Manager, Demand Planning

About Us:

WHY PRODRIVEN GLOBAL BRANDS? BECAUSE WE ARE THE PROFESSIONAL’S CHOICE!  You will find our market leading products and brands on job sites all over the world.

Focusing on end users' needs and delivering exceptional customer experience drives our success. Our entire process—from research to engineering to manufacturing to commercialization—creates products that ensure ease of use, productivity, durability and safety for the end user. On jobsites across the world, ProDriven Global Brands are most preferred.

Presently this position is in a hybrid status with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office for collaboration, teamwork, and business needs.  The status and minimum in-office requirements are subject to change based on evolving business needs.

Overview:

The Demand Planning Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process, with primary ownership of demand planning. 

 

This role ensures alignment across commercial, supply chain, and financial objectives by driving a structured, data-driven planning cadence. 

 

The position partners cross-functionally to develop accurate unit and revenue forecasts, balance supply and demand, and enable executive decision-making while advancing technology-enabled planning initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of demand planners to deliver accurate, actionable forecasts 
• Lead and manage the end-to-end SIOP process including all planning cycles 
• Own and direct the demand planning process using data, analytics, and business inputs 
• Maintain an 18-month rolling forecast period
• Implement and standardize forecasting processes to support promotional alignment and New Product Development (NPD) 
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Operations to align on a consensus plan 
• Facilitate monthly SIOP meetings and communicate risks and opportunities 
• Analyze forecast accuracy and drive continuous improvement actions 
• Support implementation of planning systems and digital tools
• Drive process improvements and standardization

Qualifications:

Education, Licenses, and Certifications

• BS/BA Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field 

Years of Experience and Knowledge

• 3-5 years of experience in Demand Planning
• 5–8 years of experience in supply chain planning or SIOP/IBP processes 
• Experience leading or mentoring planning teams

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced skills in all Microsoft Office applications, with emphasis on Excel
• Experience with JDE, Planning Analytics, or other IBP and advanced forecasting tools
• Ability to analyze, manipulate, and gain insight from that data, including data visualization tools i.e. Power BI
• Ability to communicate effectively at executive levels 
• Familiarity with causal, time series, and machine learning forecast models

Travel Requirements

• Expected Travel up to 10%

EEO Statement:

ProDriven Global Brands is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. ProDriven Global Brands is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All qualified applicants to ProDriven Global Brands are considered for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status or any other protected characteristic.  ProDriven Global Brands will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind based on these characteristics.

 

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