Sr. Demand Planner (Remote)

RectorSeal; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Pension

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

RectorSeal, based in Houston, TX, seeks a Sr. Demand Planner to develop a rolling 12-month forecast by integrating historical demand, customer forecasts, and market inputs. You will coordinate the S&OP process with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain to drive alignment and accuracy.

The role emphasizes data quality, documenting assumptions, and communicating forecast changes and risks to stakeholders across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of demand planning or related analytics experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, OR Operations Research.
• High-level Excel skills and proficiency with business systems.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a rolling 12-month forecast for the full product portfolio.
• Analyze historical sales, orders, customer forecasts, market inputs, promotions, pricing activity, and product lifecycle changes.
• Coordinate the Sales and Operations Planning meeting with data preparation, materials, and decision tracking.
• Maintain forecasting parameters, hierarchies, and inputs while improving data quality and processes.
• Support inventory and supply planning decisions with timely, accurate demand assumptions.

Skills

Five years demand planning

Bachelor's degree in quantitative

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelors in quantitative field

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Overview

The Sr. Demand Planner will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and continuously improving a rolling 12-month forecast for all items. In this role, they will combine historical demand, customer forecasts, sales input, product activity, and other available information to develop an actionable demand plan. They will coordinate the Sales and Operations Planning meeting and work closely with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and other groups to develop the forecast. The role requires the ability to work effectively with varied and incomplete data sets from both internal systems and customers.

RectorSeal is part of the Industrial Products division of CSWI, a publicly traded U.S. company. RectorSeal has an 80+ year track record of growth and success providing unique products to HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical contractors as well as the commercial construction industry across North America. RectorSeal currently operates from five manufacturing locations in the United States and maintains strong third-party manufacturing and distribution relationships across the world.

Key Responsibilities

Operations

• Create and maintain a rolling 12-month item-level forecast for the full product portfolio, including new, mature, seasonal, promotional, and discontinued items.
• Analyze historical sales, orders, customer forecasts, market inputs, promotions, pricing activity, product lifecycle changes, and other demand drivers.
• Combine, clean, validate, and reconcile incomplete, inconsistent, or differently structured data sets from internal systems and customers; document assumptions and identify material gaps.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, investigate variances, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions with commercial and operational partners.
• Prepare for and coordinate the Sales and Operations Planning meeting, including, data preparation, presentation materials, decision tracking, and follow-up.
• Maintain forecasting parameters, product hierarchies, customer mappings, and forecast inputs while improving data quality, and planning processes.
• Support inventory and supply planning decisions by providing timely, accurate, and clearly documented demand assumptions.
• Have a general understand of the products, markets, and customers to be able to make more informed decisions regarding the forecast.

Communication

• Present forecast changes, assumptions, performance metrics, risks, and recommended actions.
• Maintain effective communication with key internal stakeholders.
• Identify process problems and data-quality concerns and implement improvements and solutions.

Required Experience

• Minimum of five years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain analytics, business analytics, or a similar role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Operations Research, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• High-level Excel skills and proficiency with relevant business systems and Microsoft applications.

Skills/Competencies

• Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to form defensible conclusions from incomplete or imperfect data.
• Ability to combine, clean, validate, and interpret data from multiple internal and customer sources.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with demand planning, ERP, business intelligence, or statistical forecasting systems.
• Working knowledge of time-series forecasting, seasonality, trend analysis, forecast value added, segmentation, and exception-based planning.
• Experience using customer-provided forecasts, point-of-sale data, order history, or other external demand signals.
• Familiarity with inventory management, supply planning, service-level tradeoffs, and Sales and Operations Planning or integrated business planning processes.
• Experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment.

Benefits:

At RectorSeal, our employees enjoy the following benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, paid time off program with paid holidays, and various wellness programs.

About RectorSeal

Based in Houston, Texas, RectorSeal, LLC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of CSW Industrials, Inc. [NYSE: CSW] and is a leading provider of quality solutions for the professional trades serving heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC/R), plumbing, electrical, and construction markets. For more information about RectorSeal’s innovative products and brands that increase efficiency and improve reliability, please visit www.RectorSeal.com.

About CSW Industrials

CSW Industrials is a diversified industrial growth company with industry-leading operations in three segments: Contractor Solutions, Specialized Reliability Solutions, and Engineered Building Solutions. CSW provides niche, value-added products with two essential commonalities: performance and reliability. The primary end markets we serve with our well-known brands include HVAC/R, plumbing, electrical, general industrial, architecturally-specified building products, energy, mining, and rail transportation.