The Demand Planning Manager facilitates the demand process and is accountable for providing a 36-month unconstrained Demand (volume), Sales ($) and Margin ($) Plans by combining quantitative forecasting with qualitative business insights β engaging with Sales, Marketing/Portfolio, and Finance β and creating an actionable consensus plan that aligns with strategic goals, as well as documenting all the demand assumptions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain short, medium, and long-term Demand (volume), Sales ($) and Margin ($) forecasts using historical data, market trends, and statistical models.
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing/Portfolio, and Finance to incorporate customer insights + wins/losses, promotions, product launches/sunsets, and overall market intelligence into forecasts, as well as document assumptions, sensitivities, risks/vulnerabilities (downsides) and opportunities (upsides).
- Continuously improve forecast accura...