Demand Planner

$90,000 - $110,000/Yr

Modine Manufacturing - Racine, WI

Full-time - Mid Level

Racine, WI

10,001+ employees

Machinery Manufacturing

About the position

The Demand Planner at Modine Manufacturing Company plays a crucial role in the sales and supply chain organization, specifically within the Air Cooled Application business. This position is responsible for creating and maintaining a consensus demand plan using statistical models and insights from various teams including Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Finance. The Demand Planner will work cross-functionally to ensure that customer demand is met while maintaining inventory and service level targets.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead commercial S&OP processes including global demand planning and commercial alignment meetings with sales, manufacturing, logistics, and finance.
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, and develop statistical forecast models.
• Interact with sales, marketing, and finance to develop a consensus and forecast event drivers across categories and customers.
• Document and retain history of planning assumptions.
• Develop complete analysis/timeline related to demand for new product launches.
• Develop aggregate level forecast to align cross-functional planning across the business unit.
• Understand how environmental factors, market dynamics, competitors, and internal programs generate the need to adjust the mathematical forecast.
• Maintain working knowledge of end-to-end supply chain components including forecasting, inventory management, and supplier planning.
• Drive root cause analysis to understand demand plan error in prior periods and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure product availability in the quantity and time needed to support customer demand while meeting inventory and service level targets.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Mathematics, Supply Chain/Logistics, Business or related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in demand planning and/or supply chain planning.
• Understanding of ERP and APS systems (e.g., SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Logility).
• Strong oral and written communication skills for presentations to all levels of customer and management.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced Excel and analytics skills, including power query, power pivots, and VBA.
• Demonstrated ability to present in front of groups.
• Ability to work with multiple business functions and balance conflicting priorities.
• Advanced analytical and statistical abilities, including concepts such as standard deviation, forecast error, bias, and MAPE.
• Knowledge and experience working in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement