Planning Supervisor Wknd

Lowe's Companies, Inc.; North Vernon (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is seeking a Planning Supervisor to lead a high-performing team ensuring efficient product flow through the facility. You will drive in-stock priorities, yard volumes, and on-time shipping while coordinating with stores on shipment dates and SOS/SOE orders.

You will mentor staff, enforce safety standards, handle HR questions, and manage performance with regular reviews. This role emphasizes communication and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience with direct report responsibility.
• Mentoring and coaching others.
• Experience in a customer service role.
• Troubleshooting processes to resolve problems.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Drives daily safety compliance and promotes a culture of safety.
• Supports HR questions including attendance, pay and benefits.
• Communicates expectations and provides feedback.
• Monitors and manages associate performance.
• Mentors associates and conducts annual reviews.
• Holds staff accountable to behaviors and performance.
• Manages daily demand, priority orders, and yard/purchase order reviews.
• Oversees inbound goals and shipment planning.
• Handles store inquiries on shipments and SOS/SOE.
• Allocates SOS/SOE and ensures on-time shipping.
• Documents shift turnover and training material.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Customer service

Troubleshooting

Prioritization

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Excel

Access

Lowe’s DMS system

Job description

Your Impact

The Planning Supervisor is primarily responsible for supervising a high performing team responsible for ensuring product moves through the facility efficiently and effectively. This role helps ensure that performance goals, such as in stock, priorities, and yard volumes are achieved and exceeded by monitoring priorities and alerting the appropriate parties. This role also resolves idle demand due to product not allocating, allowing for product in demand to be shipped to the stores on time. This role monitors and receives calls from the stores and fields any questions regarding shipment dates of product (e.g., calls regarding special order sales (SOS) or store order express (SOE)).

Your Impact

The Planning Supervisor is primarily responsible for supervising a high performing team responsible for ensuring product moves through the facility efficiently and effectively. This role helps ensure that performance goals, such as in stock, priorities, and yard volumes are achieved and exceeded by monitoring priorities and alerting the appropriate parties. This role also resolves idle demand due to product not allocating, allowing for product in demand to be shipped to the stores on time. This role monitors and receives calls from the stores and fields any questions regarding shipment dates of product (e.g., calls regarding special order sales (SOS) or store order express (SOE)).

What You Will Do

• Drives compliance with daily safety requirements and builds/sustains a culture of safety among subordinates and peers


• Assists associates with HR related issues including questions/concerns with attendance, pay, benefits, job changes, voluntary terminations, I-9 verification, unemployment claims, and workplace accommodations


• Communicates clear expectations for associates and provides timely and constructive feedback


• Monitors and manages associate performance, ensuring that associates are executing assigned tasks accurately and as scheduled


• Mentors and builds relationships with associates, recording planned encounters when needed, and completing annual reviews


• Holds associates in department accountable to expected behaviors and performance levels


• Monitors daily demand requests and priority demand or special orders to ensure shipment; reviews purchase orders on the yard to identify any trailers that need to be received into inventory for cross-dock opportunities


• Ensures timely execution of priority requests


• Oversees daily plan for Operations inbound goals


• Responds to calls and/or emails from stores requesting information on shipments (e.g., special order sales (S.O.S) or store order express (S.O.E.)))


• Allocates S.O.E (warehouse/store order express) and S.O.S orders to ensure they are shipped by targeted date; checks these orders frequently


• Prepares shift turn-over documentation


• Processes non-stock demand received at facility


• Processes and monitors all special requests communicated through Corporate Team


• Monitors waves (i.e., OXD and picking) and communicates any concerns to Planning Supervisor


• Monitors and allocates Direct to Customer (DTC) and Transfer Orders


• Monitors onsite and offsite storage trailers for demand needs


• Monitors and processes idle demand daily


• Prepares and maintains training documentation


• Manages and executes projects as assigned


• Places inbound trailers on hold in the yard (not to be received into inventory) if overstocked with product


• Monitors inventory allocation; ensures percentage of building is allocated per performance targets


• Researches and closes waves (product to be picked) that are complete in the database


• Assists direct reports or Operations with any issues with product that arises (e.g., product not allocating)


• Communicates effectively with associates regarding business objectives or current issues


• Provides associates with meaningful developmental opportunities and prepares them for upward promotion if interested


• Discusses and resolves issues with and between associates


• Participates in the hiring process by initiating job requisitions when appropriate and interviewing prospective candidates


• Ensures associates receive proper training

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable

Preferred Skills/Education

• Leadership experience with direct report responsibility


• Experience mentoring and coaching others


• Experience in a customer service role


• Experience using troubleshooting processes to resolve problems


• Experience managing multiple projects/tasks simultaneously requiring a strong ability to prioritize and manage time


• Experience with software applications such as Excel, Access or Lowe’s DMS system

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com

About Lowe’s

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week, with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe's employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,700 home improvement stores, 530 branches and 130 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.

Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.