough understanding of most routine and some complex policies and procedures to situations and operations in a business area.
• Applies knowledge of company structure and operations and of technology trends and best practices to resolve problems, make decisions and achieve business objectives.
• Assesses, identifies, measures and monitors customer or business needs in order to make decisions and makes recommendations for addressing needs.
• Analyzes data to identify requirements, problems or inefficiencies and to recommend solutions in work methods, processes or flows.
• Designs and develops integrated solutions to business problems by determining requirements and critical elements, identifying alternatives, developing the business case, creating project designs, and ensuring the solution meets service, cost and/or quality goals.
• Estimates and forecasts market data and trends to identify potential growth, costs, risks, and benefits.
• Writes complex report queries for customized reports that integrate data, information and documents from multiple sources.
• Synthesizes, combines and integrates information and data to form conclusions and  communicate results clearly using the appropriate audience based tool and reports.

Founded on a $100 loan in 1907, 2 teenage boys opened up a messenger service in a 6 by 17 foot office located just below the sidewalk on Second Avenue and Main Street in Seattle, WA. Messengers ran errands, carried notes, hand baggage, and delivered trays of food for customers. They also delivered packages, traveling by streetcars and bicycles for longer trips, and later using motorcycles.