Senior Demand Planning Manager (m/w/d)

IronMaxx Nutrition GmbH & Co. KG; Hürth; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IronMaxx Nutrition GmbH & Co. KG seeks a Senior Demand Planning Manager to own operational and tactical demand planning derived from the central forecast.

You will translate forecasts into stable demand, inventory, and ordering decisions while leading your team with clarity and empathy. You will act as a sparring partner to the Head of Forecasting, ensuring forecasts are executable and aligned with the wider supply chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or an equivalent field.
• Several years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Purchasing, or related fields, ideally with leadership responsibility.
• Strong analytical and structured mindset with high numerical affinity.
• Proven experience in leading teams (disciplinary and/or functional).
• Confident handling of ERP and demand planning tools (e.g. SAP, Streamline).
• Very good English skills; German skills are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end responsibility for operational and tactical demand planning, derived from the central forecast.
• Ensuring high product availability, stable inventory levels, and efficient replenishment.
• Creation, maintenance, and validation of demand, inventory, and ordering plans.
• Continuous monitoring of stock levels, safety stock, lead times, and sales performance.
• Early identification of risks such as shortages, overstocks, or supply bottlenecks.
• Close operational collaboration with Purchasing and suppliers regarding orders, quantities, and delivery schedules.
• Tracking delivery dates, production status, and proactive escalation of delays or risks.
• Ensuring a smooth and reliable flow of goods across the supply chain.
• Acting as a key sparring partner to the Head of Forecasting, providing operational feedback and plausibility checks on forecasts.
• Close alignment with Sales, Customer Success, Logistics, Production, and Procurement.
• Translating strategic forecast assumptions into executable operational actions.
• Hands-on use and further development of demand planning and ERP tools (e.g. SAP Business One, Streamline).
• Identification and implementation of operational improvements in demand planning, replenishment, and buying processes.
• Contribution to scenario analyses, data evaluations, and cross-functional process optimization projects.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Team leadership

People skills

Execution-driven

Education

Degree in Business Administration / Supply Chain Management / Logistics

Tools

SAP Business One

Streamline

Job description

#BEcomeMAXX

You enjoy turning forecasts into reality? You like structure, numbers, and processes — but you’re equally strong in leading people, creating clarity, and keeping teams aligned? Then this role is made for you.
As Senior Demand Planning Manager, you own the operational and tactical Demand Planning at IronMaxx. You translate centrally defined forecasts into stable demand, inventory, and ordering decisions, lead your team with clarity and empathy, and act as a close sparring partner to theHead of Forecasting.
While the final ownership of the forecast lies with the Head of Forecasting, you ensure that forecasts work in reality — operationally sound, executable, and stable across the supply chain.

Ready to perform? Your tasks with MAXXimum focus

Demand Planning Ownership

• End-to-end responsibility for operational and tactical demand planning, derived from the central forecast.
• Ensuring high product availability, stable inventory levels, and efficient replenishment.
• Creation, maintenance, and validation of demand, inventory, and ordering plans.
• Continuous monitoring of stock levels, safety stock, lead times, and sales performance.
• Early identification of risks such as shortages, overstocks, or supply bottlenecks.

Buying & Supplier Coordination

• Close operational collaboration with Purchasing and suppliers regarding orders, quantities, and delivery schedules.
• Tracking delivery dates, production status, and proactive escalation of delays or risks.
• Ensuring a smooth and reliable flow of goods across the supply chain.

Sparring & Cross-functional Collaboration

• Acting as a key sparring partner to the Head of Forecasting, providing operational feedback and plausibility checks on forecasts.
• Close alignment with Sales, Customer Success, Logistics, Production, and Procurement.
• Translating strategic forecast assumptions into executable operational actions.

Processes, Tools & Continuous Improvement

• Hands-on use and further development of demand planning and ERP tools (e.g. SAP Business One, Streamline).
• Identification and implementation of operational improvements in demand planning, replenishment, and buying processes.
• Contribution to scenario analyses, data evaluations, and cross-functional process optimization projects.

Your skillset - as strong as our protein

• Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Purchasing, or related fields, ideally with leadership responsibility.
• Strong analytical and structured mindset with high numerical affinity.
• Proven experience in leading teams (disciplinary and/or functional).
• Strong people skills: clear, empathetic, reliable, and collaborative
• Confident handling of ERP and demand planning tools (e.g. SAP, Streamline).
• Solution-oriented, hands-on, and execution-driven working style.
• Very good English skills, German skills are mandatory