Demand Planning Manager
Medline Industries, LP
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Northbrook • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $116,000 - $174,000 per year
About the role
- Lead team members by placing value on adherence to the monthly planning process and demand planning best practices
- Work cross functionally to enhance the end-to-end capability of the S&OP process
- Cultivate an environment of continuous improvement with an emphasis on collaboration and personal ownership
- Maintain key performance metrics and demand monitoring for senior management
- Determine methods to address and correct planning behaviors that adversely affect forecast accuracy, service, and inventory position
- Act as subject matter expert regarding demand planning processes and work with supply network planners, import and domestic buyers, supply chain analysts and central data organizations
- Manage and partner with internal and external stakeholders
- Train, coach, and lead team in documented process flows, rules and standards relevant to inventory management demand planning and industry best practices
- Work closely with our Implementation team to successfully plan the onboarding of new business
- Lead day-to-day activities of the team
- Assign, monitor and review process and accuracy of work
- Direct efforts and provide technical guidance on more complex issues
- Assist in the ideation, management, and prioritization of continuous improvement projects and initiatives
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management
- 4 years experience in Supply Chain
- Experience applying knowledge of MRP, buying, demand planning and forecasting
- At least 2 years of experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people
- Experience with leading, mentoring, and developing employees; performance management; cultivating a team culture that aligns with the organization’s goals and values
- Ability to assess and initiate actions independently.
- Experience in taking charge of a situation, team or project
- Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with little or no supervision
- Demonstrated problem solving ability in an environment of rapid change and with many variables
- Experience analyzing data and/or process to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong visual presentation skills as related to reports, scorecards, dashboards and presentations
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Life and disability coverage
- 401(k) contributions
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
demand planningforecastingMRPinventory managementdata analysisperformance managementcontinuous improvementprocess improvementsupply chain managementproject management
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcoachingproblem solvingcommunicationteam culture developmentindependent actionmentoringadaptabilityownership
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in EngineeringBachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management