Director of Sales and Operations Planning, BCS

Arconic is currently in search of a Director of Sales and Operations Planning to join our Kawneer Business in Norcross, GA.

At Arconic, we take pride in our work and our innovative products and technologies that advance sustainable solutions for a better world. We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and collaborative workplace with competitive benefits, development opportunities and a culture that values and rewards employees on all levels of the organization.

Job Summary:

This role is responsible for optimizing the BCS supply chain network to enable above market revenue growth through strong customer satisfaction, optimized manufacturing costs, and debottlenecking of constrained flow paths.  The position will be responsible for aligning manufacturing capacities with commercial opportunities utilizing Sales and Operations Planning processes including demand management, operations management, and optimizing the logistics and capacity utilization across the network to increase top line growth and margin expansion.  The position will manage forecasting, sales and operating planning process, and network optimization through loading and outsourcing utilization.  The sales and operations process will develop and execute a vision that delivers operational excellence, resulting in best in class customer service and efficiency.  The selected candidate will need to establish best in class supply chain processes, along with metrics necessary to track effectiveness, efficiency, and opportunities. The position will also need to develop a strategic sourcing process to leverage capacity and improve reaction time and costs of market changes and disruptions.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the S&OP process to an Integrated Business Management maturity level

• Execute S&OP processes for 5 plant locations and 10 service center locations in North America first

• Accountable for the processes to gather and generate the sales forecast and operational capacities to enable business unit level discussions on risks and opportunities ahead

• Track and maximize operation’s demonstrated capacity and flow path capacity utilization

• Achieve BCS delivery performance targets (90% for 2026)

• Training and facilitation for S&OP processes

• Build a weekly S&OE cadence to create visibility throughout the month on how we are tracking against the monthly S&OP plan.

• Monitoring and coaching of standard monthly business cycle processes 

• Facilitation/technical support of supply chain improvement work

• Understanding of significant plant outages and capacity/supply/inventory effects

• Problem-solving support

• Capture supply chain best practices and ensure they are shared and standardized across the organization.

• Evaluate and recommend investments in people, capacity, and process that enable top line growth and margin expansion 

• Implement engineered inventory design targets and process to implement in conjunction with location manufacturing teams

   

Also note:

This role requires implementation of new management and analytical standards across multiple disciplines and locations. Following initial implementation of the standard, the role will become responsible for driving a compliance and continuous improvement mindset across multiple areas of S&OP (Capacity, Metal, Supply, Transportation).

• Possess a thorough understanding of logistics, inventory management, capacity management

• Solid understanding and practical application of systems analysis and technical skills

• Ability to pull various pieces together and see the big picture impact

• Strong analytical, organizational and decision-making skills with attention to detail

• Manage and lead multiple projects simultaneously across locations

• Ability to work independently and coach, train and energize diverse resources to develop and influence a high-performing team

• Ability to effectively communicate in multi-cultural environments across multiple locations and all levels of the organization 

• Ability to travel up to 30% of time supporting locations

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

• Demonstrated experience leading project work and change management initiatives

• Strong analytical skills; including experience in process mapping, project and program management, implementing and leading change

• Proven ability to collaborate, lead, coach, facilitate, and communicate with individuals across all levels

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or Business from an accredited institution

• Minimum of 10 years industry experience in a manufacturing or commercial environment

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Supply Chain/Planning 

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.  Visa sponsorship is not available for this location

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Engineering or Business from an accredited institution

• Lean manufacturing / Six Sigma certified

• APICS certified