Sr. Demand Planner
About The Position
Carrier Global Corporation is a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions. The SIOP SR Demand Planning Manager oversees the consensus demand plan for an assigned business unit and provides strategic direction to continually enhance demand-planning capabilities. The role is responsible for North America CHVAC demand planning, which includes revenue of $1B+. The position develops and maintains an 18-month consensus demand plan through the monthly SIOP cycle, integrating business and market inputs, forecasting models, and demand signals. It leads demand reviews, supports decisions and escalations, communicates conclusions and actions, and drives continuous improvement in demand planning and forecasting processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 6+ years of experience in Supply Chain, including S&OP, forecasting, demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, materials management, master planning, or scheduling.
Nice To Haves
- Strong working knowledge of S&OE, IBP, and S&OP, with implementation experience.
- MBA or master’s degree in business or equivalent.
- Ability to build cross-functional relationships through strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with demand-planning tools.
- Advanced capability in Microsoft Excel, SAP, Kinaxis, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with business leaders to develop an 18-month consensus demand plan for the assigned business unit through the monthly SIOP cycle.
- Partner with stakeholders across teams to capture inputs to the demand plan and implement adjustments and improvements to forecasting models and methodologies.
- Integrate firm backlog, order pipeline, bookings forecast, statistical forecasting, portfolio management, NPI, market intelligence, and other product demand signals into a consensus demand forecast.
- Coordinate cross-functional discussions to document and challenge demand plan assumptions and refine the forecast.
- Analyze performance and metrics to identify causes of forecast error and bias, and develop and implement corrective plans.
- Stay updated on market trends, industry dynamics, and customer behavior.
- Develop plans to capture opportunities and identify demand changes.
- Collaborate with senior management to align demand-planning initiatives with business strategies and goals, ensuring alignment between revenue and demand plans.
- Understand drivers of demand changes, customers, revenue impacts, and potential effects on downstream processes.
- Lead SIOP Demand Reviews, prepare data and metrics, identify gaps and scenarios for review, guide decisions on open items and trade-offs, and prepare escalations for executive review when appropriate.
- Create SIOP Demand Review minutes, communicate key conclusions to stakeholders, and follow up on actions.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts to advance demand-planning and forecasting process capabilities.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Wellness incentives.
- Retirement benefits.
- Paid vacation, up to 15 days.
- Paid sick days, up to 5 days.
- Paid personal leave, up to 5 days.
- Paid holidays, up to 13 days.
- Birth and adoption leave.
- Parental leave.
- Family and medical leave.
- Bereavement leave.
- Jury duty leave.
- Military leave.
- Purchased vacation.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
- Health Savings Account, Health Care Spending Account, and Dependent Care Spending Account.
- Tuition assistance.
- Short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
