Join Ecolab’s sales and service team as an Operations Planning Specialist (OPS) to cover our Night and Weekend team as a remote worker working 4 10 hour shifts (Wed-Sat). The Operations Planning Team (OPT) plays a key role in supporting our sales and service team that provides comprehensive chemical products and solutions to meet the needs of customers across the food service and hospitality industries. It reports to the Service Operations group and serves as a coordinator for 300+ field associates by organizing service assignments and delegating work via a dispatch queue. This role is an expert in driving operational excellence and optimization of our field team’s ability to deliver best-in-class solutions for our customers.
What’s in it For You
- Access to innovative resources, tools, and technology to assist in supporting a world-class sales and service organization.
- Opportunity for a long-term advancing career path in service, sales, or management
- Plan and manage your schedule in a flexible, independent work environment.
- The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best.
What You Will Do Note: The OPS schedules WO for all field associates.
- Responsible for processing and assigning high-volume service requests and corporate account rollout requests.
- Edit all incoming service requests to ensure we are allotting the proper time for each job.
- Schedule events for the SR team first, and if they are unavailable, arrange them for the Territory rep.
- Follow up with SR to Open and Close WOs while on-site.
- Efficiently dispatch service technicians to customer locations, ensuring prioritization of service requests.
- Corporate accounts and VAST requests.
- Develop and maintain schedules to ensure proper utilization of the SR / TR team, adjusting as needed depending on customer needs.
- Work with SR / TR team to reschedule jobs that could not be completed due to equipment or customer delays
- Optimize service technician hours, availability, and accountability.
- Follow up with SR/TR requests that are past due and ensure that they are closed on time.
- Collaborate with the Service Operations Manager to plan schedules and execute large-scale rollouts for Corporate Accounts.
- Work with Area Leadership to ensure Grow, and Gain initiatives are met.
- Continually partner with the field to solve problems and influence operations to drive field effectiveness.
- Prioritizing Service Requests
- Rescheduling service requests based on customer and Field level requests
- Optimize schedule to ensure that equipment and EDP assets arrive before the requested date of the service appointment.
Position Details
This position has the option to be located:
- The following time Zones are an option. Pacific, Rocky Mtn and Central time zones are needed.
- Must have the ability to work a rotating weekend coverage schedule.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent
- 3-5 years of work experience in sales, customer service, or related fields, including relevant military experience
- Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role
- Role is open to US-Based employees only
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate’s degree or trade school certification
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite with demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent organization, leadership, communication, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Experience with Salesforce
- Experience in SAP preferred
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Dispatch or route service experience
- Industry-related experience in food service, laundry, housekeeping, hospitality, and/or pool and spa
About Ecolab Institutional
Discover how our partnership with customers helps serve 45 billion restaurant meals and clean more than one billion hotel rooms. From restaurants, hotels, and long-term care facilities, to schools, commercial buildings, and military facilities, Ecolab’s Institutional division provides a comprehensive program of customized cleaning and sanitizing solutions to help meet the specific needs of our customers. Join us and help the biggest and best brands ensure guest safety and satisfaction and protect their reputation.
Annual or Hourly Compensation Range
Benefits
Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits.
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Potential Customer Requirements Notice
To meet customer requirements and comply with local or state regulations, applicants for certain customer-facing roles may need to:
- Undergo additional background screens and/or drug/alcohol testing for customer credentialing.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Ecolab will provide reasonable accommodation (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with our application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process, please visit the Recruiting Support link in the footer of each page of our career website.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 3-5 years of work experience in sales, customer service, or related fields, including relevant military experience
- Must be based in the United States
- Ability to work a rotating weekend coverage schedule
- Ability to work in Pacific, Rocky Mountain, or Central time zones
- Associate's degree or trade school certification
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, including demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent organization, leadership, communication, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Experience with Salesforce
- Experience with SAP
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Dispatch or route service experience
- Industry-related experience in food service, laundry, housekeeping, hospitality, and/or pool and spa
Ecolab Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ecolab and has not been reviewed or approved by Ecolab.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the company provides strong retirement programs, including a 401(k) with employer matching and a pension, alongside options like an employee stock purchase plan. Offerings such as retiree healthcare benefits and diverse investment choices reinforce long-term financial support.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical coverage is broad, with HSA plan options and company contributions, prescription benefits, dental and vision, and virtual care and mental health support. Company-paid wellness programs and income protection (short- and long-term disability, life and accident) further strengthen core coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-focused programs include fertility support, adoption assistance, and paid parental leave, complemented by counseling and resource services. These offerings are positioned as supportive of employee well-being across different life stages.
Ecolab Insights
What We Do
A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. With annual sales of $12 billion and more than 44,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com, or follow us on twitter.com/ecolab, facebook.com/ecolab or instagram.com/ecolab_inc.
