Speciality Distribution Manager
Cycle Pharmaceuticals
Demand Planner
Zeus
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteJob Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
ERPOracle
About the role
- Develop and maintain customer demand forecasts for MTO components, aligning forecasts with confirmed orders, contracts, and project timelines.
- Collaborate with Sales and Customers to understand long-range plans to successfully plan resources and capacity.
- Analyze historical order patterns, market trends, customer-supplied forecasts to anticipate demand and production readiness.
- Lead monthly Demand Review discussions as part of the S&OP process, communicating forecast updates, risks, and opportunities to key stakeholders.
- Monitor forecast accuracy (MAPE, bias) and develop corrective actions to improve predictability in a variable-demand environment.
- Maintain accurate demand data within the ERP and demand planning systems (Oracle, SAP, or equivalent) and ensure data integrity for capacity planning.
- Collaborate with Sales and Finance to align demand forecasts with revenue projections.
- Participate in new product introduction (NPI) and engineering change planning to ensure smooth integration of new parts and phase-out of obsolete components.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives in demand planning and S&OP to enhance responsiveness, visibility, and cross-functional alignment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field required; MBA preferred.
- 3+ years of experience in demand planning or supply chain planning.
- Strong understanding of Make-to-Order (MTO) or Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing processes.
- Proficiency in forecasting techniques, ERP systems (Oracle, SAP), and demand planning tools (Anaplan, KetteQ).
- Demonstrated ability to balance forecast accuracy with production flexibility in a low-volume, high-mix environment.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, formulas, macros).
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- APICS-CPIM or CSCP certification preferred.
- Strong business acumen and a proactive approach to identifying risks, constraints, and improvement opportunities across the planning process.
Benefits
- Zeus offers a competitive pay and a great benefits package.
- Health insurance.
- Paid time off.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Continuous Improvement initiatives.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
demand forecastingsupply chain planningMake-to-Order (MTO)Engineer-to-Order (ETO)forecasting techniquesERP systemsdemand planning toolsMicrosoft Exceldata analysiscapacity planning
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationbusiness acumenproactive approachcross-functional alignmentrisk identificationflexibilitystakeholder communication
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMBAAPICS-CPIMAPICS-CSCP
