Demand Planning Manager

About the role

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate an 18-month rolling Demand & margin/mix plan for the Analytics segment in Americas and Europe.
• Represent the Demand Planning function in the M&CS SIOP process.
• Lead monthly Pre-DRM and DRM.
• Coordinate the demand planning process, critique & analyze, and provide integrated understanding.
• Partner with commercial and finance teams across segment divisions to gain consensus on demand plan and alignment between SIOP and financial planning processes.
• Maintain a list of assumptions collected via multiple stakeholders in the process.
• Facilitate strategic decisions on issue resolution & gap closing.
• Provide a summary of sensitivities, vulnerabilities, and opportunities to relevant KPIs.
• Continuously improve the Demand Planning process, actively searching for opportunities to streamline existing processes.
• Facilitate data collection and reporting.
• Ensure consistency with Xylem process standards for Demand Planning across the segment.
• Coordinate M&CS Demand Planning strategic reviews including systems and related processes.
• Benchmark Xylem against competitors on Operational KPIs.
• Research market conditions and customer segmentation to support business case development.
• Lead supply chain projects in sales, manufacturing, or distribution as assigned.
• Cross-train, backup, and temporarily replace members of the SIOP group as required.
• Effectively communicate with commercial teams, manufacturing sites, sourcing, sales, distribution centers, and finance functions at all staff levels to ensure goal fulfillment for Xylem.
• Lead and direct a change process and be eager to make a difference.
• Professionally represent Xylem to external suppliers/customers.
• Actively search for new or more optimal processes to improve forecast accuracy, reduce logistic cost, optimize service, and inventory.
• Understand the supply chain planning industry trends and effectively communicate to drive change and input to strategy.
• Actively search for information about potential planning and market issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (e.g., supply chain, finance).
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant supply chain experience for a global international company.
• Oliver Wight / APICS Certification (or comparable).
• Demonstrated leadership & strategic development.
• Excellent English skills; other languages are a plus.
• Knowledge and experience of lean manufacturing, continuous improvement (CI), and/or six sigma tools & concepts.
• Excellent analytical and presentation skills.
• Highly proficient in Excel and ERP planning systems.
• Ability to translate business and financial goals into action plans.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels from manufacturing floor to executive.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work in a rapidly changing, stressful environment.
• Change agent with the ability to think creatively and look forward.

Skills

• Represent Xylem in a professional manner and maintain high personal integrity.
• Comply with the Xylem Code of Conduct.
• Ability to work independently and travel (up to 10%).
• Ability to focus, prioritize, and deliver results quickly.
• Advanced analytical skills and ability to present results clearly and simply.
• Think out of the box and challenge traditional mindsets.
• Capable of working with multiple projects simultaneously.
• Capable of working in a team environment involving multiple cultures.
• Strong knowledge of Supply Chain concepts and their contribution to overall company targets.
• Keep updated on world current events (general, customer, competitors).
• Willing and flexible to accept new challenges.

Operating Income responsibility for sites with annual COGS of ~483M USD. Xylem does not provide visa sponsorship for this position.