Senior Demand Planner

The Senior Demand Planner plays a pivotal role in the success of our Electromagnetic Clutches & Brakes group within the Clutches & Brakes division at Regal Rexnord. This professional is entrusted with the responsibility to develop a data-driven rolling forecast, ensuring data integrity and timely hand-off to supply planning. They will measure forecast accuracy, be responsible for governing the forecasting tools and analytics, identify and drive improvement initiatives, and lead the demand planning process through consensus with Sales, Marketing, Planning, and Finance. The individual for this role should be highly analytical with a strong collaborative leadership approach to coordinate across the organization. By blending analytical acumen with industry experience, the Demand Planner Senior drives the company's ability to respond to market dynamics, deliver superior customer service, and maintain operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Ownership of Demand Forecast:

• Accountable for developing a data-driven 18-month rolling forecast which is the basis for financial projections and downstream planning
• Oversight of the data integrity of these forecasts and timely hand-off to supply planning
• Lead monthly demand planning meetings with key stakeholders

Utilizing Data Tools and Statistical Data:

• Ownership and subject matter expert of demand planning tools including tool implementation, maintenance, and coaching/training to other business users
• Review and improve statistical forecasting models and methodology
• Partner with BI&A and Digital Solutions to define forecasting improvements with the latest technologies
• Oversee transition to use single planning tool to support units-based forecasting

Forecasting KPIs and Analytics:

• Accountable for measuring Forecast Accuracy and identifying accuracy improvements initiatives with teams providing forecasting inputs
• Establish forecasting dashboards and demand visualizations to support consensus demand plan, identify demand trends and analyze forecast performance
• Review results with key forecast input stakeholders

Develop Demand Consensus Process:

• Lead the Demand process through consensus with Sales, Marketing, Planning & Finance to ensure timely development of an agreed upon forecast which ties to financial projections
• Collaborate across various functions – Product Management, Sales, and Commercial Operations to capture necessary insights at aggerate level to support disaggregation and analysis at lower-level item and value stream to support supply planning

Customer Forecasting Collaboration:

• Lead the monthly forecast collaboration meetings with Key Customers and Channel Leaders
• Partner with Commercial Excellence to increase collection of Customer Forecasting Inputs

Downstream Demand Management:

• Communicate demand gaps and significant forecast changes to Supply Planning
• Determine course of action to bridge gaps and communicate back to Marketing/Sales
• Identify shifts in demand trends, analyze forecast accuracy and downstream impacts to inventory health and service performance

Establish & Govern Intercompany Demand Plans:

• Establish site to site demand forecasting processes to support sites in supply planning internal dependent demand between facilities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will have proven experience in developing collaborative relationships across all levels of the organization.  This leader must have the passion, energy and intellectual curiosity necessary for a fast-paced, growth-driven environment. 

Minimum Requirements:

• BS/BA degree in Supply Chain, Business or related field, required
• 5+ year's experience in Operations, Supply Chain, or Materials Management for manufacturing.
• 2+ year's experience within an ERP's materials planning, master scheduling and/or production control modules. Advanced knowledge of ERP/MRP systems; SAP experience is required, and familiarity with Oracle is a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including cross-discipline collaboration, is required.
• Experience in management across geographically distributed locations.

Travel: Some travel required (approximately 25%)

Language: English

Salary Range: 95K-120K

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company's electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company's automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company's end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit

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