SR Manager Demand Planning

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JOB OVERVIEW:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• IBP & Demand Review Leadership

• Own and lead IBP Step: Demand Review ensuring highquality inputs transparent assumptions and decisionready outputs that seamlessly feed Supply Review Integrated Reconciliation and MBR.

• Translate commercial strategy innovation and lifecycle plans promotions distribution changes and customer/channel dynamics into an integrated unconstrained demand plan aligned to the endtoend IBP horizon.

• Proactively surface demand risks opportunities and bias framing clear scenarios and tradeoffs for crossfunctional alignment and escalation across the IBP 5step cadence.

• Partner closely with Finance to ensure demand plans are financially validated and aligned ahead of Integrated Reconciliation enabling clear margin inventory and service implications for executive decisionmaking.

• Ensure Demand Review outputs are fully integrated into Supply Review IBP Step and Management Business Review Step supporting enterpriselevel decisions with one aligned demand signal.

• Demand Planning Excellence

  • Develop maintain and continuously improve a rolling 18month demand plan using SAP IBP or equivalent advanced planning tools.

  • Establish demand planning standards governance and best practices aligned to IBP principles and one source of truth.

  • Lead demand accuracy bias and performance management including rootcause analysis and corrective actions.

  • Ensure disciplined handling of lifecycle events (innovation transitions discontinuations and exits) to minimize service risk and inventory exposure.

• CrossFunctional Partnership

  • Act as the primary integration point between Demand Planning and Commercial Marketing Finance Supply Planning and Operations.

  • Influence Sales and Marketing leaders to align assumptions tradeoffs and commitments.

  • Collaborate with Supply Planning to proactively identify supplydemand imbalances constraints and mitigation actions.

  • Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP) rolling forecasts and scenario planning within the IBP framework.

• Team Leadership & Capability Building

  • Lead coach and develop the Demand Planning team build strong business acumen analytical rigor and IBP mindset.

  • Drive clarity in roles planning ownership and handoffs across planners and categories.

  • Foster a culture of accountability continuous improvement and enterprise thinking.

• Systems Data & Continuous Improvement

  • Champion adoption and effective use of SAP IBP and demand planning analytics.

  • Partner with Data IT and Finance COE teams to improve data quality automation and reporting.

  • Eliminate manual workarounds and ensure scalable auditable demand planning processes.

• This job description reflects managements assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors Degree

• 5 years of related industry experience

Total minimum number of years of experience required in lieu of degree

• 7 -10years

• Consumer Packaged Goods Experience

• APICS or other Forecasting certification preferred

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

Technical & Business Skills

• Strong expertise in demand forecasting lifecycle planning and scenario modeling.

• Handson experience with SAP IBP or comparable advanced planning systems.

• Solid understanding of commercial planning promotions innovation launches and financial implications.

• Ability to translate complex data into clear executiveready insights and recommendations.

Leadership & Behavioral Expectations

• Enterprise mindset with ability to influence without authority.

• Comfortable challenging assumptions and driving factbased decisions.

• Strong communication facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

• Operates with discipline transparency and a bias toward proactive risk management.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Office environment demands include frequent speaking both in person and over the phone; writing reading files reports and PC screens. Prolonged sitting at computer terminal. Regular vision concentration for reading and checking reports forms and data entry.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Occasionally exposed to wet and humid conditions moving mechanical parts and high noise levels in the work environment.

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