Demand Manager

Eaton's IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Demand Manager. This position can be located at either our Beachwood, OH - Euclid, OH - Grand Rapids, MI - Irvine, CA - Jackson, MS or Los Angeles, CA facilities. This is a hybrid role with up to 25% domestic travel.

The Demand Manager leads the development of strategy, processes, and tools for the company's key forecasting activities within the division. This position will represent the division demand planning department in key cross-functional decisions, including short- and long-term strategy discussions, product initiatives, strategic business planning, and systems integration. In this role, you will lead the aggregation and analysis of topline demand forecasts and highlights the risks and opportunities pertaining to market and economic factors, enabling senior leadership the support analysis needed to drive improved profitability, volume growth, and achieve channel objectives.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you'll do:

• Drive the monthly consensus demand planning process, including reporting aggregate plans to senior management on forecasts, assumptions, risks and opportunities.
• Lead the coordination of market intelligence, customer forecasts and demand inputs from Customer Service, Sales & Marketing, New Product and Program management teams.
• Document and challenge forecast assumptions based on the analysis of market data, industry dynamics, statistics, business trends, and demand patterns.
• Provide leadership, drive organizational capability, and set objectives for the assigned sites, leading to continuous improvement of the forecast process and the adoption of best practices.
• Monitor changes in the key business drivers, perform analysis, and possess the ability to shape the analytical findings into a meaningful business story to drive decision making.
• Develop accountability for demand management through performance measures and provide feedback to the participants in the process.
• Participate in detailed supply analysis and review meetings; work with business to collect key planning issues, clarify business implications, outline countermeasures, plan and monitor progress
• Own SIOP KPI's and drive accountability through cross-functional teams to drive maturity.
• Key contributor to the monthly SIOP, annual profit planning and 5-year strategic planning cycles. Drives building a consensus forecast during current year and a rolling 24-months.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in demand planning, SIOP, or Integrated Business Planning.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Beachwood, OH - Euclid, OH - Grand Rapids, MI - Irvine, CA - Jackson, MS or Los Angeles, CA will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA from an accredited institution.
• Experience with Demantra or other statistical software packages.
• ERP/MRP experience.
• APICS/CPIM or S&OP Certification.

Skills:

• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting, and forecasting methods with an understanding of financial and operational impacts.
• Demonstrated success in team development and driving results through others.
• Strong analytical, financial, and strategic thinking skills.
• Proactive, self-directed and action-oriented with strong decision making skills.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills.
• Detail oriented and possess excellent prioritization skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Power BI).
• Strong communication and presentation skills. Must be able to interact with all levels of management.
• Understanding of best practices in demand analysis, production, and inventory planning.
• Ability to lead team towards metrics based objectives.

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