What are the responsibilities and job description for the SI&OP Manager – Exteriors position at The AZEK Company?
The AZEK Company
Location: Scranton, PA or Aliquippa, PA.
The AZEK Company (www.azekco.com) is a $1.4 billion and growing manufacturer of beautiful, low-maintenance building products, and is highly committed to accelerating the use of recycled materials. We use our expertise in materials science to engineer and manufacture high-quality, sustainable residential and commercial building products that improve lives and businesses. All of AZEK’s products are designed to replace wood, metal and other traditional materials in a variety of applications. In June 2020, we completed a highly successful IPO (NYSE: AZEK).
At AZEK, we don’t just accept diversity — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. AZEK is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
This position can be based at our Versatex business in Aliquippa, PA or our Scranton, PA manufacturing complex with a weekly hybrid work schedule.
Job Summary
The AZEK Company has recently gone through an exciting period of growth. The Global Planning team is re-organizing to optimize the end-to-end supply chain for both AZEK (based out of Scranton, PA) and Versatex (based out of Aliquippa, PA) brands and improve customer experience with lead time, delivery, and inventory solutions.
You are a good fit for this role if you…
… have great analytical skills and love to problem solve and take initiative to collaborate across sites and functions
… have a keen commercial sense and can effectively balance risk and reward
… are an inquisitive life-long learner and open to possibilities and solutions that did not exist before
… thrive in a collaborative and supportive environment
… constructively resolve conflict
… be a coach and mentor to the team and participate in organizational development
… like to make and facilitate decisions and learn from the outcomes
In this role, you will plan the end-to-end supply chain (demand, supply, production, and inventory) for all of Exteriors business which was approximately $450M in fiscal 2024. Evaluate and recommend a doable plan and present alternatives to management for decision making for both Aliquippa and Scranton sites. You will apply a variety of planning and execution discipline practices and procedures, relying on experience, judgment and business knowledge to plan and accomplish goals. You will lead a team of production and material planners.
Essential Functions
Plan For Every Part
Education: Bachelor's degree required in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Mechanical
Engineering or related field. The degree requirement can be waived if the candidate demonstrates a proven track record of successful job experience for the job description.
Preferred Professional Experience: You should have a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience with a minimum 3 years’ experience in SI&OP/production/demand/supply planning in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
Candidates from non-supply chain disciplines are encouraged to apply if they feel they have the aptitude and attitude for this role.
Compensation for roles at AZEK varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. The annual salary for this role based in Aliquippa, PA is $115,000 to $122,000. The annual salary for this role based in Scranton, PA is $110,000 to $116,000. In addition to base salary, we offer generous bonus and incentive opportunities that significantly increase earning potential.
AZEK provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, short- and long-term disability, a 401(k) plan, an employee stock purchase program, and a variety of additional voluntary benefit options. For more details, please visit Benefits @ AZEK or Benefits @ AZEK (Spanish Version).
“Are you concerned that you don’t meet every requirement listed above? Don't let that stop you from applying! Studies reveal that some applicants refrain from applying for jobs unless they fulfill every single requirement. We don't believe in the notion of a "perfect" candidate. If you are confident in your ability to excel in the role, adapt swiftly, and are committed to contributing to our mission of building a more sustainable future, we warmly welcome your application.”
Location: Scranton, PA or Aliquippa, PA.
The AZEK Company (www.azekco.com) is a $1.4 billion and growing manufacturer of beautiful, low-maintenance building products, and is highly committed to accelerating the use of recycled materials. We use our expertise in materials science to engineer and manufacture high-quality, sustainable residential and commercial building products that improve lives and businesses. All of AZEK’s products are designed to replace wood, metal and other traditional materials in a variety of applications. In June 2020, we completed a highly successful IPO (NYSE: AZEK).
At AZEK, we don’t just accept diversity — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. AZEK is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
This position can be based at our Versatex business in Aliquippa, PA or our Scranton, PA manufacturing complex with a weekly hybrid work schedule.
Job Summary
The AZEK Company has recently gone through an exciting period of growth. The Global Planning team is re-organizing to optimize the end-to-end supply chain for both AZEK (based out of Scranton, PA) and Versatex (based out of Aliquippa, PA) brands and improve customer experience with lead time, delivery, and inventory solutions.
You are a good fit for this role if you…
… have great analytical skills and love to problem solve and take initiative to collaborate across sites and functions
… have a keen commercial sense and can effectively balance risk and reward
… are an inquisitive life-long learner and open to possibilities and solutions that did not exist before
… thrive in a collaborative and supportive environment
… constructively resolve conflict
… be a coach and mentor to the team and participate in organizational development
… like to make and facilitate decisions and learn from the outcomes
In this role, you will plan the end-to-end supply chain (demand, supply, production, and inventory) for all of Exteriors business which was approximately $450M in fiscal 2024. Evaluate and recommend a doable plan and present alternatives to management for decision making for both Aliquippa and Scranton sites. You will apply a variety of planning and execution discipline practices and procedures, relying on experience, judgment and business knowledge to plan and accomplish goals. You will lead a team of production and material planners.
Essential Functions
Plan For Every Part
- Develop product segmentation based on reward and risk. Develop and implement Plan for Every Part (PFEP) including target range days of supply (DOS) inventory and target customer lead time at SKU-plant level.
- Recommend Make to Stock (MTS) and Make to Order (MTO) strategies for every SKU and facilitate a wider business agreement. Lead the SKU rationalization projects by partnering with Product Management.
- Own inventory histograms and measure target Vs. Actual Inventory and find corrective actions for variance beyond acceptable target range of inventory.
- Own the production planning wheel and associated improvements and ensure schedules are aligned accordingly.
- Work with the plants to improve schedule adherence that plants own.
- Coach the production planning team to continuously improve planning wheels based on the plants’ capability.
- Optimize the changeovers in the plant and balance changeover and inventory holding costs.
- Regularly publish lead time for customers and conduct root cause corrective action if actual lead time taken.
- Own COT and backorders metric and coach the team on right dating practices and “give a date, hit the date.”
- Create unconstrained demand forecast by collaborating with sales, product management and potentially customers. Learn about customers’ inventory philosophy to better customer demand.
- Understand NPI demand and proactively identify and resolve capacity bottlenecks.
- Develop capacity analysis tools for assigned product segments and perform Rough Cut Capacity Analysis and supply plan on monthly basis.
- Partner with manufacturing plants and find solutions and alternatives to capacity constraints for optimized delivery performance. Be accountable for capacity additions and balance supply with forward looking demand.
- Partner with finance to provide inputs to financial forecast and budget.
- Provide input to the periodic SI&OP meetings.
- Key words: IBP (Integrated Business Planning), Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory planning, capacity planning, ABC classification/Stratification/product segmentation.
- JDE/SAP/ERP Forecast X/Hana/IBP/APO tools.
Education: Bachelor's degree required in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Mechanical
Engineering or related field. The degree requirement can be waived if the candidate demonstrates a proven track record of successful job experience for the job description.
Preferred Professional Experience: You should have a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience with a minimum 3 years’ experience in SI&OP/production/demand/supply planning in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
Candidates from non-supply chain disciplines are encouraged to apply if they feel they have the aptitude and attitude for this role.
Compensation for roles at AZEK varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. The annual salary for this role based in Aliquippa, PA is $115,000 to $122,000. The annual salary for this role based in Scranton, PA is $110,000 to $116,000. In addition to base salary, we offer generous bonus and incentive opportunities that significantly increase earning potential.
AZEK provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, short- and long-term disability, a 401(k) plan, an employee stock purchase program, and a variety of additional voluntary benefit options. For more details, please visit Benefits @ AZEK or Benefits @ AZEK (Spanish Version).
“Are you concerned that you don’t meet every requirement listed above? Don't let that stop you from applying! Studies reveal that some applicants refrain from applying for jobs unless they fulfill every single requirement. We don't believe in the notion of a "perfect" candidate. If you are confident in your ability to excel in the role, adapt swiftly, and are committed to contributing to our mission of building a more sustainable future, we warmly welcome your application.”
Salary : $115,000 - $122,000
