Manager, Network Strategy

Primary Responsibilities
The Network Strategy Manager is a centralized role that coordinates the multifunctional requirements supporting new revenue attainment, increased network utilization, network optimization, and financial forecast planning.  The Network Strategy Manager drives operational excellence by optimizing and synchronizing warehouse capacity across multiple sites, ensuring agile responsiveness to fluctuating customer demand.

What you’ll Do

• Act as a liaison between Business Development teams, Operations, Supply Chain Solutions, IT, and other departments to coordinate and optimize warehouse capacity utilization
• Monitor and analyze network-wide warehouse capacity and demand to identify potential constraints and opportunities for optimization
• Leverage data analytics and forecasting tools to proactively identify opportunities or constraints, implement strategic adjustments to accelerate throughput, and ensure service quality
• Collaborate with sales teams to align regional and cross-regional capacity planning to determine capacity available for selling
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to align demand forecasting, inventory distribution, and capacity planning
• Collaborate with warehouse operations, business development, and finance teams to support decision-making around aligning customer expectations to network capacities and capabilities
• Develop and implement strategies to improve overall network efficiency
• Coordinate and maintain data in support of Market and Site Plans
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to address capacity challenges by applying quantitative modeling and analysis to profitability assessment, inventory management, and warehousing processes
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on enhancing network capacity utilization, customer satisfaction, and incremental revenue attainment
• Support market strategy plans and coordination with Marketing on campaigns

What Experience and Education You Need

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as: Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance or related disciplines
• Requires 5+ years of experience in supply chain, logistics, or operations management, preferably with cross-site coordination responsibilities
• Skilled in capacity planning, demand forecasting, and inventory management across multi-warehouse networks
• Strong project management skills and communication skills
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills to coordinate cross-functional teams

What Could Set You Apart

• Knowledge of cold chain logistics, warehouse operations, and transportation
• Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools
• Proficient with supply chain analytics platforms, demand planning software, and capacity management tools

Physical Requirements

• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane for business
• May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing
• May require carrying loads related to travel and the occasional lifting, carrying, positioning, and/or moving of objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The Company makes reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.

What We Offer:
Our associates know the answer to the question What’s in it for me? We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold, you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE/AA M/F/D/V.