Demand Planning Manager The Toro Company

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Who Are We

The Toro Company is a homegrown Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and a healthy tenurecome find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.

The Demand Manager IBP for the Residential & Landscape Contractor (RLC) business unit is responsible for leading the development alignment and delivery of accurate demand plans supporting operational financial and strategic objectives across a 2436month horizon. This role oversees RLCs demand consensus process and ensures crossfunctional accountability for forecast accuracy and forecastvalue improvement. The position partners closely with Marketing Sales Finance Supply Planning and Product Teams within the RLC portfolio to translate market intelligence POS insights promotional plans channel dynamics and historical performance into a reliable demand signal.

What Will You Do

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company you will be responsible for:

Leadership & Process Ownership

• Lead the monthly RLC Demand Consensus process ensuring alignment across Marketing Sales Finance and Supply Chain.

• Own the familylevel demand plan for 2436 months and ensure SKUlevel forecast quality within the cumulative leadtime horizon.

• Guide mentor and develop RLC-focused demand planning analysts.

• Ensure full adherence to enterprise IBP standards and the RLC business units planning calendar.

Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) Ownership & Leadership

• Owns and leads the weekly RLC Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) process ensuring shortterm alignment across Sales Marketing Supply Planning and Operations.

• Facilitates weekly ITP meetings driving visibility to nearterm demand changes supply constraints risks and required tradeoff decisions.

• Consolidates and validates shortterm demand signals from Sales Marketing channel partners and POS trends.

• Partners with Supply Planning to evaluate capacity inventory and production feasibility escalating issues when tactical plans diverge from IBP.

• Ensures crossfunctional accountability for actions and closure of issues identified during the ITP cycle.

• Identifies and communicates deviations from the IBP demand plan quantifying impacts on service levels inventory and revenue.

• Drives scenario planning to support decisions related to demand surges supply shortages promotions and seasonal shifts.

• Delivers weekly ITP dashboards KPIs and executive summaries highlighting risks and required decisions.

• Ensures alignment between tactical (ITP) and strategic (IBP) horizons.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Integrate POS trends shipment history channel inventory promotional activity and customer insights into the RLC forecast.

• Partner with RLC Sales & Marketing to validate assumptions and ensure alignment to a single consensus demand plan.

• Work closely with Supply Planning to identify constraints assess risks and escalate supply/demand misalignments.

Forecasting Analysis & Performance Management

• Oversee forecasting within SAP IBP for RLC ensuring model effectiveness and data quality.

• Monitor EVA BIAS forecast accuracy and stability; perform root cause analysis and lead corrective actions.

• Deliver reporting and insights on RLC forecast performance risks and variances to leadership.

• Identify and size risks and opportunities; lead scenario-based planning.

Product Lifecycle Portfolio Management & Strategic Planning

• Lead demand planning for RLC new product introductions including prelaunch volumes and ramp curves.

• Manage RLC endoflife demand plans and inventory transitions.

• Provide demand inputs to RLC annual business planning and longrange strategy.

Tools Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Support improvements in IBP forecasting systems and RLC data integrity.

• Lead implementation and optimization of new tools and planning processes for RLC.

What Do You Need

To be considered for this role an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain Finance Analytics or related field.

• 5 years of experience in demand planning forecasting or supply chain planning; RLC or similar industry experience preferred.

• Knowledge of advanced planning tools.

• Expertise in forecasting methods data modeling and demand planning best practices.

• Strong analytical mathematical and problemsolving skills.

• Advanced Excel; preferred experience with SQL Power BI or Tableau.

• Excellent communication and influence skills.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.

What Can We Give You

At The Toro Company we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they addition to a competitive salary an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan 401k and many other great benefits -The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington MN HQlocation a variety of perks including:

• Dress for your day - We know youre more productive when youre comfortable which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual corporate environment.

• Location Conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis we are centrally located for most commuters!

• Food Take advantage of our onsite café which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.

• Wellness The Toro Companys HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to addition to physical wellbeing TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.

• Volunteerism The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.

• Summer Hours Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.

• Flexible Work Arrangements This team is currently implementing a hybrid work opportunity to collaborate in a hybrid way with some time spent in office and some from home has promoted team building and flexibility.#LI-Hybrid

• Competitive Salary The pay range takes into account skills experience education and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the annual pay range is between $104000 - $130000. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. If you need to you can access your pay early with the dailypay app.

At The Toro Company we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment experience for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a growing concern for job seekers so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process youll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities. All legitimate job opportunities must be applied for directly through our official careers page at or via Workday our applicant tracking system.

The Toro Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants based on merit and do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) parental status national origin age disability genetic information military service or other non-merit factors. We are committed to creating a welcoming environment for all employees.