Sales and Operations Planning Analyst

Overview

Aluminum Dynamics is building North America’s most advanced flat-rolled aluminum mill, designed to produce 650,000 metric tons annually of high-quality aluminum sheet for automotive, can, and industrial markets. Our success depends on seamless coordination between commercial demand, production capability, and supply chain execution.

The Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Analyst plays a critical role in synchronizing these functions to ensure we deliver safely, reliably, and profitably to our customers.

• Analyze demand forecasts, shipment history, production capacity, and supply chain constraints
• Develop statistical and driver-based forecasts by alloy, gauge, product family, and customer
• Build and evaluate “what-if” scenarios (capacity, downtime, yield loss, mix changes, and demand shifts)
• Apply industrial engineering techniques to optimize flow, inventory, and throughput
• Identify risks and opportunities impacting service, inventory, and cost performance
• Coordinate the monthly S&OP cycle including
• Prepare executive-level reporting and decision support materials
• Drive alignment and consensus between commercial and operations stakeholders
• Develop and maintain KPIs and dashboards including
• Conduct root-cause analysis and recommend corrective actions
• Partner with Sales, Product Management, and Operations to validate demand assumptions
• Align demand plans with casting, hot mill, cold mill, and finishing capacity constraints
• Balance service, working capital, and cost objectives
• Support inventory strategy for WIP, coils, and finished goods
• Maintain and manage planning data within ERP/APS systems
• Develop dashboards using BI tools and databases
• Ensure master data accuracy (lead times, routings, capacities)
• Drive continuous improvement of planning tools, automation, and processes

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Data Analytics, Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Production Planning, or Data Analytics
• Experience in heavy manufacturing or industrial operations required
• Experience in metals, aluminum, steel, or flat-rolled manufacturing environments
• Advanced Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, modeling, Power Query, VBA a plus)
• Experience with ERP systems
• APS/S&OP platforms (Kinaxis, o9, Anaplan, or similar)
• BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or SQL

• APICS CPIM or CSCP
• IBF CPF
• Lean / Six Sigma
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Analytical, structured problem-solving mindset
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic, startup manufacturing environment
• Continuous improvement orientation

Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.