Demand Planning Lead

Job description

Job Purpose The Demand Planning Lead will be responsible for the development, approval, quality and accuracy of the SKU/unit level forecast for all products under multiple product lines within each Segment. This role will partner with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Finance to deliver accurate forecasts that represent the best thinking from all key stakeholders. The Demand Planning Lead will report to the Global Planning Manager. Roles & Responsibilities: - Track and analyze forecast variance / bias and update forecasts to continually improve forecast accuracy. - Develops New Product Forecasts with other functions. - Identify best practices and improvement opportunities. - Balance supply with demand for the product line and identify constraints (rough-cut capacity planning). - Responsible for all demand/supply planning process for multiple product lines within a segment, including corresponding KPI’s. - Manage opportunities to improve inventory redeployments. - Work with manufacturing facilities to improve operational measures including OTD, Past Due, Lead Time etc. - Maintains safety and service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business. - Mai...