About this role
Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia's market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Underpinning these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders.
Covia is looking for a dynamic S&OP Demand Manager who will work with Industrial Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning and have a positive impact on the SIOP team. As a S&OP Demand Manager you will be responsible for forecasting all Covia demand using a variety of tools including the Covia SIOP statistical forecasting tool(python) and Power BI, Excel, Covia Sales Power BI, IFS, and more. The position requires strong analytical skills, strong attention to detail, an entrepreneurial drive, influence and communication skills, and the ability to develop and execute complex plans in support of business, customer, and manufacturing strategies. The Demand Manager will exhibit leadership skills and qualities and may lead a demand management team as the Covia Industrial SIOP process evolves.
The successful incumbent will have the following Key Accountabilities:
• Own, manage, refresh, and troubleshoot the statistical forecasting process and tools that Covia has developed for Covia. Sales will own the demand plan but the Demand Manager owns the process and curates the Plan.
• Own, manage, refresh, and troubleshoot the Power BI visualization tool that Covia teams uses to enrich the forecast with overrides.
• Usher the Commercial Sales team through the monthly Demand Planning review and key critical customer forecast updates.
• Analyze and summarize changes to the Demand Plan MoM or other time periods and present the changes and impacts to the Covia sales.
• Work collaboratively with sales, FP&A, and operations to identify issues and apply corrective actions.
• Prepare regular Power Point decks for updating key stakeholders on Demand and any other topics. These decks will be presented to front-line Commercial Sales and up to the Executive level.
• Accept Supply planning and operations triage responsibility if an operation experiences excessive disruption.
• Provide redundant backup to the supply, reconciliation, and executive review teams and immerse yourself into the full Covia S&OP monthly process.
• Roll in new sales and product development opportunities through the Demand process
• Drive the evolution of the process using new tools(AI) and new KPI's that improve all aspects of the process.
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of key customers, markets, and products in area of responsibility.
• Identify, communicate, and escalate variances from plan. Manage and resolve variances and exceptions.
• Assist finance, accounting, transportation, operations, or the commercial team in any endeavors that would provide value to Covia
• Teach, mentor, and train other Covia coworkers to promote a One Team approach and continuously strive to keep learning in order to better yourself.
The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Accounting, Management Sciences, or related field required.
• 7+ years SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning), supply chain, and/or finance environments and 3+ years in a demand management role.
• An entrepreneurial desire to own and evolve the process with minimal supervision
• Proven leadership skills in previous roles with a focus on employee growth and maximizing human potential.
• Demonstrated analytical/planning capability. Constantly seeking data driven answers to enhance decision making at all levels of the organization. Strong mathematical background with strong modeling experience.
• Microsoft applications (especially advanced Excel skills), IFS or other ERP system experience. Advanced Microsoft excel modeling and usage is critical.
• Excellent communication, both written and oral, along with strong organizational skills. A strong ability to persuade at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to synthesize different kinds of information in order to make informed decisions that will affect numerous stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities including ability to drive improvements, make decisions, influence others, and seek consensus.
• Ability to work at operational/tactical level as well as contribute at strategic level/develop strategic vision.
• Self-starter showing strong initiative and demonstrated team player.
• The willingness to ask for help and seek it out when you've hit a situation you don't have an answer to.
• The ability to move seamlessly between multiple large, complex projects and drive project completion with varied stakeholders.
Commitment to Our Culture:
Our core values - Safety, Team, Customers, Growth, and Courage—guide our work every day and will help us achieve our vision: Covia is the leading minerals solutions provider, and through the passion and commitment of our people, we enable customer success—ensuring a sustainable future for our company.
All Covia Team Members are expected to:
• Live the Life-Saving Rules
• Build high-performing work teams
• Focus on customers
• Demonstrate a growth mindset
• Do the right thing, always
At Covia, we strive for and support a diverse workforce as we firmly believe this lays the foundation of our success. Our compelling culture supports inclusion, individuality, and respect within the workplace. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to the most qualified candidate based on work-related factors and without regard to non-work-related factors including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or military service or reserve or veteran status.
The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits.
Benefits:
• Excellent Healthcare Benefits – medical, vision, dental
• 401K with company matching
• Vacation + Paid Holidays
• Disability, Life / AD&D, and Long-Term Care Insurances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive Incentive Bonus
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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