Senior Demand Planner

IMCD Group B.V. • Westlake, OH

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Demand Planner is a senior individual contributor responsible for demand forecast quality, insight generation, and decision support across complex or high-impact portfolios. This role is accountable not only for forecast accuracy, but for providing demand insights and scenario analysis that enable leadership decision-making. The Senior Demand Planner partners closely with Commercial Teams, Principal Managers, and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) leadership, and provides functional guidance and planning support to cross-functional partners, including S&OP Analysts, Supply Planners, and Procurement, to ensure demand signals are clearly understood and executable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, Economics, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of relevant experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain roles
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment across cross-functional teams
• Experience managing complex demand profiles or principal portfolios with multiple constraints and trade-offs
• Advanced demand forecasting and analytical capabilities
• Strong ability to translate commercial inputs into structured, decision-ready demand insights
• Ability to facilitate alignment and influence outcomes without formal authority
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including executive-level storytelling
• Strong business and financial acumen, including service, inventory, and working-capital trade-offs
• Ability to operate independently and lead through ambiguity in complex environments

Nice To Haves

• Experience in specialty chemicals, ingredients, or distribution-based supply chains
• Experience supporting or operating within formal S&OP, SIOP, or IBP frameworks
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and familiarity with ERP / planning systems (SAP, JDE, Oracle, Kinaxis, o9, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Lead demand forecasting for complex, high impact, or multi-business-unit portfolios, ensuring transparency and alignment with business objectives.
• Partner with Commercial Teams and Principal Managers to validate assumptions, challenge demand inputs, and align on demand expectations and risks.
• Analyze forecast accuracy, bias, and demand variability, leading root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and present demand insights, scenarios, and recommendations to support S&OP and leadership decision-making.
• Provide functional guidance, knowledge sharing, and planning support to cross-functional partners (e.g., S&OP Analysts, Supply Planners, Procurement) to improve forecast understanding and execution quality.
• Enhance demand planning governance, tools, and processes in partnership with Supply Chain Excellence to improve forecast quality and decision readiness.

What This Job Offers

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