Specialist - Demand Planning, SIOP PS

Rehlko•Glendale, WI

About The Position

Why Work at Rehlko Our work is guided by our purpose: creating an energy-resilient world for a better future. This purpose embodies the legacy we bring, with more than 100 years as the global leader in energy resilience, delivering solutions critical to sustain and improve life. Our teams have the opportunity to provide a critical resource – energy – that ensures safety, security, and independence for people around the world. Our team members are focused on pushing boundaries, continuing to innovate in an ever-changing landscape, and keeping up with the pace required to create solutions for today’s world demands. Our product range includes engines, generators, power conversion, UPS systems, EV components and electrification solutions, microgrid controls and management, and clean energy solutions that serve a broad spectrum of OEM, residential, industrial, and commercial customers. At Rehlko, you have the freedom to identify, create, and deliver solutions – large and small – that help people and communities thrive in the moments that matter. At Rehlko, our team members are the essential energy that powers our organization’s success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyone’s responsibility. We empower every team member to actively participate in our Zero Is Possible safety culture by encouraging open communication, proactively reporting hazards, following protocols, and suggesting improvements. Join us in creating an energy resilient world for a better future! What We Offer At Rehlko, our Total Rewards programs are designed to accelerate growth, energize performance, and support a culture of inclusion at every stage of life and work. We offer total rewards that are easily understood, recognize results, enable career mobility, and reflect our commitment to valuing diverse needs in a fast-moving world. We provide: Competitive compensation and benefits Work-life flexibility Recognition and rewards Development and career opportunities A safe and inclusive workplace Why You Will Love this Job BASIC FUNCTION In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between SIOP forecasting and supply chain operations and purchasing. Your responsibilities will include developing and maintaining reports for key suppliers, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Support monthly Sales, Inventory, Operations and Planning (SIOP) cycles and lead demand planning meetings. Synchronize the demand planning process with inputs to be inclusive of product lifecycle needs, marketing events, special projects and balance incoming order consumption of the plan. Analyze data sources to achieve world class forecast accuracy by utilizing history, customer data, macro-economic market, and key business indicators for directional influence in demand planning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required preferably in Supply Chain
5-7 years’ experience required in demand planning
Proficiency in Microsoft tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Power BI).
Extraordinarily effective communication skills, accountability, trust, effective problem-solving skills, and highly detail oriented

Nice To Haves

Kinaxis – Maestro
Demand Planning Professional certification from any professional supply chain institutions
APICS-CPIM certification

Responsibilities

Manage the rolling 24-month demand plan for all existing and future new products.
Conduct a demand review meeting with Channel / Product Marketing, Sales, and Operations to capture all adjustments with logical reasoning.
Balance the inputs with key market data and business indicators and reach agreement on an unconstrained demand plan for Rehlko
Maintain and report on demand plan accuracy.
Conduct a root cause analysis on the key drivers to the error rate to continuously improve demand planning accuracy.
Review and propose MRP Parameters as it relates to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and forecast updates.
Analyze, recommend, and monitor the execution of product transitions from introductions and discontinuation
Prepare and report out in Executive reviews changes in the demand with root causes and action(s) to correct and improve forecast accuracy in accordance with business outcomes