Master Scheduler & Demand Planning Lead

Ingersoll-Rand plc; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days Holiday

Death in Service

Cycle scheme

Health Cover

Job summary

Ingersoll Rand plc seeks a Master Scheduler in Ireland to drive demand planning, inventory management, and data analytics. You will build rolling demand plans and optimize stock to balance service with working capital, while translating complex data into clear actions across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, and Supply Planning.

The role requires 3–5 years in supply chain planning, ERP/MRP experience, and BI tooling expertise. A CPIM is preferred.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in production planning, master scheduling, supply planning, inventory management, or supply chain analytics.
• APICS CPIM certification preferred; candidates without certification must be willing to obtain it within 18 months of employment.
• Experience managing ERP planning systems, MRP processes, item master data, and inventory optimization initiatives.
• Experience developing reporting, dashboards, and performance metrics using BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Excel, or equivalent).
• Experience utilizing AI-enabled analytical tools and digital technologies to improve planning effectiveness and business decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the demand-planning cycle and develop a rolling 12–18 month demand plan by product family, item, customer, and market as appropriate.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Finance, Customer Service, and Supply teams to capture market intelligence, promotions, new-product activity, risks, and opportunities.
• Analyse forecast accuracy, bias, demand volatility, backlog, and order trends; identify root causes and drive corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain inventory policies that balance service, availability, working capital, and operational risk.
• Monitor inventory health, including turns, days on hand, excess and obsolete exposure, slow-moving stock, stock-outs, and safety-stock performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional actions to reduce excess inventory, prevent shortages, improve material availability, and achieve inventory targets.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Excel

Oracle R12

Job description

Ingersoll Rand plc seeks a Master Scheduler in Ireland to drive demand planning, inventory management, and data analytics. You will build rolling demand plans and optimize stock to balance service with working capital, while translating complex data into clear actions across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, and Supply Planning.

The role requires 3–5 years in supply chain planning, ERP/MRP experience, and BI tooling expertise. A CPIM is preferred.