Demand Planning Manager

Company Description
Established in 1984 as Midwest Air Technologies, Inc., MAT Holdings, Inc. is a $2.2 billion multi-national company with manufacturing operations, distribution centers, and sourcing offices worldwide. The company's core businesses include the production, sales, and service of products in the automotive, commercial vehicle, power equipment, fencing, and hardware sectors. MAT is a family of companies and products providing employment opportunities as a result of our global presence in 12 countries and more than 14,000 employees.
Job Description
Job Summary
This position leads the monthly Demand Planning process (including statistical and consensus / collaborative forecasting approaches). This individual will lead the development and recurring updates of a "finished goods" forecast. This person is responsible for leading the interaction and alignment of the cross-functional S&OP team, including sales, marketing, supply chain planning, customer service, distribution, and manufacturing.
Principle Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a monthly forecast for all finished goods parts using order and shipment history, customer point of sale data, market intelligence, and industry trends to inform the projected demand.
• Lead the monthly collaborative demand review as part of the S&OP process.
• Work with sales, marketing, product management to understand product life cycles, demand patterns, and short, medium, and long-term forecasts.
• Analyze and develop insights on data from customer point of sales data systems and internal order management systems.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to advance the Demand Planning and forecasting process capabilities.
• Maintain forecast vs. actual history data by customer, product family, channel, geography, and SKU.
• Develop and maintain monthly forecast accuracy and forecast bias metrics.
• Develop finished goods safety stock target levels for each distribution location
• Develop raw material safety stock target levels for production locations
• Mentor analysts to aid in their pursuit of personalized career goals

Qualifications
Competencies

• Knowledge and experience with enterprise planning software (e.g., IBP, SAP, JDA, Oracle, etc.)
• Experience using and interacting with MRP systems.
• Experience with forecasting methodologies, techniques, and approaches (e.g., moving averages, exponential smoothing, holt-winters, box-jenkins, discrete probability, etc.).
• Detail-oriented and ability to organize work activities in highly ambiguous situations.
• Advanced MS Office skills (i.e., Excel and Access).
• Advanced reporting, designing, and data analytic skills.
• Strong problem identification and analytical skills.
• Experience with process management skills.
• Collaborative and teaming skills.
• Strong leader and action-oriented.

Education/Experience

• Undergraduate degree in mathematics, supply chain, or engineering required.
• Relevant industry experience in the automotive, aftermarket parts business, or related industry.
• 5-7 years of supply chain planning experience in S&OP, Demand Planning, and supply planning.
• Supervisory, Mentoring and Training Experience

Additional Information
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