- The Manager, Demand Planning is responsible for building and advancing Demand Planning capabilities within the Center of Excellence (CoE) while leading a team of demand planners supporting multiple businesses and regions
- The role is accountable for developing standardized demand planning processes, governance, tools, analytics, and best practices to deliver accurate, consensus-based demand plans for mid- to long-term (SIOP) planning horizons and supporting short tem execution (S&OE)
- This position provides functional leadership to a team responsible for end-to-end demand planning execution, ensuring effective integration of statistical forecasting, commercial inputs, market intelligence, and product lifecycle considerations into a reliable demand signal
Demand Planning Leadership & Capability Development:
- Establish and deploy standardized Demand Planning processes, tools, templates, and governance frameworks
- Build organizational capability in forecasting, demand analytics, scenario planning, demand adjustments, consensus demand planning and demand review effectiveness
- Lead integration of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) considerations into the demand planning process, ensuring effective planning and governance of
- New Product Introductions (NPI), End-of-Life (EOL) transitions, SKU segmentation, portfolio optimization, and Product Complexity Reduction initiatives to improve forecast quality, inventory management, and business performance
Analytics, Performance & Continuous Improvement:
- Own Demand Planning performance metrics including Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, MAPE, Forecast Value Add, and forecast stability
- Establish robust root cause analysis methodologies and corrective action processes to improve forecasting performance
- Develop dashboards, reporting solutions, and analytics to provide actionable planning insights
Team Leadership & People Management:
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus
- Provide regular coaching, mentoring, and feedback to enhance technical expertise, problem-solving capabilities, and leadership readiness within the team
- Ensure effective workload balancing, resource allocation, and succession planning to support business growth and evolving organizational needs
