Manager - Yard & Port Operations Planning

Careers 2005 • Little Rock, Arkansas • Posted July 02, 2026

About the Role

Manager – Yard & Port Operations Planning


Location: Little Rock, Arkansas


A leading heavy industrial manufacturing and logistics operation is seeking a Manager – Yard & Port Operations Planning to lead integrated planning, inventory visibility, dispatch readiness, and operational coordination across yard, rail, truck, barge, and port activities supporting a large-scale manufacturing environment.


This is a plant-based planning and operating-cadence leadership role responsible for translating production schedules, inventory flow, customer priorities, and logistics activity into an executable daily and weekly operating plan across Yard, Port, Rail, and Dispatch operations.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the daily and weekly integrated planning process across inbound materials, port arrivals, unloading, internal movements, production releases, staging, and outbound customer shipments

  • Coordinate daily oper...