Scheduled weekly hours: 40
Type of worker: Regular
Publication date: February 19, 2020
Closing date: March 21, 2020
Family work: FXE-EU: Manager Planning & Engineering (ID)

Position Summary:

Department-Team purpose

The main purpose of the team is to manage and engineer the short and medium term European (domestic & international) road network planning in a particular region to ensure that targeted service performance is achieved, ongoing service enhancements are implemented and linehaul costs are maintained within budget. Regional network Engineering manager drives budget cycle for linehaul in the region (ie. Trucks, trailers, assets, driver resources) and support the European Road Strategy.
Main focus is on profit driven capacity planning and integration of the different networks, (ie FDX / TNT, dom / int) making sure current assets are optimized and overall linehaul costs go down.

Job purpose

The purpose of the job is to execute the delivery and improvement of an optimal short and medium term domestic and international network planning. The plan is balanced in terms of service and costs and based on volume forecasts, integration requirements, the Master plan and feedback from day-to-day operations.

Key activities and accountabilities

• Team management

The job holder managers a regional team of professionals (job roles Project Engineer, Industrial Engineer, P&E Specialist). The manager is responsible for establishing a culture in which all team members contribute to establishing one Single Road Network in Europe. The key focus areas are end-to-end network routing, network engineering and end-to-end ROCS Plan cycle (more details below) in the region. Manager is part of central European Network Engineering Management Team driving the European Strategy for Road.

• End-to-end network routing

The job holder builds the end-to-end network routing by using forecasts and utilization reports from FDX and TNT. The Manager P&E has a solid overview of the end-to-end network routing, including all systems and stakeholders involved. He / she executes complex initiatives within P&E and related functional areas. This may include participating in cross-functional teams of senior managers and professionals.
By steering the team and co-ordinating efforts, plans and recommendations are implemented in order to achieve optimal results for the business.
This includes translating raw business requirements into practical business proposals and leading them into the implementation phase.
The job holder uses established methods to make accurate and timely updates to the different road network systems in order to optimize costs and increasing service delivery performance.

• Network Engineering

The job holder drives the network (capacity) planning by developing capacity relief plans (sub hub development), peak and contingency plans, network development plans, etc. He / she uses defined methods and tools to audit systems information and ensure ongoing integrity and compliance. Job holder also works with commercial team on large commercial opportunities and new business development. The job holder can successfully execute complex projects that aim to develop new or enhanced systems, processes, procedures and controls that enable effective management of network plans. This includes European or Regional initiatives in line with the scope of the entire Road P&E department.

• Network Integration

Drive the network integration (FDX / TNT and DOM / INT) in the region of authority creating one Single Road Network which becomes FDX Ground Network in Europe.

• End-to-end ROCS plan cycle

The job holder balances the network schedule based on expected fluctuations due to public holidays, driving restrictions, seasonal influences, arrival pattern changes, loose / pre-load options etc. He / she supports the tactical capacity planning by developing tender requirements. He / she develops an integrated approach in terms of public holiday planning and enables integrating the international and domestic road operations within the region

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in engineering or quantitative discipline

Skills

• Good communication skills: ability to communicate and present at all levels within the organization both written and verbal in native and English language
• People management
• Holistic thinker: do what is right for the FDX corporation and P&L considering local circumstances
• Good stakeholder management skills
• Ability to set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals and track progress
• Analytical thinker with a creative and pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Advanced use of Office applications (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• Flexible, no nine-to-five mentality including ability and willingness to travel for up to 20% of the time
• Result and target oriented, flexible approach towards work
• Responsible and taking ownership of decisions, ie accepting accountability
• Working in an international team with international colleagues

Preferred experience and knowledge

• 1-10 years’ experience in (Express) transportation and 1-5 year experience in road network planning and engineering
• Proven management skills
• Solid knowledge of the current road network & systems is an advantage
• Proven change management skills leading by example

FedEx was founded following the philosophy that people are the main thing, an attitude that we take very seriously. We offer equal employment opportunities and we are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce with development opportunities for all.

Our company

FedEx Express is one of the largest express transportation companies in the world and has been systematically chosen as one of the 10 most admired companies on the planet by Fortune magazine. Every day FedEx meets the expectations of its customers with commercial and transportation solutions, and offers service in more than 220 countries and territories around the world. We managed to serve with this international network thanks to the excellent members that make up the FedEx team, in charge of making every experience with FedEx exceptional.

Our philosophy

The People-Service-Benefit philosophy describes the principles that govern all decisions, policies or activities of FedEx. FedEx cares about the people who make up its workforce and they, in turn, offer the impeccable service demanded by our customers, which provide us with the necessary benefit to guarantee our future. The essential element that turns the People-Service-Profit philosophy into the positive force that is for the company lies where we close the circle and return those benefits to the business and invest in our people.

Our success in the sector is due to our workers. Through the People-Service-Benefit philosophy, our work environment encourages team members to be innovative in offering a service of the highest possible quality to our customers. We care about your well-being and value your contributions to the company.

Our culture

Our culture is important for many reasons and we deliberately bring it to life through our behavior, our actions and our activities in every corner of the world. FedEx’s culture and values ​​have been the cornerstone of our success and expansion since our beginnings in the early 1970s. Although other companies can copy our systems, infrastructure and processes, our culture makes us unique and It is often a differentiating factor in our competition and development in today’s international market.