S&OP Supply Planner

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Guardian Glass is seeking you to become our next Sales & Operations Supply Planner in our Auburn Hills, MI office!

Guardian is a global manufacturer of float glass and fabricated glass products for commercial and residential construction, with operations across North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

The S&O Planner is a key participant in the Sales and Operations Planning (S&O) process for our North American float plants. This position supports the development of an executable supply plan within the 2-18 month S&O horizon for each production plant.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

• Build and maintain the 2-18 month S&O supply plan for North American float plants
• Maintain Kinaxis Maestro planning inputs, including run rates, constraint calendars, production wheels, and non-forecastable part data
• Partner with Strategy, Product Management, Commercial, Demand Planning, Master Planning, and Operations to align supply plans with business needs
• Review supply plans with Master Planning to confirm feasibility and identify risks or constraints
• Run what-if scenarios in Kinaxis Maestro to evaluate supply options, constraints, and tradeoffs
• Analyze new business opportunities, product lifecycle changes, and forecast accuracy to support supply decisions
• Identify opportunities to optimize supply, reduce costs, and improve plan execution
• Communicate monthly demand and supply changes by plant to key stakeholders
• Provide ad hoc analysis and decision support for the regional S&O team

• Experience in Sales & Operations Planning (preferably in the glass industry or other continuous process manufacture settings)
• Experience working in Kinaxis Maestro or another integrated business planning system such as SAP, Blue Yonder or Oracle
• Demonstrated understanding of statistical techniques and analytics
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, including table creation and formatting, building Pivot Tables, using lookup functions (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP), and performing data analysis with formulas and functions

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and capacity management
• Experience leading economic profitability and opportunity analysis
• APICS certification

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