Associate Manager, IBP Supply & Demand Planning

Responsibilities

• Owns a subset of the BU portfolio across both demand and supply planning while supporting network planning and demand leads.
• Develops and maintains demand forecasts using IBP tools, incorporating commercial inputs and driver-based analysis
• Translates demand into feasible supply, inventory, and capacity plans, highlighting constraints and tradeoffs
• Identifies and communicates risks, opportunities, and gaps across demand, supply, service, and cost
• Supports scenario analysis to evaluate impacts across financial and operational outcomes
• Builds a clear planning narrative for IBP forums (demand, supply, and integrated reviews)
• Partners closely with S&OE to align near‑term execution with IBP plans and assumptions
• Ensures strong planning foundations through data accuracy and scalable processes across the IBP processes and not limited to a subset of the portfolio
• Maintains and validates key planning data (demand drivers, capacity, inventory policies, sourcing logic)
• Develops standardized reports, trackers, and analyses to support consistent decision‑making
• Identifies and resolves data gaps, inconsistencies, and process inefficiencies
• Ensures planning assumptions are documented, transparent, and consistently applied
• Supports improved forecast accuracy, inventory visibility, and supply/demand alignment
• Supports near‑term execution alignment, bridging IBP plans to S&OE decisions
• Flags recurring execution issues that indicate forecast bias or structural supply constraints
• Helps ensure clear handoffs between planning horizons
• Contributes to IBP initiatives to strengthen integrated planning, scenario clarity, and data‑driven decision‑making
• Supports cross‑functional efforts to improve planning processes, tools, and governance
• Partners across functions to increase transparency to assumptions, risks, and tradeoffs

• 5–7 years in supply chain, demand planning, supply/network planning, analytics, or related roles
• Strong analytical capability with experience in planning tools (especially Kinaxis Rapid Reporting, Excel, and data analysis)
• Ability to connect demand and supply perspectives and synthesize insights into clear recommendations
• Effective cross‑functional collaborator and communicator
• Curiosity and willingness to learn end‑to‑end IBP and business tradeoffs