Mid Level Planning and Logistics Manager Jobs
Mid level planning and logistics manager jobs go to professionals ready to own end-to-end supply chain projects, make cross-functional decisions with limited oversight, and develop junior team members. Openings run across Consulting & Professional Services, Construction & Real Estate, and Technology & Software, with a mix of on-site, remote, and hybrid settings, and employers like Arcadis, Amazon, and ENTRUST Solutions hiring at this level now.
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At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Position Summary
The Value Chain Optimization (VCO) organization is seeking a Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to support the South Region, reporting to the Regional Planning Director – South. This role is responsible for developing and optimizing refinery and value chain plans across short-term planning horizons to maximize profitability, strengthen operational performance, and support strategic decision-making.
The successful candidate will independently manage refinery forecasting and planning activities, utilizing regional linear programming (LP) models to evaluate opportunities, identify constraints, and optimize value chain outcomes. This individual will conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses, maintain and enhance planning models, and leverage historical performance reviews and forecasting insights to improve planning effectiveness.
Working closely with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams, the Advisor/Engineer will help align plans across refineries and regions while supporting the execution of operating strategies. The role offers broad exposure to refinery economics, Gulf Coast market dynamics, and enterprise-wide value chain optimization. Additionally, this position leads planning studies and optimization initiatives while providing technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced team members.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads planning studies and optimization projects independently while providing technical guidance to less experienced advisors
- Leads the development, testing, validation, and implementation of planning and optimization model enhancements for the South Region.
- Acts as a key liaison between regional planning teams, Operations Research, and leadership to ensure alignment on priorities and outcomes.
- Partners with Operations Research and cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, evaluate impacts, and deploy model changes.
- Coordinates user acceptance testing (UAT), scenario analysis, and rollout activities to ensure successful implementation and adoption.
- Assesses and manages impacts to planning tools, reports, and workflows resulting from model changes, minimizing disruption to business operations.
- Collaborates with IT, analytics, and business teams to deliver necessary tool updates and process improvements.
- Serves as the team's PIMS subject matter expert, providing technical support, training, troubleshooting, and best-practice guidance.
- Maintains documentation, and communication plans related to model and system changes.
- Develops and optimizes short-term, mid-term, and lookback plans using local, regional and cross-regional LP models to maximize refinery and value chain performance.
- Manages refinery forecasting and planning activities independently, ensuring plans remain aligned with operational capabilities, market conditions, and business objectives.
- Maintains and enhances LP models by validating assumptions, modifying constraints, and improving model accuracy to reflect refinery operating realities.
- Identifies emerging constraints and value opportunities and develops optimization strategies to improve refinery and value chain performance and operational results.
- Performs scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate impacts of changing market conditions, operational constraints, disruptions, and strategic initiatives.
- Integrates historical performance reviews, backcast analyses, and scenario evaluations to improve forecasting accuracy and planning effectiveness.
- Partners with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams to align plans across planning horizons, refineries and regions and supports execution of operating strategies.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required. A Bachelor's degree in another field may be considered with five (5) years of experience in refinery planning, optimization, value chain, operations, commercial, logistics or related technical experience required.
- Four (4) years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics, or related experience required.
Skills
- Analytical Thinking - Strong problem-solving skills to identify architectural challenges, analyze requirements, evaluate options, and propose effective solutions.
- Building Partnerships - Developing and leveraging relationships within and across work groups to achieve results.
- Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.
- Business Domain Knowledge - Understanding of business processes, industry trends, and market dynamics to provide relevant and actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
- Commodity Market Analysis - Applies knowledge of commodity markets, price dynamics, and supply-demand fundamentals to inform planning, optimization, and commercial decision-making.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.
- Data Analysis - Data Analysis is the process of identifying, evaluating, interpreting and organizing data so that it can be used for business decisions. It includes sorting through data to identify patterns and establish relationships.
- Decision Support Analytics - Leverages analytics, reporting, and decision frameworks to generate insights, evaluate alternatives, and support informed, data-driven decision-making.
- Influencing Others - The ability to garner support for initiatives by gaining the respect of others and inspiring trust and confidence.
- Integrated Planning & Optimization - Designs and manages integrated planning processes that align supply, demand, and operational constraints to optimize value across the enterprise value chain.
- Metrics Management - The process of monitoring performance indicators that demonstrate how effectively a unit/ business/ function/ company is achieving key objectives.
- Optimization Modeling - Applies optimization models and quantitative techniques to evaluate scenarios, improve system performance, and support complex operational and commercial decisions.
- Scenario Planning - Design and evaluate alternative future states to stress-test strategies and inform resilient decision-making.
- Stakeholder Engagement - Build alignment across internal and external stakeholders to support shared objectives.
- Systems Thinking - The ability to analyze complex systems and understand their interdependencies, considering both technical and business aspects, to develop comprehensive and scalable architectures.
As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
Location:
Houston, Texas
Additional locations:
Job Requisition ID:
00025248
Location Address:
500 Dallas St Ste 2900
Education:
Bachelors (Required)
Employee Group:
Full time
Employee Subgroup:
Regular
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
An exciting career awaits you
At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Position Summary
The Value Chain Optimization (VCO) organization is seeking a Planning & Optimization Advisor/Engineer to support the South Region, reporting to the Regional Planning Director – South. This role is responsible for developing and optimizing refinery and value chain plans across short-term planning horizons to maximize profitability, strengthen operational performance, and support strategic decision-making.
The successful candidate will independently manage refinery forecasting and planning activities, utilizing regional linear programming (LP) models to evaluate opportunities, identify constraints, and optimize value chain outcomes. This individual will conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses, maintain and enhance planning models, and leverage historical performance reviews and forecasting insights to improve planning effectiveness.
Working closely with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams, the Advisor/Engineer will help align plans across refineries and regions while supporting the execution of operating strategies. The role offers broad exposure to refinery economics, Gulf Coast market dynamics, and enterprise-wide value chain optimization. Additionally, this position leads planning studies and optimization initiatives while providing technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced team members.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads planning studies and optimization projects independently while providing technical guidance to less experienced advisors
- Leads the development, testing, validation, and implementation of planning and optimization model enhancements for the South Region.
- Acts as a key liaison between regional planning teams, Operations Research, and leadership to ensure alignment on priorities and outcomes.
- Partners with Operations Research and cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, evaluate impacts, and deploy model changes.
- Coordinates user acceptance testing (UAT), scenario analysis, and rollout activities to ensure successful implementation and adoption.
- Assesses and manages impacts to planning tools, reports, and workflows resulting from model changes, minimizing disruption to business operations.
- Collaborates with IT, analytics, and business teams to deliver necessary tool updates and process improvements.
- Serves as the team's PIMS subject matter expert, providing technical support, training, troubleshooting, and best-practice guidance.
- Maintains documentation, and communication plans related to model and system changes.
- Develops and optimizes short-term, mid-term, and lookback plans using local, regional and cross-regional LP models to maximize refinery and value chain performance.
- Manages refinery forecasting and planning activities independently, ensuring plans remain aligned with operational capabilities, market conditions, and business objectives.
- Maintains and enhances LP models by validating assumptions, modifying constraints, and improving model accuracy to reflect refinery operating realities.
- Identifies emerging constraints and value opportunities and develops optimization strategies to improve refinery and value chain performance and operational results.
- Performs scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate impacts of changing market conditions, operational constraints, disruptions, and strategic initiatives.
- Integrates historical performance reviews, backcast analyses, and scenario evaluations to improve forecasting accuracy and planning effectiveness.
- Partners with Operations, Commercial, Logistics, and Planning teams to align plans across planning horizons, refineries and regions and supports execution of operating strategies.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required. A Bachelor's degree in another field may be considered with five (5) years of experience in refinery planning, optimization, value chain, operations, commercial, logistics or related technical experience required.
- Four (4) years of refinery planning, optimization, value chain analysis, operations, commercial, logistics, or related experience required.
Skills
- Analytical Thinking - Strong problem-solving skills to identify architectural challenges, analyze requirements, evaluate options, and propose effective solutions.
- Building Partnerships - Developing and leveraging relationships within and across work groups to achieve results.
- Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.
- Business Domain Knowledge - Understanding of business processes, industry trends, and market dynamics to provide relevant and actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
- Commodity Market Analysis - Applies knowledge of commodity markets, price dynamics, and supply-demand fundamentals to inform planning, optimization, and commercial decision-making.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.
- Data Analysis - Data Analysis is the process of identifying, evaluating, interpreting and organizing data so that it can be used for business decisions. It includes sorting through data to identify patterns and establish relationships.
- Decision Support Analytics - Leverages analytics, reporting, and decision frameworks to generate insights, evaluate alternatives, and support informed, data-driven decision-making.
- Influencing Others - The ability to garner support for initiatives by gaining the respect of others and inspiring trust and confidence.
- Integrated Planning & Optimization - Designs and manages integrated planning processes that align supply, demand, and operational constraints to optimize value across the enterprise value chain.
- Metrics Management - The process of monitoring performance indicators that demonstrate how effectively a unit/ business/ function/ company is achieving key objectives.
- Optimization Modeling - Applies optimization models and quantitative techniques to evaluate scenarios, improve system performance, and support complex operational and commercial decisions.
- Scenario Planning - Design and evaluate alternative future states to stress-test strategies and inform resilient decision-making.
- Stakeholder Engagement - Build alignment across internal and external stakeholders to support shared objectives.
- Systems Thinking - The ability to analyze complex systems and understand their interdependencies, considering both technical and business aspects, to develop comprehensive and scalable architectures.
As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
Location:
Houston, Texas
Additional locations:
Job Requisition ID:
00025248
Location Address:
500 Dallas St Ste 2900
Education:
Bachelors (Required)
Employee Group:
Full time
Employee Subgroup:
Regular
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
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Mid Level Planning and Logistics Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mid level planning and logistics manager job?
Position yourself as someone who has owned outcomes, not just executed tasks. Highlight projects where you coordinated cross-functional teams, reduced costs, or improved delivery timelines. Tailor your resume to show progression in scope and responsibility, and emphasize tools like ERP systems or demand planning software. Recruiters at this level look for demonstrated judgment and the ability to manage complexity without constant supervision.
Which companies hire mid level planning and logistics managers?
Companies hiring mid level planning and logistics managers right now include Arcadis, Amazon, and ENTRUST Solutions, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. This level attracts a broad range of employers, from large manufacturers and retailers managing complex distribution networks to growing logistics providers and consumer goods companies building out their planning functions.
Are there remote mid level planning and logistics manager jobs?
Yes, though many roles still require on-site presence given the operational nature of the work. About 27% of mid level planning and logistics manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with hybrid arrangements being most common at companies where planners need occasional access to warehouse, supplier, or distribution center teams.
How do I move up to a mid level planning and logistics manager role?
Moving into a mid level planning and logistics manager role comes from accumulating deeper ownership over your early years. Build expertise in a specific planning function such as inventory, demand, or transportation, take on projects that require you to coordinate across teams, and document measurable outcomes like on-time delivery improvements or cost reductions. Employers expect candidates to demonstrate initiative and accountability beyond their immediate responsibilities.
Which industries hire the most mid level planning and logistics managers?
Mid Level planning and logistics manager roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Construction & Real Estate, and Technology & Software, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive consistent hiring at this level because they operate high-volume supply chains that require experienced planners to manage forecasting, inventory positioning, and supplier coordination across multiple nodes.