THE MISSION
As K2's Distribution Mobility Planner, you'll be the orchestrator behind complex distribution and transportation operations that keep critical missions moving. You'll synchronize movement of personnel, equipment, materials, and assets across distribution networks, ensuring timely, efficient, and cost-effective delivery when the stakes are high.
Working with internal teams, carriers, field operations, and external stakeholders, you'll develop executable movement plans, resolve constraints, and maintain visibility across the distribution lifecycle. Your planning expertise will directly impact operational success in dynamic environments where adaptability is everything.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Coordinate end-to-end distribution and mobility planning for deployment, redeployment, sustainment, and retrograde operations
- Develop movement plans for self-deploying and lift-supported assets, including personnel, equipment, and cargo
- Synchronize transportation activities across internal teams, external carriers, ports, terminals, and logistics partners
- Maintain situational awareness of available transportation capacity, lift capabilities, routing options, and infrastructure constraints
- Continuously refine plans during execution to respond to changing operational requirements, delivery timelines, and network disruptions
- Conduct feasibility assessments of transportation options, including internal fleet, common-user transportation, third-party logistics providers, and strategic lift resources
- Identify movement constraints such as staging limitations, asset shortfalls, infrastructure bottlenecks, hazardous conditions, or bed down restrictions, and recommend mitigation actions
- Use planning, modeling, simulation, and data analysis tools to optimize routing, throughput, and delivery sequencing
- Support in-transit visibility by tracking personnel, cargo, and equipment throughout the transportation network and resolving delays or exceptions
- Balance competing demands for distribution assets and develop deconfliction strategies aligned to operational priorities
- Coordinate with planners, operations teams, and stakeholders to validate movement requirements, schedules, and execution data
- Ensure timely delivery of logistics support to meet required delivery dates and service-level expectations
- Prepare reports, dashboards, and planning updates for leadership and operational stakeholders
- Support emergency response, surge operations, network recovery, and other high-tempo logistics initiatives as needed
WHAT YOU BRING
- Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation, Operations Management, Engineering, Business, or related field (equivalent relevant experience considered)
- 5+ years of experience in logistics planning, transportation operations, distribution planning, mobility planning, or supply chain coordination
- Experience coordinating complex transportation or movement activities across multiple stakeholders and locations
- Strong understanding of multimodal transportation, distribution operations, routing, scheduling, and capacity planning
- Experience using transportation management systems, ERP platforms, tracking tools, or logistics planning systems
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, including proficiency with Excel and reporting tools
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate across cross-functional teams
- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, dynamic environments with shifting priorities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in supply chain, Logistics, Transportation, or related field
- Experience in utility operations, transportation planning, large-scale logistics, emergency response mobilization, or defense-related deployment planning
- Familiarity with tools such as SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder, Manhattan, Cargo Wise, Power BI, Tableau, GIS platforms, or simulation/modeling software
- Knowledge of DOT, FMCSA, TSA, OSHA, IATA, IMO, customs, or hazardous materials compliance requirements
- Experience supporting time-phased movement planning, large-scale mobilizations, or complex field operations
- Familiarity with JOPES, TPFDD, ULN validation, force flow planning, or coordination with USTRANSCOM or similar organizations
- APICS CPIM, CSCP, or CLTD certification
- PMP certification
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
- Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods certification
- Defense deployment planning system training
- Security clearance (if required by contract or program)
- CDL or other transportation credential (if role-specific)
WHY K2
At K2, you'll tackle mission-critical challenges alongside world-class professionals who demand excellence from themselves and their teammates. We're building something exceptional- teams that don't just support government missions, but elevate them.
K2 is a proud SBA 8(a) Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) committed to building teams and leaving a legacy that honors our heritage while shaping the future.