S&OP Supply Planner

Location(s)

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Company

Guardian Glass

Career Field

Supply Chain

Job Number

190039

Your Job

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

What You Will Do

• Build and maintain the 2–18 month S&OP 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&OP team

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 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 PivotTables, using lookup functions (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP), and performing data analysis with formulas and functions

What Will Put You Ahead

• 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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Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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