Manager, Demand Planning

Role Overview

• Lead Process Improvement for demand planning processes across Medical Distribution, Kitting, and Global product categories, ensuring process improvements that enable archiving company targets.
• Own Market intelligence process (ATS), ATS error analysis, bias identification, and continuous improvement initiatives to drive measurable accuracy gains.
• Support implementation team on Customer Onboarding, normalizing customer usage data and translating it into forecast inputs.
• Develop and automate advanced demand planning analytics and reporting for executive and operational consumption, including E&O, service levels, backorders, and inventory projects.
• Develop Data Model needs for Planning Analytics and Architecture for Decision Intelligence.
• Enable self-service analytics for planners by improving access to account-, DC-, and SKU-level forecast data via enterprise data platforms (EDW/Snowflake).
• Translate complex data and modeling outputs into clear, decision-ready insights for senior leadership forums.
• Lead and coordinate monthly Demand Reviews, Supply Reviews, and S&OP cycle inputs, including pre-reads, executive decks, and follow-ups.
• Implement and Facilitate S&OE and S&OP process.
• Define planning standards, metrics, and controls to improve accountability, transparency, and cross-functional alignment.
• Serve as the primary demand planning partner to Commercial, Supply Planning, Distribution, Market Intelligence, and Finance teams.
• Mentor planners and analysts, assigning complex analytical work and ensuring high-quality, timely deliverables.
• Proactively identify risks, capacity constraints, and planning gaps, escalating with data-backed recommendations.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in demand planning, forecast accuracy, and S&OP within complex distribution environments.
• Advanced SAP IBP functional knowledge, including statistical forecasting and planning workflows
• Strong analytical skills across Excel, enterprise data warehouses, and automated reporting solutions
• Ability to translate complex analytics into executive-level insights and decisions
• Proven cross-functional leadership and process transformation experience
• Prior Medical Distribution experience preferred.
• Power user of: Alteryx, SQL, PBI.

Tech Stack

• SQL

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plan
• Medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one of employment for full-time teammates.
• Educational Assistance
• We offer educational assistance to all eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance and Disability
• We offer employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• Voluntary Supplemental Programs – We offer additional options to secure your financial future including supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.
• Support for your Growing Family – Adoption assistance, fertility benefits (in medical plan) and parental leave are available for teammates planning for a family.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k)
• We offer these voluntary financial programs to help teammates prepare for their future, as well as other voluntary benefits.
• Paid Leave
• In addition to sick days and short-term leave, we offer holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave – including parental leave.
• Well-Being – Also included in our offering is a Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs – all at no cost to you.