.**Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual's passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We're a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.****Specialist, Distribution****Why Ciena**:- We are big proponents of **life-work integration** and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.- We believe an **inclusive, diverse, and barrier-free** work environment makes for empowered and committed employees.- We recognize the importance of **well-being** and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs.- We are committed to **employee development**, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.- We know that **financial security** is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU's (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.- We realize **time away** to recharge is important. We offer flexible paid time off!- Great work deserves **recognition. **We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.**How You Will Contribute**:Reporting to the Distribution Manager, as Specialist, Distribution, you will work with Direct Order Fulfillment (DOF), Scheduling, Logistics and Customer Operations to proactively execute the customer shipping plan. You will ensure on-time customer order fulfillment, order cycle time, inventory accuracy as well as operational efficiencies throughout distribution operations. You will also spearhead the development of proper strategies to effectively manage warehouse activities, such as, scheduling, picking, packing, shipping, and inventory cycle counts.- You will be accountable for the day-to-day management of the Direct Order Fulfillment (DOF) warehouse, ensuring the timelines of shipping plan and working with partners to secure resources for daily operations to facilitate on time delivery.- You will ensure the timeliness of the shipping plan, managing resources to accomplish the plan adequately, suggesting changes to workforce allocation to mitigate bottlenecks and maintaining efficiency levels.- You will engage in regular communication with the Scheduling and Fulfillment teams on delivery commitments, issues affecting orders, or schedule changes.- You will perform "what if" analysis and rough-cut capacity planning for potential opportunities to establish projected shipment dates.- You will proactively engage with IT relative to system issues impacting the shipping plan and DOF commitments