Operations Planning Manager (New Markets & Platforms)
$159,000–$196,000 year
RemoteCalifornia, United States or Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Own the end-to-end testing and validation demand and supply plans, partnering with Product and Engineering stakeholders to define objectives, priorities, and resource needs. Drive comprehensive planning cycles to optimize operations across intersecting areas, building models that forecast supply, answer what-if scenarios, and extract operational insights. Lead cross-functional initiatives to transform operating models and drive efficiencies, while upleveling core planning software and methodologies to align with corporate financial strategy. This role reports to the Operations Planning Lead. You will require 5+ years of experience in planning or supply chain, with deep expertise in enterprise planning platforms and SQL. The team supports Waymo's mission to build the world's most trusted autonomous driver, enabling over ten million rider-only trips.
Required Qualifications
- Experience owning end-to-end planning cycles
- Acting as a strategic, cross-functional partner to stakeholders and leadership
- Demonstrated strong business judgement
- Communication skills
- Ability to distill complex data and analysis to develop and advocate for positions and recommendations to cross-functional partners and leaders
- Deep, hands-on expertise in navigating and building models within enterprise planning platforms and spreadsheets
- Using data tools (SQL)
- A proven track record of acting as an advocate and leader to drive cross-functional strategy, cost-down initiatives, and efficiency optimizations
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Business Analytics, Mathematics, or a related field
- Equivalent practical experience to the Bachelor's degree requirement
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience in planning / supply chain, strategic operations, financial planning, management consulting, or an analytical business function
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree (MBA preferred) in Finance, Economics, Operations Research, or a related discipline
- 8+ years of strategic execution within high-velocity environments such as management consulting, private equity, investment banking, or hyper-growth tech
- Direct experience in resource planning and management for staff and/or vehicles
- Experience and technical knowledge of forecasting methodologies and forecast accuracy measurement
- Demonstrated success operating within a highly matrixed organization
- Expertly driving alignment, negotiating priorities, and ensuring unified execution across operations, product, finance, and corporate strategy
- Experience using Anaplan for demand and supply planning processes (planning software tool)
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