Demand Planner

Modine Manufacturing Company
life insurance, short term disability, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
United States, Wisconsin, Racine
1500 De Koven Avenue (Show on map)
Oct 04, 2024
At Modine, we are engineering a cleaner, healthier world. Building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, we provide trusted systems and solutions that improve air quality and conserve natural resources. More than 13,000 employees are at work in every corner of the globe, delivering the solutions our customers need, where they need them. Our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments support our purpose by improving air quality, reducing energy and water consumption, lowering harmful emissions and enabling cleaner running vehicles and environmentally-friendly refrigerants. Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (USA), with operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information about Modine, visit www.modine.com. Position Description As the Demand Planner, you play an essential role in our sales and supply chain organization within Modine's Air Cooled Application business. You will be creating and maintaining the consensus demand plan at multiple levels of aggregation, using statistical models, and leveraging insights from Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Finance teams. This individual will work cross functionally with multiple teams within the organization including sales to determine customer demand, supply chain to stay updated on parts availability, operations to be informed on throughput and capacity, engineering for new product development time horizon, and finance to ensure profitability targets are achieved. This position is at our Racine, Wisconsin global headquarters and allows for a hybrid work schedule. Modine HQ in Racine, WI, which is located 30 minutes from Milwaukee downtown and 75 minutes from Chicago. Key Responsibilities Responsible for building out and leading commercial S&OP processes including global demand planning, commercial alignment meetings with sales, manufacturing, logistics and finance, loading forecasts, and presenting net effects of forecasts to Manufacturing, Finance, and Sr Executive leadership. Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results. Interact with sales, marketing, and finance to develop a consensus and forecast event drivers across categories and customers. Documents and retains history of planning assumptions. Develop complete analysis/timeline related to demand for new product launches. Develop aggregate level forecast to align cross-functional planning across the business unit. Understands how environmental factors, market dynamics, competitors and internal programs or overrides generate the need to adjust the mathematical forecast. Develop aggregate level forecast to align cross-functional planning across the business unit. Maintains working knowledge of end-to-end supply chain components including forecasting, inventory management, promotional planning, basic department management, master data management, item lifecycle and disposition, seasonal planning, DC operations, store ordering and operations, supplier planning and order fulfillment. Drive root cause analysis to understand demand plan error in prior periods and implement continuous improvement initiatives. Ensure that product is available in the quantity and time needed to support customer demand, capacity constraints all while meeting inventory and service level targets. Required Education & Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Economics, Mathematics, Supply Chain/Logistics, Business or related technical field. 3+ years demand planning and/or supply chain planning Understanding of ERP and APS (i.e., SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Logility, etc.) Must have oral and written communication skills for presentations to all levels of customer and management. Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills Advanced Excel & analytics skills Required (i.e., power query, power pivots, VBA, etc.) Demonstrated ability to present in front of groups of people Ability to work with multiple business functions and find balance in conflicting priorities Advanced analytical and statistical abilities including concepts such as standard deviation, forecast error, bias, and mean average percent error (MAPE) Knowledge and experience working in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems Modine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Modine provides a competitive benefit package, which could include paid vacation, short term disability, 401(k), health, dental, vision, life insurance, flex spending benefits, tuition reimbursement, Health Savings Account and much more. Human Resources will provide more detail upon your hiring. #LI-Remote #LI-LR1