Demand Planning Manager - The Toro Company

The Toro Company • Bloomington, MN

1d • $104,000 - $130,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Demand Manager, IBP for the Residential & Landscape Contractor (RLC) business unit is a working manager responsible for leading the development, alignment, and delivery of accurate demand plans supporting operational, financial, and strategic objectives across a 24–36‑month horizon. This role oversees RLC’s demand consensus process and ensures cross‑functional accountability for forecast accuracy and forecast‑value improvement. The position partners closely with Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Planning, and Product Teams within the RLC portfolio to translate market intelligence, POS insights, promotional plans, channel dynamics, and historical performance into a reliable demand signal.
Work Location: This role will be based at the Bloomington, MN Toro's International Corporate Headquarters. Fully remote is not available at this time. The current team works 3-days on campus, with optional 2-days remote. Typical office environment as it pertains to lighting, temperature, and noise level when in administrative/operations offices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Analytics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain planning.
• Knowledge of advanced planning tools.
• Expertise in forecasting methods, data modeling, and demand planning best practices.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem‑solving skills and advanced Excel.
• Excellent communication and influence skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree in supply chain, business, information systems, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in RLC or similar industry experience preferred.
• Experience with SQL, Power BI, or Tableau preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly RLC Demand Consensus process, ensuring alignment across Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain.
• Own the family‑level demand plan for 24–36 months and ensure SKU‑level forecast quality within the cumulative lead‑time horizon.
• Guide, mentor, and develop RLC-focused demand planning analysts.
• Ensure full adherence to enterprise IBP standards and the RLC business unit’s planning calendar.
• Owns and leads the weekly RLC Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) process, ensuring short‑term alignment across Sales, Marketing, Supply Planning, and Operations.
• Facilitates weekly ITP meetings, driving visibility to near‑term demand changes, supply constraints, risks, and required trade‑off decisions.
• Consolidates and validates short‑term demand signals from Sales, Marketing, channel partners, and POS trends.
• Partners with Supply Planning to evaluate capacity, inventory, and production feasibility, escalating issues when tactical plans diverge from IBP.
• Ensures cross‑functional accountability for actions and closure of issues identified during the ITP cycle.
• Identifies and communicates deviations from the IBP demand plan, quantifying impacts on service levels, inventory, and revenue.
• Drives scenario planning to support decisions related to demand surges, supply shortages, promotions, and seasonal shifts.
• Delivers weekly ITP dashboards, KPIs, and executive summaries highlighting risks and required decisions.
• Ensures alignment between tactical (ITP) and strategic (IBP) horizons.
• Integrate POS trends, shipment history, channel inventory, promotional activity, and customer insights into the RLC forecast.
• Partner with RLC Sales & Marketing to validate assumptions and ensure alignment to a single consensus demand plan.
• Work closely with Supply Planning to identify constraints, assess risks, and escalate supply/demand misalignments.
• Oversee forecasting within SAP IBP for RLC, ensuring model effectiveness and data quality.
• Monitor EVA, BIAS, forecast accuracy, and stability; perform root cause analysis and lead corrective actions.
• Deliver reporting and insights on RLC forecast performance, risks, and variances to leadership.
• Identify and size risks and opportunities; lead scenario-based planning.
• Lead demand planning for RLC new product introductions, including pre‑launch volumes and ramp curves.
• Manage RLC end‑of‑life demand plans and inventory transitions.
• Provide demand inputs to RLC annual business planning and long‑range strategy.
• Support improvements in IBP, forecasting systems, and RLC data integrity.
• Lead implementation and optimization of new tools and planning processes for RLC.

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top-tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQ location a variety of perks, including:
• Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.
• Food - Take advantage of our onsite café, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.
• Wellness - The Toro Company’s HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical well-being, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.
• Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer` in the community.
• Summer Hours – Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.
• Competitive Salary – A reasonable salary estimate is $104,000-$130,000 for this opportunity.
• If you need to, you can access your pay early with the One@Work app, formerly the Even app.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager