Route Planning Manager

Central Route Planning - Manager

About CleanHarbors:

Clean Harbors Inc. (www.cleanharbors.com) is a NYSE listed US based $4.8 billion company. Clean Harbors was founded in 1980 near Boston by Mr. Alan S. McKim, who today remains the company’s Chairman and CEO.

Everywhere industry meets environment, Clean Harbors is on-site, providing premier environmental, energy and industrial services. Clean Harbors employs a dedicated workforce of 22,000 employees and has over 450 service locations across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Beyond addressing the environmental needs of its more than 300,000 customers, the Company has been on the front lines of addressing some of the largest emergency response events in North America of the past several decades including the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the anthrax attacks in New York, the 2015 avian flu outbreak that devastated the poultry industry, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Sandy, and the oil pipeline breaks that affected the Yellowstone and Kalamazoo rivers, along with other major chemical releases into the environment.

Clean Harbors India has been strategically established as the Global Capability Center (GCC) to serve our parent company. We take pride in serving some of the most tech savvy business stakeholders at Clean Harbors. The GCC employees form part of our globally integrated teams that provide cutting-edge IT solutions and production support across platforms. Our shared services teams work seamlessly with their global counterparts in providing critical 24x7 support in various functions including Finance, HR, Procurement, IT and Operations. Our aggressive growth plans open significant career advancement opportunities for our employees.

 

Job Summary:

The Routing Supervisor / Manager leads the Central Routing team responsible for planning and optimizing Box and Vacuum service routes across the Safety-Kleen network. This role ensures operational efficiency, service alignment, and consistent execution of routing standards across branches.

The position oversees route planners, establishes routing processes, drives service performance improvements, and collaborates with branch operations leadership to support productivity, service reliability, and customer commitments.

 

Technical Skills:

• Route optimization platforms 

• Transportation management systems 

• Power BI / data reporting tools 

• Microsoft Excel and operational analytics 

 

Leadership Competencies:

• Team leadership 

• Operational strategy 

• Stakeholder management 

• Process improvement 

• Decision making under operational constraints 

 

Shift Timings: 5pm to 2am - should be willing to work from office with global working windows.

Experience:

• 5–8+ years in transportation operations, routing, dispatch management, or logistics planning. 

• 2–3 years of people leadership experience preferred. 

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Operations Management

• Routing Strategy & Optimization

• Operational Coordination

• Service Performance Management

• Process Governance & Reporting

• System & Data Management

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, or Business Management. 

Experience Level

Mid Level