Sr Manager Sales and Operations-Demand Planning

Land Vehicles Americas•Elkhart, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager of Sales and Operations Demand Planning will be an experienced S&OP leader able to facilitate and drive results in a fast-paced and demanding environment for growth. This role will be challenged to continue implementing a world class Sales and Operations Planning process to improve customer satisfaction and profitability. This position is responsible for Forecasting, Demand Planning, Inventory Analytics, and S&OP monthly cycle. This position requires a self-starter with a strong desire to drive for continuous improvement. Proven leadership and teamwork to develop and lead a team of 3 direct reports.

Responsibilities

Provide direction to Analysts in forecasting, planning, and scheduling.
Facilitate the monthly Forecasting collaboration meetings with Sales, Marketing, and Product Development to ensure an effective sales forecasting process.
Work closely with Sales and Product Development on planning/executing the activation and ramp-up for new products.
Manage the aggregation of the demand plan process across product area and business segments, producing a rolling 12–18-month estimate of unconstrained future demand in units.
Prepare data and material for monthly S&OP meetings that will facilitate decisions over the S&OP planning horizon.
Assist in the documentation of assumptions incorporated in the demand and supply plan and validate past assumptions.
Track performance metrics and analysis to identify both opportunities and potential issues within S&OP processes and recommendations to help improve results.
Work closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, and Logistics; Distribution to evaluate the demand/production plan against inventory, capacity, and external factors and to create mitigation actions if needed.
Ensure efficient communication across functional teams for any trends, drivers, and takeaways in clear and concise manner.
Prepare and communicate monthly reports to the Executive team
Adaptable to multiple requests, daily changes while delivering on job specific commitments.
Travel to Dometic sites (less than 25%)