Planning director job description

At Blueline our people are the primary reason our clients recommend us to others. Team members actively engage with each other, our partners, and our clients in a collaborative way that emphasizes teamwork. We’re able to do this because we’re truly passionate about what we do and about leaving behind an enduring legacy of quality. At Blueline you will enjoy a hybrid flexible work-life balance, competitive pay, 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401K matching options, and much more!

What We Are Looking For:

The Planning Department at Blueline is looking for a Director of Land Use Planning to grow and develop our Planning Department, and the planning staff to the highest standards. The most successful candidate will have proven success in comprehensive planning, plan review, and long-range planning for municipalities as well as designs and plans for capital development. This person will have a known track record of leading and developing a department of senior to entry-level planning professionals.

Job Duties:

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate large, complex projects, engaging a wide range of experts or stakeholders.
• Ability to function independently in several wide range of planning and administrative functions.
• Provides strategic planning expertise, developing ideas and carrying out work programs that advance client initiatives; leads in steering long-term and generally large-scale projects, ensuring compliance with local, regional, state, and federal laws.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to cultivate respectful and collaborative internal and external relationships.
• Ability to apply current industry knowledge and technical trends to projects.
• Verbal and oral communication skills to explain planning concepts and recommendations. Graphic or visual communication skills are a plus.
• Experience working with varied client groups, private and public stakeholders, government officials, and regulatory agencies.

• Applicable plans, policies, laws, and regulations applicable to professional assignments, for example, the Growth Management Act and the State Environment Policy Act.

You Will Need:

• Expert knowledge of principles, practices, techniques, and legal aspects of urban design, urban planning, community development, park planning environmental management, or transportation planning.
• AICP preferred

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The Gwinnett County Planning and Development Department includes four divisions: The Administrative Division; the Planning Division; the Plan Review Division; and the Permits, Inspections, and Enforcement Division. With approximately 120 employees the Department provides services related to planning, zoning, development, permits, licenses, inspections, and code enforcement. The mission of the Department is to plan, preserve, and build a healthy community through continuous engagement and superior customer care. The Department accomplishes this mission through programs and services that encourage high quality development as well as maintenance and revitalization of existing neighborhoods. For more information about the Planning and Development Department, click here.

As one of two Deputy Directors in the department, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Planning and Plan Review Divisions, as well as acting as the third-in-command in the absence of the director and assistant director. In this role, you will be working with the Board of Commissioners, county administration, and various committees and task forces, communicating with developers, designers, contractors, the public, and various governmental agencies. As an ideal candidate, you should have skills in problem solving, multi-tasking, adapting to rapidly changing environments, negotiating, communicating, managing, mentoring, collaboration, and team building.
Essential duties include:

* Managing, updating, and implementing the County's Comprehensive Plan (2040 Unified Plan)
* Reviewing processes and procedures to ensure they are effective, efficient, and innovative
* Determining and implementing new and innovative ideas for department work processes
* Providing managerial, supervisory support, and staff evaluation to division directors
* Directing day-to-day activities including planning, coordinating, administering, and evaluating programs, projects, processes, procedures, systems, standards, and services
* Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and codes, as well as county policies and procedures

The grade for this position is 305. Salary will be dependent on qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in planning or a related field
* Eight years of progressively responsible experience in planning or a related field
* Two years of management experience

An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job will also be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Master's degree in planning or a related field
* Four years of management experience
* Local government planningexperience
* American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Certification

For information related to position specific Essential Duties, Knowledge and Skills and Physical Requirements, click here.

NOTE: the class specifications listed on this site are not the official class specifications for Gwinnett County and are subject to change.

Reporting to the VP Supply Chain Planning you will provide strategic leadership in the development and maintenance of ongoing production and inventory plans to support assigned pillars. Lead planning process to manage and align business and supply chain to provide customer service, working capital and cost targets. Direct manufacturing facilities regarding production and inventory planning, scheduling and deployment at the least landed cost. This position is critical to the achievement of significant inventory, service and other S&OP metric improvements.
You Will:
Oversee implementation and maintenance of Lean Supply Chain processes across assigned plants, including validating and improving run strategies to improve FG cycle time and developing plans to reduce FG inventory levels at each manufacturing location.Oversee the planning, positioning and maintenance of finished goods inventories to balance customer service levels, inventory carrying costs, obsolete risk management and optimal transportation.Establish guidelines and practices to achieve cost-effective and efficient movement of finished goods while maintaining minimum inventory investment, while reducing transportation and warehousing costs.Develop a distribution strategy to support ConAgra Foods target customer service levels with a minimum investment in inventories.Proactively plan and communicate with Transportation & Warehousing on annual and periodic freight and warehousing flow changes.Anticipate and communicate current and potential problems and opportunities to Senior Management, Sales, Brand Marketing and Customer Service so they can make appropriate decisions.Provide leadership in identifying and tracking of distressed and potentially distressed inventory and efforts to reduce liability and maximize return on distressed inventory.Conduct key category long-term capacity and replenishment strategy assessments and recommendations to business leadership.Support manufacturing sourcing, network design and asset consolidation studies.Provide leadership in developing supply chain team members, including talent management, succession planning and professional education.Oversee Supply Chain teams in all plants within assigned platform as well as planning/deployment of over copackers/repackers.

Qualifications & Experience:
B.S degree in Supply Chain, Finance or related field..5+ years of experience in leadership roles in supply chain positions of increasing responsibility.Experience with Supply Chain Management and demand-based replenishment strategy.Experience with Supply Chain IT transaction systems and information flow. Experience with advanced planning or demand planning software experience preferred.Experience with S&OP processes and procedures, customer planning and/or supply planning.Experience with all aspects of the supply chain, including planning, purchasing, transportation, warehousing, deployment and inventory management is ideal.Experience with productivity/continuous improvement methodology in previous positions.Collaborative leadership style.Experience in change management and work redesign initiatives Manage cross-operating group/cross-functional resources without the use of direct reports.Experience with Supply Chain cost structure.Analyze run strategy alternatives and balance-sheet/P&L impacts.Advanced Excel & PowerPointBlue Yonder is a plus15% Domestic Travel

Our Modern Workplace:
Conagra's culture of collaboration enhances our ability to meet critical business goals, deliver value to customers and consumers and provide you with the flexibility you need to achieve a better work-life balance. We carefully consider each role and how often each team member needs to collaborate in-person. This position requires you work from our Omaha office 3 days per week.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:
Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance Wealth: great pay, incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences Balance: paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role)

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that's passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye , Marie Callender's , Banquet , Healthy Choice , Slim Jim , Reddi-wip , and Vlasic , and emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP , Duke's , Earth Balance , Gardein , and Frontera .
We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.