Demand Planning Manager

Hubbell Incorporated•Portsmouth, NH

20h

About The Position

The Demand Planning Manager is responsible for overseeing, analyzing, and developing Aclara’s demand forecasts to support customer demand planning. The Demand Planning Manager will work with product management, sales, engineering and finance to assure customer demand within the ERP system is accurate. This position is required to be the Operations subject matter expert (SME) within the ERP system, working closely with IT and finance as needed. They will manage others in the Demand Planning department to ensure all planning related responsibilities are being accomplished as documented.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or supply chain operations.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience within supply chain / operations planning at a manager level.
Must have an excellent understanding of MRP and inventory control systems.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to analyze large amounts of data to make sound decisions.
Excellent interpersonal, leadership and facilitation skills.
Proven record of effectively managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines while maintaining high attention to detail and accuracy.
Proficiency in Microsoft Suite with advanced Excel skills.

Nice To Haves

SAP or equivalent ERP experience.
APICS Operations/Supply Chain certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Manage, review and analyze sales backlog and demand forecast to ensure Operations can meet customer demand
Use combination of statistical forecasting and business input to maintain twelve month rolling forecast; lead business wide forecasting process
Develop and manage others in the Demand Planning group to ensure alignment between Operations, Marketing, Engineering, Sales and Finance teams.
Manage order fulfillment between internal manufacturing and contract manufacturers
Work directly with Sales and support teams to provide timely lead-time estimates for new opportunities
Liaison between product management, program management, commercial team, order entry team and materials with respect to expediting product, sales order pull-ins and priority issues to meet customer needs.
Monitor and report on request kept, promise kept, overdue backlog, and other operations metrics.
Manage the Operations department ERP requirements working closely with IT as required.
Assist Purchasing with management of safety stock levels to achieve a balance between expected customer service levels and inventory targets.
Identify, drive and support process improvement initiatives .
Manage demand loading files for all Aclara product lines for contract manufacturers.