Senior Demand Planning Lead (IBP/ITP)

The Toro Company; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dress for your day

Onsite café

Fitness facility

Volunteer hours

Summer hours

Hybrid work

Competitive pay

Job summary

The Toro Company in Bloomington, MN is seeking a Demand Manager for the Residential & Landscape Contractor portfolio to lead multi‑year demand planning and drive forecast accuracy.

You will own the 24–36 month family demand plan, guide analytics teams, and coordinate across Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Supply Planning to translate market insights into a single consensus forecast. This role is hybrid, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Analytics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain planning; RLC or similar industry experience preferred.
• Knowledge of advanced planning tools.
• Expertise in forecasting methods, data modeling, and demand planning best practices.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Advanced Excel; preferred experience with SQL, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Excellent communication and influence skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly RLC Demand Consensus process, ensuring alignment across Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain.
• Own the family‑level demand plan for 24–36 months and ensure SKU‑level forecast quality within the cumulative lead‑time horizon.
• Guide, mentor, and develop RLC‑focused demand planning analysts.
• Ensure full adherence to enterprise IBP standards and the RLC business unit’s planning calendar.
• Owns and guides the weekly RLC Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) process, ensuring short‑term alignment across Sales, Marketing, Supply Planning, and Operations.
• Facilitates weekly ITP meetings, driving visibility to near‑term demand changes, supply constraints, risks, and required trade‑off decisions.
• Consolidates and validates short‑term demand signals from Sales, Marketing, channel partners, and POS trends.
• Partners with Supply Planning to evaluate capacity, inventory, and production feasibility, escalating issues when tactical plans diverge from IBP.
• Ensures cross‑functional accountability for actions and closure of issues identified during the ITP cycle.
• Identifies and communicates deviations from the IBP demand plan, quantifying impacts on service levels, inventory and revenue.
• Drives scenario planning to support decisions related to demand surges, supply shortages, promotions, and seasonal shifts.
• Delivers weekly ITP dashboards, KPIs, and executive summaries highlighting risks and required decisions.
• Ensures alignment between tactical (ITP) and strategic (IBP) horizons.
• Integrate POS trends, shipment history, channel inventory, promotional activity, and customer insights into the RLC forecast.
• Partner with RLC Sales & Marketing to validate assumptions and ensure alignment to a single consensus demand plan.
• Work closely with Supply Planning to identify constraints, assess risks, and elevate supply/demand misalignments.
• Oversee forecasting within SAP IBP for RLC, ensuring model effectiveness and data quality.
• Monitor EVA, BIAS, forecast accuracy, and stability; perform root cause analysis and lead corrective actions.
• Deliver reporting and insights on RLC forecast performance, risks and variances to leadership.
• Identify and size risks and opportunities; lead scenario‑based planning.
• Lead demand planning for RLC new product introductions, including pre‑launch volumes and ramp curves.
• Manage RLC end‑of‑life demand plans and inventory transitions.
• Provide demand inputs to RLC annual business planning and long‑range strategy.
• Support improvements in IBP, forecasting systems, and RLC data integrity.
• Lead implementation and optimization of new tools and planning processes for RLC.

Skills

Demand planning

Forecasting

Analytics

Leadership

Advanced Excel

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Analytics, or related field

Tools

SAP IBP

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

The Toro Company in Bloomington, MN is seeking a Demand Manager for the Residential & Landscape Contractor portfolio to lead multi‑year demand planning and drive forecast accuracy.

You will own the 24–36 month family demand plan, guide analytics teams, and coordinate across Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Supply Planning to translate market insights into a single consensus forecast. This role is hybrid, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.