Logistics Replenishment Planning Manager

Job Description

Position Summary

The Manager, Logistics Replenishment Planning, leads a team responsible for creating logistics plans into executable operating routines and ensuring disciplined execution across replenishment, warehousing, fulfillment, and transportation. This role owns day-to-day performance against service, cost, and working capital targets by monitoring execution, identifying risks and constraints, and driving coordinated recovery actions across internal teams and external partners. The Manager establishes clear operating cadences, reinforces execution discipline, and ensures alignment between planning signals and operational outcomes.

Specialty Focus:

Responsible for leading the execution of inbound finished goods replenishment across a multi-modal transportation network (truckload, LTL, rail, and intermodal), ensuring reliable, cost-effective flow of inventory from breweries to distribution center and co-pack locations through effective carrier management, capacity alignment, proactive transit time performance management, and strategic rail diversion to optimize service, cost, and network continuity.

Core Responsibilities

• Team Leadership

• Leads, manages, and develops a team of analysts; sets priorities, monitors performance, and builds capability in execution management and cross-functional coordination

• Establishes clear roles, standard work, and accountability across the team

• Coaches team on structured problem solving, escalation, and follow-through

• Execution & Performance Ownership

• Owns execution of operating plans across logistics functions; ensures alignment to service, cost, and working capital objectives

• Monitors performance (service, throughput, inventory flow, backlog) and drives timely recovery actions

• Identifies constraints (capacity, labor, inventory, carrier/vendor performance) and coordinates mitigation plans

• Operating Routines & Governance

• Establishes and leads operating cadences (daily/weekly/monthly) including execution reviews, action tracking, and escalation forums

• Ensures consistent use of trackers, KPIs, and performance reporting with clear ownership and follow-up

• Reporting & Insights

• Owns performance reporting and analysis; ensures data validation, consistency, and actionable insight generation

• Translates data into clear narratives, risks, and recommended actions for leadership

• Cross-Functional Leadership

• Coordinates across Planning, Warehouse Operations, Transportation, Customer Management, Procurement, and external partners

• Communicates execution risks, trade-offs, and priorities to drive aligned decision-making

• Process Discipline & Continuous Improvement

• Reinforces adherence to standard operating procedures, escalation paths, and execution frameworks

• Identifies improvement opportunities and drives initiatives to improve service reliability, cost performance, and execution consistency

Role-Specific Responsibilities

• Lead inbound finished goods replenishment execution across truckload, LTL, rail, and intermodal

• Ensure consistent flow of goods from breweries to DCs/plants with strong service reliability and transit time performance

• Manage carrier and modal provider performance, capacity alignment, and lane optimization

• Drive on-time delivery, cost efficiency, and inventory availability

• Leverage modal strategy to balance cost and service across the network

• Execute rail diversion strategies to mitigate delays, manage disruptions, and optimize inbound flow

• Coordinate cross-functionally to align inbound flow with supply plans and operational capacity

• Mitigate disruption risk and ensure continuity of supply across modes

• Lead continuous improvement through KPIs, visibility, and process discipline

Reporting Relationship

• This role will report directly to the Director, Warehouse and Inventory Management

• This role manages approximately 2 FTEs with an expanded scope to ensure efficient, flexible and resilient contributions through benchmark performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5-7 years of experience in logistics execution, transportation, warehousing, or supply chain operations
• People manager experience, including leading, coaching, developing, and managing…