Why work for us?

Driven by our purpose: Building progress for people and the planet. We are transforming to become the leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions. Holcim US offers an unparalleled range of innovative cement, aggregates, asphalt, concrete products, and construction services that have been the foundation for infrastructure projects across the globe. To move the industry forward to a greener future, we need people who are passionate about sustainability, are driven to shape and influence perception, and are keen to build, grow and thrive in our high-performance culture. Are you ready to build progress with us?

Overview

About the role:

The role of this position provides daily, weekly, monthly and yearly production planning, ordering and inventory control of raw materials and fuels, and analysis and verification of plant production, inventories, and consumption of purchased materials to keep in-line with the budget.

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing:

• Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas.
• Function as a safety leader in the plant by demonstrating a personal commitment to working safely and ensuring that the Portland Plant continues to eliminate work related risks by increased use of hazard recognition techniques.
• Function as a strong advocate and leader in promoting a safe working environment for all employees at the plant.
•  Function as an integral member of the plant management team with a focus on plant performance and continuous improvement. Responsible for maintaining the master data in SAP including daily production reporting, long term planning (resource capacity, and heat factors), and surveying raw material, finished product, and fuel inventories
• Responsible for Production planning including 24 month plan for logistics; weekly and monthly confirmation and conversion of planned orders to process orders
• Responsible for process orders management including but not limited to: weekly release of process orders, daily confirmation of process orders daily issuance of Grind Order, clearing of goods movement errors occurring after confirmation, complete process orders monthly, balance physical inventories of cement, clinker, raw meal weekly and all other materials associated with production on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
• Ensure production vs consumption ratios are correct for all HARP functional areas, raw material extraction, raw material preparation, raw meal preparation and cement clinker factors are correct each month
• Ensure the accurate reporting of downtime notifications, use of correct heat factors, completion of downtime notification and confirmations, and creation and execution of process orders
• Assist with production budget development (Mid Term Plan) cost and volumes
• Complete all necessary inputs into SAP for the budgeting process and verify the data entries into SAP via the BW Reports
• Become a BW power user (ablilty to create specific queries in regards to BW reports)
• Interface with maintenance on the weekly production/maintenance planning meeting
• Other duties as assigned.

Relationships with other jobs:

• In order to ensure continuity within plant cost and operations, this role reports to the Production Manager and has a “dotted-line” reporting relationship to the Plant Controller, as well as all functional and technical departments; interfaces as a corporate liaison with Finance, Manufacturing, and Corporate Industrial Performance groups.

Qualifications

We're looking for:

Required Education: High school diploma or equivalent or 3 years of equivalent experience.

Additional Education Preferred: Bachelor's/Undergraduate

Degree Field of Study Preferred: Process, or Chemical Engineering

Required Work Experience: Understanding of the cement and/or similarly related industry regarding metrics and technical reports

Required Computer and Software Skills: SAP experience and MS Excel experience required

Travel Requirements: Some travel required

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviors.
• Successful candidates must adhere to all safety protocols and proper use of Holcim approved Personal Protection Equipment & PPE, including but not limited to respirators. Employees that are required to wear respirators must be clean shaven where the respirator seal meets the face in order to pass the qualitative and quantitative fit tests.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications
• Generous Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Dress for your day policy
• Holistic health & well-being programs for physical, mental/emotional, and financial health with access to resources and benefits to help focus on staying well through education and prevention
• Medical, Dental, Disability, and Life Insurance coverage
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) & Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for health and dependent Care
• Vision and other voluntary benefits and discounts
• Retirement Savings – Choose from 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth after-tax savings
• Paid Parental Leave (Maternity & Paternity)
• Educational Assistance Program