AD, Demand Planner

Boehringer Ingelheim • Johns Creek, GA

22h

About The Position

The Demand Planner ensures that 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 responsible for availability of 150 to 200 stock keeping units, representing $150 million to $1.1 billion in net sales, while minimizing backorders, freight costs, and product destruction.

The incumbent drives consensus on supply and demand plans, leads demand reviews and financial reconciliation, evaluates inventory risks and opportunities, and advocates for the US Commercial Business with Global Supply Chain and sources of supply. The role also manages product lifecycles and complex launches and changes, coordinates local product reviews and portfolio optimization, and monitors the monthly forecasting review process.

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 similar experience and environment.
• Proficiency with analytical tools such as Excel and Power BI/Tableau.
• Experience leading Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including connecting complex datasets 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 cross-functional projects, including 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 desired, such as CSCP and/or CPIM.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly Sales & Operations Planning process and drive organizational consensus on supply and demand strategy among Supply Chain, Marketing, and Finance leadership.
• Provide performance updates, inventory coverage and risk information, IBP, financial reconciliation, and updates on product launches and discontinuations.
• Escalate key issues and influence or drive decision-making; serve as the liaison with Global Supply Chain.
• Support the team with analytics, planning, and reporting.
• Lead demand reviews for Supply Chain, Marketing, and Finance.
• Educate and influence Brand Directors and Brand Managers on forecasting practices that optimize service levels while minimizing destruction and obsolescence risks.
• Review species forecast performance and engage species leadership to drive improvement.
• Validate the plausibility of new demand plans against past performance and future marketing plans, challenging Marketing where necessary.
• Drive cross-functional performance for forecast completeness across a 36-month horizon.
• Identify and mitigate constraints in supply, inbound transportation, warehousing, and quality control checks.
• Identify potential surpluses and short-dated products and drive mitigation decisions such as discounting, promotions, or free goods.
• Identify potential backorders and drive mitigation plans to minimize their impact on net sales.
• Represent the US Commercial Business with Global Supply Chain and sources of supply.
• Lead scenario planning with cross-functional teams for potential bid opportunities, assess their probability of success, provide a final opinion, and reflect outcomes in the demand plan.
• Review and forecast potential destructions and reserves and determine their income statement impact.
• Lead financial reconciliation across Supply Chain, Marketing, and Finance; assess the plausibility of Budget, Outlook, and Outlook+1 forecasts against the demand forecast.
• Address and mitigate financial reconciliation gaps and make sales and expense recommendations for the Watch-list.
• Act as Product Life-Cycle Manager, proactively coordinating SKU lifecycle activities from launch and changes through withdrawal across stakeholders, processes, and systems.
• Plan and coordinate complex launches and changes for multi-country presentations with the Global PSM team and relevant functions.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and decision-making in the (R)OPU S&OP product review across clusters/OPUs and in local supply reviews.
• Lead local product reviews and lifecycle management, including launch and change tracking, master data availability, SKU launch tracking, and discontinuation system updates.
• Lead the annual local Product Portfolio Optimization process by identifying low-volume and low-margin SKUs for potential rationalization, driving discussions with Marketing and Finance leaders, 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 action lists based on performance analysis and product segmentation.
• Challenge manual forecasts and statistical forecast inputs or adjustments, ensure manual baseline updates based on exception analysis, and collaborate on statistical forecast review.
• Challenge assumptions from Brand Managers and Demand Planners where appropriate, recommend solutions, and ensure market assumptions and supply impacts are correctly recorded in JDA.
• Monitor the forecast review process from Day 1 through publication on Day 15; consolidate forecast and supply inputs, identify and explain gaps against financial targets, analyze KPIs, 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