Demand Planning Business Process Owner

Demand Planning Leadership

Lead the design and implementation of future-state demand planning processes.
Establish and govern demand baseline methodologies.
Drive demand construction and consensus planning processes across functions.
Implement and monitor forecast accuracy and forecast bias management practices.
Develop planning standards, process governance, and performance metrics.
Support Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Demand Review processes.

Advanced Planning Transformation

Serve as a business process lead for the deployment of advanced planning capabilities.
Partner with implementation teams to translate business requirements into system design.
Validate solution designs against business needs and process objectives.
Lead business testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and process validation activities.
Support change management, training development, and user adoption initiatives.
Influence key business stakeholders to align on future-state planning capabilities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner closely with Supply Chain, Commercial, Operations, Finance, IT, and external implementation teams.
Facilitate alignment between regional and global stakeholders.
Drive decision-making and resolve planning process issues and gaps.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 10-15+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain Planning, or Integrated Business Planning.
  Demonstrated experience leading business process transformation initiatives.
  Proven experience supporting advanced planning system implementations.
  Experience operating as a Business Process Owner (BPO), Process Lead, or Planning Transformation Lead.
  Strong experience working within complex cross-functional organizations.
• Core Functional Expertise: Demand Baseline Development & Governance
  Demand Construction & Consensus Planning
  Forecast Accuracy & Forecast Bias Management
  Statistical Forecasting Methodologies
  Demand Planning Process Design
  Business Process Transformation
  Testing, Validation, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Systems Experience: Strong preference for Kinaxis
  Additional experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP IBP, OMP, Blue Yonder, and other advanced planning platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Consumer Goods, FMCG, or other highly dynamic demand-driven industries strongly preferred.
  Experience supporting enterprise planning transformations.
  Knowledge of IBP (Integrated Business Planning) processes.
  Experience developing training materials and supporting organizational change management.
  Experience working with large-scale planning deployments across multiple business functions.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on planning transformation leader who combines deep demand planning expertise with advanced planning system implementation experience.
They are comfortable challenging existing processes, designing future-state capabilities, and partnering with technical teams to ensure successful deployment and adoption.