About Cornerstone Building Brands
Cornerstone Building Brands is a leading manufacturer of exterior building products for residential and low-rise non-residential buildings in North America. Headquartered in Cary, N.C., we serve residential and commercial customers across the new construction and Repair & Remodel (R&R) markets. Our market-leading portfolio of products spans vinyl windows, vinyl siding, metal roofing, metal wall systems and metal accessories. Cornerstone Building Brands’ broad, multi-channel distribution platform and expansive national footprint includes approximately 19,400 team members at manufacturing, distribution and office locations throughout North America. Corporate stewardship is embedded in our culture and guides our commitment to responsible growth, environmental care and community impact. For more information, visit us at cornerstonebuildingbrands.com.
The Supply Chain Planner schedules projects for manufacture and assigns demand to assigned fabrication plants and reports to the Supply Chain organization. This role is critical to setting up manufacturing facilities to excel at delivering value to our customers as it negotiates and balances capacity utilization against customer project timelines and upstream handoffs. The role may require planning multiple plants pending role rotations.
Responsibilities
- Review of un-scheduled project reporting.
- Confirm project is ready for first-pass scheduling.
- Compare project demands to network capacities and apply production, loading, & shipping dates.
- Collaborate with Commercial organization on handling exceptions.
- Maintain level scheduled production volumes within planning horizon.
- Collaborate with other planners to execute cross-network supply and balance LT.
Experience Required
- Minimum 3 years of experience required.
- Bachelors Degree required
- Team-orientated contributor; seamlessly support individual and team objectives
- Ability to establish priority amongst multiple demands to ensure the ‘right work’ is being executed
- Strong communication skills to support effective relationships within planning and supply chain, upstream with commercial, and downstream with manufacturing.
- Excel proficient, VLOOKUP, building and managing pivot tables and large datasets, etc.
- Exposure to Kaizen / continuous improvement is highly preferable.
- In lieu of the above, the willingness to work in small teams to analyze and improve workflow and existing standards.
- Strong deductive reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to spend time on shop floor to understand how work flows through the plants and impact to cycle times.
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