Forecast Strategy Manager

ICP Group•Chicago, IL

2d•Remote

About The Position

Innovative Chemical Products Group (ICP Group) is a leading formulator and manufacturer of specialty coatings, adhesives, and sealants serving the construction and industrial end markets. ICP Group is comprised of leading brands known for innovation, quality, and performance. Founded in 2015 and supported by a lean corporate team, ICP Group has scaled rapidly through organic and acquisition growth into one of the largest coatings, adhesives, and sealants companies in North America. ICP Group is headquartered in Andover, MA and has manufacturing and distribution sites throughout North America, Latin America, UK, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. ICP Group is seeking a senior-level Demand Planning professional (Forecast Strategy Manager) to own and continuously refine the demand plan that enables customer service, inventory health, and financial performance. This is not a reporting or spreadsheet consolidation role. This position requires strong business judgment, deep system fluency, and the ability to challenge demand assumptions and drive alignment across commercial and operational stakeholders. This role is accountable for developing, maintaining, and executing a credible, actionable demand plan that reflects real market signals and business priorities. The individual will serve as the single point of accountability for demand accuracy, ensuring the ERP and MRP systems are kept current so downstream planning processes function effectively. Success in this role requires comfort with direct, data-driven conversations to resolve misalignment between demand expectations, service commitments, and inventory realities. This role can be remote for the right candidate.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Statistics, or a related field
Proven experience in a manufacturing environment is required
Hands-on experience working with MRP in a live manufacturing ERP system is required
Advanced Microsoft Excel expertise is required (complex formulas, large datasets, data integration; VBA strongly preferred)
Strong understanding of demand planning fundamentals and push/pull concepts
Demonstrated ability to work directly in ERP systems to maintain planning integrity (Syspro experience a plus)
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to convert data into decisions
Strong communication and influencing skills, including the ability to challenge assumptions constructively
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment with limited structure
Willingness to travel occasionally to other ICP domestic locations

Nice To Haves

Syspro experience a plus
VBA strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Own the demand plan and ensure forecasts are accurate, realistic, and continuously refined
Translate commercial demand signals into executable system inputs that support customer and financial performance
Actively challenge forecast inputs, assumptions, and timing with Sales and other stakeholders
Drive resolution of demand gaps, spikes, and timing issues through structured, fact-based discussions
Maintain demand-related planning parameters within the ERP system to ensure MRP outputs are valid and usable
Upload and maintain inventory reorder quantities aligned to the approved demand plan
Maintain customer lead times to reflect realistic service commitments
Use existing tools to refine inventory allocation across the ICP warehouse network
Generate and manage intra-company transfer orders driven by demand and inventory positioning needs
Monitor transfer execution and ensure inventory balances are accurate and timely
Track adherence to shipping and transfer performance metrics
Perform periodic reconciliation of eCommerce inventory
Conduct ad-hoc analysis to identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities related to demand quality and execution