Demand Planning Manager

Xylem ist ein Fortune 500 Wassertechnologieunternehmen mit global 23.000 Mitarbeitenden in über 100 Ländern und einer Mission: unseren Kunden durch innovative Technologielösungen und unser Fachwissen bei der Lösung von Wasserproblemen und
-herausforderungen zu helfen. Wir sind der weltweit führende Anbieter effizienter, innovativer und nachhaltiger Wassertechnologien, die dafür sorgen, dass unser Wasser nachhaltig genutzt, optimal verwaltet, erhalten und wiederverwendet wird.

Demand Planning Responsible to consolidate an 18-month rolling Demand & margin/mix plan for the Analytics segment in Americas and Europe.

Represent the Demand Planning function in the M&CS SIOP process.

Lead monthly Pre-DRM and DRM.

Coordinates the demand planning process, critiques & analyses, and provides integrated understanding.

Partner with commercial and finance teams across segment divisions to gain consensus on demand plan and alignment between SIOP and financial planning processes.

Maintain list of assumptions, collected via the multiple stakeholders in the process.

Facilitates strategic decisions on issue resolution & gap closing.

Provide summary of sensitivities, vulnerabilities, opportunities to relevant KPIs.

Continuous improvement of Demand Planning process, actively searching for opportunities to streamline existing processes.

Facilitates data collection and reporting.

Ensures consistency with Xylem process standards for Demand Planning across the segment.

Strategy Coordinate M&CS Demand Planning strategic reviews including systems and related processes.

Benchmark Xylem against competitors on Operational KPIs.

Research market conditions and customer segmentation to support business case development.

Project Management & Other functions Lead supply chain projects in sales, manufacturing or distribution as assigned Crosstrain, Backup and temporarily replace members of the SIOP group as required.

Operating Income:
Responsibility for sites with annual COGS of ~483M USD.

Effectively communicate with commercial teams, manufacturing sites, sourcing, sales, distribution centers and finance functions at all staff levels to ensure goal fulfillment for Xylem. Can lead and direct a change process and be eager to make a difference. In a professional way represent Xylem to external suppliers / customers.

Actively search for new or more optimal processes to improve forecast accuracy, reduce logistic cost, optimize service and inventory. Understand the supply chain planning industry trends and effectively communicate to drive change, input to strategy.

Actively search information about potential planning and market issues.

As per DoA.

Internal:
Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Procurement, Executive External:
Suppliers, Customers, Peer Companies, Consultants

• Has bachelors degree (e.g. supply chain, finance)
• Minimum 5+ years relevant supply chain experience for a Global international company
• Oliver Wight / APICS Certification (or comparable)
• Demonstrated Leadership & Strategic development
• Excellent English skills and other languages is a plus
• Knowledge and experience of lean manufacturing, CI, and/or six sigma tools & concepts
• Excellent analytical and presentation skills
• Highly proficient in Excel and ERP planning systems
• Ability to translate business and financial goals into action plans
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels from manufacturing floor to Executive
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work in a rapidly changing stressful environment
• Change agent and ability to think creatively and look forward

• Represent Xylem in a professional manner and maintain high personal integrity
• Comply with the Xylem Code of Conduct
• Ability to work independently and to travel (up to 10%)
• Ability to focus, prioritize and deliver results quickly
• Advanced analytical skills and ability to present results in a clear and simple manner
• Can think out of the box and challenge a traditional mind-set
• Capable of working with multiple projects simultaneously
• Capable of working in a…