Sourcing Scheduler, Asphalt

Owens Corning
Toledo, Ohio
3 weeks ago
Location(s): Toledo, OH, US, 43659-0001
Function: Sourcing
Audience: Experienced Professional
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Requisition ID: 65791
PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Asphalt Scheduler is responsible for scheduling asphalt and asphalt related raw materials through different distribution channels and modes of transportation to ensure timely delivery of the right material to the correct location. The candidate will develop the schedules, monitor inventories, monitor daily operational status of deliveries and receipts for the asphalt network. The Asphalt Scheduler will coordinate with multiple groups including Supply Chain, S&T, Business Leaders, Finance, Commercial Team, Manufacturing, and Suppliers to gain and provide insight towards improving supplier lead times, order quantities, and inventory management that results in a robust plan and execution. The Scheduler is required to be detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, and team oriented. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to coordinate activities across several internal functional areas as well as with external vendors, carriers, and plant personnel.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership responsibilities
  • Desire and demonstrated ability to commit to serving the needs of the team, organization, and plant network subordinating personal interests to the needs of those being led.
  • Ability to break down barriers and build team camaraderie across a matrix organization utilizing the right skills in a contextually and environmentally appropriate manner.
  • Skilled at bridging positional and philosophical gaps leading the way toward long term strategy development that is not time bound.
  • Possesses foundational values to conduct business in a responsible manner and willingness to take ownership of individual and team performance.

Scheduling activities
  • Maintains and monitors supply-demand balances and inventory levels of key raw materials on a daily basis to avoid stock outs, containment problems, while targeting optimal inventory levels.
  • Schedules movements via various distribution channels. Responds to unexpected events making contingency arrangements to minimize disruption of product supply. Ensures relevant data is captured accurately and recorded.
  • Proactively communicates and verifies planned movements with sourcing, suppliers, transport companies, and delivery locations.
  • Acts as a liaison between production planning, operations, commercial sales, and external suppliers in managing the supply of raw materials and minimizing freight costs, including demurrage and detention.
  • Supports purchase order entry, goods receipts not invoiced (GRNI's), invoice kick outs and other administrative tracking procedures to ensure suppliers are paid timely and accurately.
  • Manage OC asphalt railcar fleet ensuring leased assets are effectively and economically deployed in a variable market environment.

Plant Partnership and Impact
  • Develop influential working relationship with the asphalt plant teams and key business partners by providing insight and advice that consistently improves thinking and decision-making processes and outcomes.
  • Deeply understands the requirements and constraints of the plant and acts decisively to shape its outcome by influencing suppliers, transportation & sourcing through execution. Takes initiative and articulates ideas passionately and persuasively.
  • Ability to foster participative collaboration internally and externally.

Insights and Analysis
  • Provide effective and timely information, thoughtful business insights/analytics and business performance evaluations to ensure the business meets their operations plan.
  • Identify value creation opportunities and risks the business must address.
  • Ability to identify opportunities to expand or improve network procurement processes to allow for logistical optimization.
  • Advanced capacity to grasp volumetric balancing of raw materials across multiple source points, destinations sites, and transportation modes.
  • Innovative thinker continually curious about people, concepts, and challenges, open to new information and receptive to new ideas
  • Creative problem solving and critical thinking capabilities – ability to find effective solutions to big problems.

Cross Functional Leadership and Team Contribution
  • Develops and builds relationships with key partners inside and outside the organization.
  • Collaborate with suppliers, commodity leaders, science & technology and plants to ensure corporate objectives are achieved.
  • Translates business and organizational strategy into day-to-day priorities and actions.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or a related field
  • 2+ years of relevant supply chain experience
  • General experience in procurement, transportation, supply chain, customer service, or materials management
  • Previous experience utilizing order fulfillment and network optimization software programs (i.e., SAP, Excel, Power BI)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
  • Critical thinking, analytical skills and problem solving
  • Sound business judgement/acumen
  • Can operate in a fast paced, day to day operations work environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, utilizing appropriate mediums
  • A sense of curiosity
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity
  • Able to work independently and with a team in a matrix environment
  • The ability to manage multiple activities, manage projects, and effectively communicate results
  • High work standards / quality
  • Decision making capabilities a must
  • Strong internal and external stakeholder management skills
  • SAP and Microsoft computer skills (intermediate to advanced excel and power point)
  • Highly proactive and results driven individual who excels at prioritizing, time management, and organizational skills in an ever-changing environment

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About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.

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