S&OP Supply Planner

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• 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

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

What Will Put You Ahead

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

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Retail Retirement
• Paid Vacation/Time Off
• Education Assistance
• May also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance