Night Planner Shift Leader- Sub-contractor

Vivantify; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional growth

Collaborative environment

Challenging projects

Job summary

Vivantify in Hyderabad seeks a Night Planner Shift Leader to steer the night transportation-planning team, ensuring timely activity completion and smooth handovers.

You will oversee three Night Planners, manage workload, optimize plans, and escalate risks as needed, coordinating with the Governance Manager for decisions and updates.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or coordinating transportation planning or logistics operations teams.
• Strong escalation management and operational decision-making.
• Ability to allocate workload and review team output.
• Excellent communication for reporting status to senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on knowledge of transportation planning and TMS processes.
• Familiarity with load planning, carrier tendering.
• Willingness to work night/early-morning shift from vendor workspace.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the night-shift planning operation and workload across Night Planners.
• Review planning status, including plan completion, unassigned loads, re-optimization, and interventions.
• Monitor tenders, carrier capacity, 3PL responses, and execution risks.
• Validate completion of critical operational checks, system updates, and required evidence.
• Manage escalations involving planning, capacity, tendering, system issues, delays, and operational exceptions.
• Review team output and ensure activities are completed accurately and within timelines.
• Maintain a complete, exception-focused shift handover with owners and due times.
• Provide structured updates to Governance Manager covering risks and decisions.

Skills

Logistics leadership

Escalation management

Shift workload planning

Communication with stakeholders

Transportation planning

TMS knowledge

Load & route optimization

Carrier tendering

Night shift

Tools

SAP TM/TMS

Blue Yonder

Job description

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 7–11 Years
Employment Type: Sub-contractor
Openings: 1
Shift: Night Shift, 7:00 PM–4:00 AM IST
Work Mode: Work from LTM office only

About the Role

We are seeking a Night Planner Shift Leader to provide operational leadership and control for the night transportation-planning team. The role focuses on team coordination, transportation planning, workload allocation, escalation management, and operational risk control. The candidate will oversee the night-shift planning operation and ensure timely completion of critical activities and effective handovers.

Job Description

The Shift Leader will coordinate the night-shift planning operation and allocate workload and priorities across the three Night Planners. The role involves reviewing overall planning status, unassigned loads, re-optimization requirements, carrier capacity, tender responses, and execution risks.

The candidate will validate critical operational activities, manage escalations, and intervene when issues require leadership-level decisions. The role also requires structured, action-oriented handovers to ensure open items, risks, dependencies, and time-critical activities are clearly communicated to the Governance Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the night-shift planning operation and allocate workload across Night Planners.
• Review overall planning status, including plan completion, unassigned loads, re-optimization, and manual interventions.
• Monitor outstanding tenders, carrier capacity, 3PL responses, and execution risks.
• Validate completion of critical operational checks, system updates, and required evidence.
• Manage escalations involving planning, capacity, tendering, system issues, delays, and operational exceptions.
• Review team output and ensure activities are completed accurately and within required timelines.
• Maintain a complete, exception-focused, and action-oriented shift handover with assigned owners and due times.
• Provide structured updates to the Governance Manager covering risks, dependencies, time-critical activities, and required decisions.

Required Skills

• Prior experience leading or coordinating a transportation planning or logistics operations team.
• Strong escalation management and operational decision-making skills.
• Ability to allocate workload, review team output, and manage shift performance.
• Strong communication skills for reporting operational status and material risks to senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience in transportation planning, logistics operations, or supply chain execution.
• Working knowledge of a Transportation Management System (TMS).
• Understanding of load planning, transport optimization, shipment planning, carrier tendering, and capacity management.
• Willingness to work permanently on the specified night/early-morning shift from the vendor workspace.

Preferred / Good to Have

• Experience with SAP TM/TMS.
• Experience with Blue Yonder.

Mandatory Skills

• FCM_MS_Support

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have experience leading or coordinating transportation planning or logistics operations teams, along with hands-on knowledge of transportation planning and TMS processes. The candidate should be confident in managing escalations, making operational decisions, coordinating team workloads, and communicating risks and status to senior stakeholders.

Benefits Package

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment
• The opportunity to work on exciting and challenging projects with leading clients