Forecast Strategy Manager
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Job Location:
Andover, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 90000 - 115000
Posted on:
21 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Innovative Chemical Products Group (ICP Group) is a leading formulator and manufacturer of specialty coatings adhesives and sealants serving the construction and industrial end markets. ICP Group is comprised of leading brands known for innovation quality and performance. Founded in 2015 and supported by a lean corporate team ICP Group has scaled rapidly through organic and acquisition growth into one of the largest coatings adhesives and sealants companies in North America. ICP Group is headquartered in Andover MA and has manufacturing and distribution sites throughout North America Latin America UK Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
ICP Group is seeking asenior-level Demand Planning professional(Forecast Strategy Manager) to own and continuously refine the demand plan that enables customer service inventory health and financial performance.
This isnot a reporting or spreadsheet consolidation role. This position requires strong business judgment deep system fluency and the ability tochallenge demand assumptions and drive alignmentacross commercial and operational stakeholders.
This role is accountable for developingmaintaining and executing acredible actionable demand planthat reflects real market signals and business priorities. The individual will serve as thesingle point of accountability for demand accuracy ensuring the ERP and MRP systems are kept current so downstream planning processes function effectively.
Success in this role requires comfort withdirect data-driven conversationsto resolve misalignment between demand expectations service commitments and inventory realities.
This role can be remote for the right candidate.
Responsibilities:
Experience needed:
ICP Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race sex color national origin age disability veteran status genetic data or religion or other legally protected status.
ICP Group is seeking asenior-level Demand Planning professional(Forecast Strategy Manager) to own and continuously refine the demand plan that enables customer service inventory health and financial performance.
This isnot a reporting or spreadsheet consolidation role. This position requires strong business judgment deep system fluency and the ability tochallenge demand assumptions and drive alignmentacross commercial and operational stakeholders.
This role is accountable for developingmaintaining and executing acredible actionable demand planthat reflects real market signals and business priorities. The individual will serve as thesingle point of accountability for demand accuracy ensuring the ERP and MRP systems are kept current so downstream planning processes function effectively.
Success in this role requires comfort withdirect data-driven conversationsto resolve misalignment between demand expectations service commitments and inventory realities.
This role can be remote for the right candidate.
Responsibilities:
- Own the demand plan and ensure forecasts areaccurate realistic and continuously refined
- Translate commercial demand signals into executable system inputs that support customer and financial performance
- Actively challenge forecast inputs assumptions and timing with Sales and other stakeholders
- Drive resolution of demand gaps spikes and timing issues through structured fact-based discussions
- Maintain demand-related planning parameters within the ERP system to ensure MRP outputs are valid and usable
- Upload andmaintaininventory reorder quantities aligned to the approved demand plan
- Maintaincustomerleadtimes to reflect realistic service commitments
- Use existing tools to refine inventory allocation across the ICP warehouse network
- Generate and manage intra-company transfer orders driven by demand and inventory positioning needs
- Monitor transfer execution and ensure inventory balances areaccurateandtimely
- Track adherence to shipping and transfer performance metrics
- Perform periodic reconciliation of eCommerce inventory
- Conduct ad-hoc analysis toidentifyrisks trends and improvement opportunities related to demand quality and execution
Experience needed:
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Business Administration Statistics or a related field
- Proven experience in a manufacturing environment isrequired
- Hands-on experience working with MRP in a live manufacturing ERP system isrequired
- Advanced Microsoft Excel expertise isrequired(complex formulas large datasets data integration; VBA strongly preferred)
- Strong understanding of demand planning fundamentals and push/pull concepts
- Demonstrated ability to work directly in ERP systems tomaintainplanning integrity (Syspro experience a plus)
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to convert data into decisions
- Strong communicationand influencing skills including the ability to challenge assumptions constructively
- Comfortoperatingin a fast-paced evolving environment with limited structure
- Willingness to travel occasionally to other ICP domestic locations
- Compensation: $90000.00-$115000.00 a year. Actual pay is dependent on candidates overall skills for the role
- Annual bonus eligible
- Progressive paid time off policy that empowers you to take the time you need to recharge
- 401K Employer contribution plan with eligibility the first of the month following 90 days of employment
- Excellent health dental and vision insurance packages to fit your needs
- A values-driven culture with colleagues that rally around People Accountability Trust and Execution
ICP Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race sex color national origin age disability veteran status genetic data or religion or other legally protected status.
Required Experience:
Manager
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