Global Demand Planning Lead

Job Title: Global Demand Planning Lead
Location: Lakewood, CO (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $100,500.00 - $134,400.00/year

Overview:
Global Manufacturer of Medical Equipment and Products is seeking a Demand Planning Lead to join their team to bridge the gap between demand planning, S&OP, and supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Regional Demand Planning process, ensuring alignment with Global Supply Planning, Finance, and Commercial Teams.
• Prepare and facilitate Demand Planning forums, including Country/Regional Demand Reviews and S&OP Roll Up reviews.
• Maintain Demand Planning governance, calendar, standards, and decision frameworks.
• Ensure timely, high-quality deliverables and executive materials, summarizing key insights from the Demand Planning cycle.
• Track and drive closure of executive decisions and actions.
• Ensure demand plans are transmitted correctly to Supply Planning according to the agreed timeline.
• Partner with Regional and Global Demand Planning Managers to incorporate key demand assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
• Align demand plans with Supply Planning, Operations, and Finance regarding constraints and trade-offs, providing feedback through the S&OP process.
• Coordinate scenario planning with regional and supply planning teams.
• Own core Demand KPIs such as forecast accuracy, forecast value add, and bias, setting targets and measuring performance at various levels.
• Support root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and data integrity across planning systems and reports.
• Lead initiatives to improve demand planning maturity, analytics, and processes.
• Support process and system improvements, standardization, and coach regional planners on demand planning best practices.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years’ experience with S&OP, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or Integrated Business Planning.
• Heavily required experience in APAC and LATAM markets.
• Proficiency with Gains (Intuitive planning tool), Power BI, and S4HANA / SAP is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of S&OP, advanced analytics, planning systems, and executive communication skills.
• Experience working proactively in a global environment with strong linkages at many organizational levels.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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