# Planning Specialist

We are looking for a Planning Specialist to own the manpower capacity plan for dark store operations within our Planning & Fulfilment department. You will translate forecasted demand and store requirements into shift-level manpower plans that maximize utilization and minimize Cost Per Order (CPO), ensuring the right headcount is available for each shift. You will also monitor planning accuracy, investigate the root causes of deviations, and track daily staffing shortages across stores. This role sits within the Manpower Planning team and reports to the Planning Manager. You will work with Operations Fulfilment, Store Management, Operations Performance, and Ground Operations. The role is office-based, with regular visits to dark stores across the network. Responsibilities Build manpower capacity plans by store, city, day, and shift. Convert order forecasts into headcount requirements using productivity standards and workload assumptions, and update plans when demand or store conditions change. Create shift schedules that maximize manpower utilization and minimize CPO. Account for labor regulations, contract hours, rest periods, staff availability, skills, third-party logistics (3PL)

- **Id**: 3985362
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ninja-planning-specialist>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- **Countries**: SA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T21:27:10Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T21:27:10Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2581
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Delivery, Online Groceries

## Company

- **Id**: 669198
- **Name**: Ninja
- **Domain**: ananinja.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ananinja>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T21:27:10Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T01:35:31Z

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