Demand Planner - Industrial

AgileOne - Axalta; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Curately AI, Inc. seeks a Demand Planner – Industrial to drive forecast accuracy and inventory health for the North American market.

You will coordinate with account teams, product managers, and operations to align demand with supply, ensuring timely delivery and optimal stock levels. The role requires 3+ years in manufacturing planning, strong analytical and communication skills, and proficiency in SAP/IBP/OMP plus MS Office.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of planning experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication and the ability to lead cross-functional meetings.
• Experience with forecasting and demand planning processes.
• Proficiency in SAP/IBP/OMP and MS Office applications.
• Ability to manage inventory and balance priorities across teams.

Responsibilities

• Forecast demand and update supply notes for the Industrial NA business.
• Host demand calls with the commercial team and review with stakeholders.
• Manage forecast in SAP / IBP / other planning systems.
• Track back orders and work with operations to resolve issues.
• Ensure production plans meet customer requirements and KPI targets.
• Support inventory health and drive improvements in service levels.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Cross-functional

Education

Post-Secondary Degree in Business

Supply Chain Management

Tools

SAP

IBP

OMP

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Teams

Job description

Job TitleDemand Planner – IndustrialPosition DescriptionThe purpose of this role is to support the Industrial Business. The individual will be the voice of the customer that will drive Demand, Supply, and Inventory decisions to support the Industrial business in NA. The individual will collaborate with the account teams, product managers, and various business functions around demand requirements and new business opportunities to meet required timelines. This person will be responsible for meeting the inventory metrics associated with Industrial business in NA. Indirect managerial responsibilities and/or provide functional guidance to other work streams within the business.Roles Responsibilities• Perform the day-to-day tasks to support the Industrial Business in North America. This includes forecasting, updating supply notes and hosting demand calls with commercial team.• Maintain shutdown list and interact with operations to help set the daily priorities.• Manage forecast in SAP / IBP/ other.• Track back orders.• Interact with Sales, Operations, Technical and Product Group.• Manage Shutdown tracking.• Work with Master Scheduler to ensure production is scheduled and will meet customer requirements.• Work with the CSR’s to resolve daily issues including supply, logistics and delivery.• Support the North American Industrial Managers to meet customer production requirements.• Quickly resolve Back Orders.• Make sure we have inventory available to meet customer requirements.• Manage phase out / phase in process.• Manage the variability in production at our customers.• Work with product group to launch and obsolete codes as required.• Manage trial batch list, work account teams to prioritize trial batch timing.• Request new GMC creations as needed at appropriate plants.• Set up BOMS / Routings of new products to support production planning.• Manage phase out inventory to zero.• Host New Business Opportunity process.• Look for opportunities to lower inventory yet meet customer requirements.• Manage consignment inventory at our APC consignment locations.• Manage inventory health to support inventory SOX processes.• Manage Supply Chain KPI’s to help drive Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Cost improvements.• Support the IBP Process to support the North American Industrial markets in the areas of service levels, performance against production schedules, inventory strategy, demand planning and supply planning.Skills• Post-Secondary Degree / Diploma in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related discipline.• Minimum three years of relevant work experience in a planning function for a manufacturing company with sound knowledge of End-to-End Supply Chain.• Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to negotiate and reason and influence at all levels of the organization.• Ability to present and lead meetings with cross functional team.• Strong Excel / Word / MS Outlook / PowerPoint / MS Teams.• SAP / OMP / IBP.• Strong problem solving, analytical skills and quick-thinking and ability to make decisions independently.• Ability to manage complexity and resolve conflicts that arise from balancing multiple priorities.• Ownership skills with ability to lead yet work as part of team.Education• Post-Secondary Degree / Diploma in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related discipline.