Owens & Minor

Manager, Demand Planning

Owens & Minor

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $140,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Lead Process Improvement for demand planning processes across Medical Distribution, Kitting, and Global product categories, ensuring process improvements that enable archiving company targets.
  • Own Market intelligence process (ATS), ATS error analysis, bias identification, and continuous improvement initiatives to drive measurable accuracy gains.
  • Support implementation team on Customer Onboarding, normalizing customer usage data and translating it into forecast inputs.
  • Develop and automate advanced demand planning analytics and reporting for executive and operational consumption, including E&O, service levels, backorders, and inventory projects.
  • Develop Data Model needs for Planning Analytics and Architecture for Decision Intelligence.
  • Enable self-service analytics for planners by improving access to account-, DC-, and SKU-level forecast data via enterprise data platforms (EDW/Snowflake).
  • Translate complex data and modeling outputs into clear, decision-ready insights for senior leadership forums.
  • Lead and coordinate monthly Demand Reviews, Supply Reviews, and S&OP cycle inputs, including pre-reads, executive decks, and follow-ups.
  • Implement and Facilitate S&OE and S&OP process.
  • Define planning standards, metrics, and controls to improve accountability, transparency, and cross-functional alignment.
  • Serve as the primary demand planning partner to Commercial, Supply Planning, Distribution, Market Intelligence, and Finance teams.
  • Mentor planners and analysts, assigning complex analytical work and ensuring high-quality, timely deliverables.
  • Proactively identify risks, capacity constraints, and planning gaps, escalating with data-backed recommendations.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in demand planning, forecast accuracy, and S&OP within complex distribution environments.
  • Advanced SAP IBP functional knowledge, including statistical forecasting and planning workflows
  • Strong analytical skills across Excel, enterprise data warehouses, and automated reporting solutions
  • Ability to translate complex analytics into executive-level insights and decisions
  • Proven cross-functional leadership and process transformation experience
  • Prior Medical Distribution experience preferred.
  • Power user of: Alteryx, SQL, PBI.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive Healthcare Plan - Medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one of employment for full-time teammates.
  • Educational Assistance - We offer educational assistance to all eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.
  • Employer-Paid Life Insurance and Disability - We offer employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Voluntary Supplemental Programs – We offer additional options to secure your financial future including supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.
  • Support for your Growing Family – Adoption assistance, fertility benefits (in medical plan) and parental leave are available for teammates planning for a family.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) - We offer these voluntary financial programs to help teammates prepare for their future, as well as other voluntary benefits.
  • Paid Leave - In addition to sick days and short-term leave, we offer holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave – including parental leave.
  • Well-Being – Also included in our offering is a Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs – all at no cost to you.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
demand planningforecast accuracyS&OPSAP IBPstatistical forecastinganalytical skillsautomated reportingdata modelinganalyticsprocess improvement
Soft Skills
cross-functional leadershipprocess transformationmentoringcommunicationrisk identificationproblem-solvingaccountabilitytransparencycollaborationdecision-making