Who we are:

The AZEK Company (www.azekco.com) is a $1.2+ Billion and growing industry-leading 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.

The Senior Manager – Supply Chain is a new role created to meet the growing needs of  Ultralox, a business unit within AZEK. Ultralox has experienced double digit annual compounded growth rate over the last 5 years and has an exciting future. You are a good fit for this role if you

… have great analytical skills and love to problem solve and take initiative to collaborate with customers and suppliers

… 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, challenging and supportive environment

… constructively resolve conflict

… be a coach and mentor to the team and enjoy the 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 Ultralox business. 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 demand planner, production planner, and raw material planner. The position will have KPI of complete and on time to customer, while driving inventory excellence in the organization. This is an exciting and challenging role and will position the successful candidate for future career advancement opportunities at AZEK.

This role reports to Senior Director, Supply Chain planning.

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 level.
• Review and implement quarterly 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

Supplier management

• Manage suppliers and lead with empathy. Create lasting relationships and drive tactics to become their customer of choice. Travel to suppliers site may be needed at times.
• Coach the team on effective supplier management

Inventory

• Own inventory histograms and measure target Vs. Actual Inventory and find corrective actions for variance beyond acceptable range.

Production Planning Wheels

• Own the production planning wheel and associated improvements and ensure schedules are aligned accordingly
• Work with the plant to improve schedule adherence that plants own
• Coach the production planning team to continuously improve planning wheels based on the plants’ capability

Lead times and service to customers

• Regularly publish lead time for customers and conduct root cause corrective action if actual lead time taken varies from published lead time
• Own COT and backorders metric and coach the team on right dating practices and “give a date, hit the date”

Demand and capacity planning

• Coach demand planner to create unconstrained demand forecast by collaborating with sales, product management and major dealers. Learn about customers’ major projects to better customer demand.
• Develop capacity analysis tools for assigned product segments and coach the team to perform Rough Cut Capacity Analysis and supply plan on monthly basis.
• Partner with manufacturing plant and find solutions and alternatives to capacity constraints for optimized delivery performance.

Revenue forecast

• Partner with finance to provide inputs to financial forecast and budget.

QUALIFICATIONS

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.

Professional Experience:  You should have a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment. Experience dealing with suppliers from Asia is desired.

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 in Eagan Minnesota:  $135,000 - $ 165,000.  In addition to base salary, we offer generous bonus and incentive opportunities that significantly increase earning potential.

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.