AD, Demand Planner

Boehringer Ingelheim • Johns Creek, GA

12d

About The Position

The Demand Planner ensures Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) USA has the right products available in the right quantities at the right time. The role leads the US Animal Health Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, connecting Global Supply, Finance, and Marketing & Sales to support execution of the US Commercial Supply Chain strategy. It is accountable for availability across 150 to 200 stock keeping units, representing $150 million to $1.1 billion in net sales, while minimizing backorders, freight costs, and product destructions.

The position leads demand and financial reviews, inventory risk and opportunity assessments, scenario planning, and cross-functional decision-making. It serves as an advocate for the US commercial business with Global Supply Chain and sources of supply, and acts as Product Life-Cycle Manager, coordinating SKU launches, changes, and withdrawals across stakeholders, processes, and systems. The role also leads local product review and life-cycle management, the annual Product Portfolio Optimization process, and forecasting review activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Production Engineering; a master's degree is strongly preferred.
• 8–10 years of relevant experience in demand planning, supply planning, and/or master scheduling in manufacturing and commercial business, or a similar environment.
• Proficiency with analytical tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Experience leading Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to connect complex data from multiple systems into clear decision-making summaries.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, communicate, and build relationships at all levels, and to link Supply and Finance business objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects across multiple business functions, such as product launches and product substitutions.
• Proficiency with systems used to manage product flows along the supply chain, such as JDA, GRP, BIX@, SAP, or similar systems.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical, if required.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Nice To Haves

• APICS certification is desired, such as CSCP and/or CPIM.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly S&OP process and build organizational consensus on supply and demand strategy with Supply Chain, Marketing, and Finance leadership.
• Provide S&OP performance updates covering inventory coverage and risk, IBP, financial reconciliation, and product launches and discontinuations.
• Escalate key issues and influence or drive decision-making; serve as liaison with Global Supply Chain.
• Support the team with analytics, planning, and reporting.
• Lead Demand Reviews; educate and influence Brand Directors and Brand Managers on forecasting practices to optimize service levels and reduce destruction and obsolescence risks.
• Review species forecast performance and work with species leadership to drive improvement.
• Validate the plausibility of demand plans against historical performance and future marketing plans, challenging Marketing where necessary.
• Drive cross-functional forecast completeness across a 36-month horizon.
• Identify and mitigate constraints involving supply, inbound transportation, warehousing, and quality-control checks.
• Identify potential surpluses and short-dated products and drive mitigation decisions, including discounting, promotions, or free goods.
• Identify potential backorders and develop mitigation plans to minimize net-sales impact.
• Advocate for the US Commercial Business with Global Supply Chain and sources of supply.
• Lead cross-functional scenario planning for potential bid opportunities, assess probability of success, provide recommendations, and reflect decisions in the demand plan.
• Review and forecast potential destructions and reserves and determine their income-statement impact.
• Lead financial reconciliation by assessing financial forecasts (Budget, Outlook, Outlook+1) against the demand forecast, addressing gaps, and recommending sales and expense actions for the Watch-list.
• Act as Product Life-Cycle Manager, coordinating SKU launches, changes, and withdrawals across local, regional, and global stakeholders, processes, and systems.
• Plan and coordinate complex launches and changes for multi-country presentations with the Global PSM team and relevant functions to support timely implementation.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and decisions in (R)OPU S&OP product reviews across clusters/OPUs and in local supply reviews.
• Lead local Product Review and Life Cycle Management, including launch and change tracking, master-data availability, and tracking SKU launches and discontinuations through applicable systems.
• Lead the annual local Product Portfolio Optimization process by identifying low-volume and low-margin SKUs, driving rationalization discussions with Marketing and Finance, and ensuring systems reflect inventory drawdown and termination.
• Act as Forecasting Power User and monitor the monthly Forecast Review Process at BOPU level.
• Lead monthly root-cause analysis with Brand/Product Managers and share SKU performance and segmentation information with local teams to support continuous improvement.
• Challenge manual forecasts and adjustments to statistical forecasts; ensure manual baseline updates are based on exception analysis and collaborate on statistical forecast review.
• Challenge key assumptions from Brand Managers and Demand Planners and recommend solutions when appropriate.
• Review market assumptions and supply impacts and ensure they are correctly recorded in the JDA forecasting system.
• Monitor the forecast review process from Day 1 to Publish (Day 15), consolidate forecast and supply inputs, identify and explain gaps versus financial targets, provide KPI analysis, and report or escalate status and issues to regional and global levels.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefit programs.
• Support for a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior