BlueLinx Hiring for Operations Planning Manager Job at Marietta, GA Full Time

WE ARE BlueLinx (NYSE: BXC), a leading wholesale distributor of building and industrial products in the United States with over 70,000 branded and private-label SKUs, and a broad distribution footprint servicing 40 states. BlueLinx has a differentiated distribution platform, value-driven business model and extensive cache of products across the building products industry. Headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, BlueLinx has over 2,000 associates and distributes its comprehensive range of structural and specialty products to approximately 15,000 national, regional, and local dealers, as well as specialty distributors, national home centers, industrial, and manufactured housing customers.

BlueLinx is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Veterans/Disabled

Responsible for leading the S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) process for a leading building products distributor with $4.2B of sales. The Operations Planning Manager is specifically responsible by working with our sales teams, our product line managers and our branch locations to lead, facilitate, and compile the monthly S&OP process and requirements plan and review with senior business management to get approval and alignment. The Operations Planning Manager will compile sales and marketing forecasts into a demand and supply plan that will satisfy customer expectations, while minimizing inventory investment, and maximizing customer growth opportunities. The Operations Planning Manager will analyze data as needed to facilitate and recommend actions to ensure optimal supply chain execution.

The Operations Planning Manager will be responsible for the relevant S&OP process metrics, the S&OP process maturity, forecast errors, and the linkage into financial forecasts. This position will grow in responsibilities as the scope of the role increases and provides the applicant with a unique opportunity to join a strong supply chain team in a values-based company.

• 20% – Deployment of BlueLinx 5-step S&OP process, including portfolio management, demand planning, supply planning and driving S&OP meetings across cross functional team.
• 20% – Lead the development of a robust demand forecast that is aligned to sales and marketing expectations, including an analytical driven demand planning monthly process. Leads the monthly consensus demand process, including reporting to senior management on forecasts, assumptions, risks and opportunities. Documents and challenges forecast assumptions based on the analysis of market data, industry dynamics, statistics, business trends, and demand patterns.
• 10% – Provides S&OP leadership, drives organizational capability leading to continuous improvement of the forecast process and the adoption of best practices. Champion a culture of change and continual improvement through performance measures and feedback to the participants in the Supply Chain process.
• 20% – Drive continuous improvement of the supply replenishment model, identifying process optimization and opportunities to expand scope. Optimize supply planning for new product introduction and product phase-out to reduce excess and obsolescence.
• 20% – Demonstrates, trains, and drives inventory improvement measures that support outputs in and out of the S&OP process
• 10% – Monitors changes in the key business drivers, perform analysis, and possess the ability to shape the analytical findings into a meaningful business impact analysis. Query databases for information required for decision-making, primarily using Power BI. Mentors and develops in supply chain best practices.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university is required
• Five (5) years’ experience in materials management, including, master planning, scheduling and/or forecasting.
• Three (3) year of experience with materials planning systems (MRP/ERP)
• Ideally experienced with a statistical forecasting tool like Demantra
• Experience of supply chain planning and S&OP process
• APICS and/or ISM certification (preferred)
• Strong analytical, and strategic thinking skills.
• Advanced Problem-Solving skills
• Expertise in driving business process improvement initiative
• Ability to travel 0-25%

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $93,000.00 – $115,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: One location