Demand Planner

Responsibilities

• Consolidate regional, customer-level, and intracompany demand into a single global demand plan to evaluate trends across all business units and facilitate meaningful discussion during the monthly SIOP process.
• Develop and maintain statistical forecasts based on unconstrained historical sales data, incorporating consensus inputs from Sales and Line of Business leadership.
• Actively participate in SIOP Demand Reviews, supporting the formal forecast sign-off and release process to the Supply Planning organization.
• Continuously monitor demand performance across the Americas and Asia, providing detailed insights and variance analysis to Sales, Business Leaders, and Business Unit leadership for use in demand reviews and executive SIOP.
• Monitor the demand plan performance for Americas and APAC throughout the month to provide detailed input to Sales, Business Leaders, and Business Unit Leaders for use in demand review and SIOP meetings.
• Represent the Demand Planning function in regional and global cross‑functional initiatives, including New Product Introductions (NPIs), global portfolio rationalization efforts, and long‑term commercial and product strategy discussions.
• Provide enhanced focus on New Product and Key Product initiatives, ensuring appropriate demand visibility and alignment with commercial objectives.
• Create, maintain, and continuously improve Standard Work documentation for regional demand planning processes and supporting systems.
• Be responsible for the Tier 1 customer consignment process in the Americas.
• Maintain customer inventory level expectations and drive core communication.
• Provide reports and escalations to give proper visibility to upper management to act strategically and propose action plans accordingly.

• 3+ years of Supply Chain, Planning, Manufacturing, or relevant experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or relevant field of study.
• Proficiency with SAP JDE software highly desired.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel (Advanced – Pivot Tables, V‑lookups / Macros).
• Experience with planning, analytical tools (e.g., IBP, APO, Oracle/Demantra, SAP, Kinaxis Rapid Response, BI, Tableau or similar platforms) is a plus.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills, combined with effective interpersonal and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Proven ability to interface with senior leadership and represent global and functional positions in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure environment.
• Demonstrated passion for driving world‑class planning excellence and continuous improvement.