Sr. Manager, Global Demand Planning

About the role

The Manager/Sr. Manager, Global Demand Planning acts as Vantive's enterprise expert and business owner for global demand management policies, processes, standards, and tools. This role ensures high-quality demand signals, drives global process consistency, and enables strong integration with supply planning to support optimal inventory, service levels, and business results. As a hands-on subject matter expert, this role will provide process and system guidance and drive increased demand planning proficiency for practitioners across regions and business units. The person in this role equips planners with the right tools, training, and coaching, and leads initiatives that strengthen forecast quality and enhance planning rigor, cadence, and transparency. Operating in a fast-moving transformation environment, this role plays a key part in aligning commercial, supply chain, and finance teams. The role supports scenario modeling, identifies risks and opportunities, and contributes to annual operating plans and long-range strategic business planning. The position also manages centralized statistical modeling, demand-related master data, and emerging AI-enabled automation to elevate planning maturity and decision support in executive forums.

Responsibilities

• Global Process Ownership & Governance: Define, maintain, and improve global demand management policies, standards, and tools aligned with SIOP principles. Lead global demand management process governance, ensuring consistency, data integrity, analytical rigor, and adherence across regions and business units. Establish and maintain performance metrics and continuous improvement roadmap; identify root causes and drive corrective actions to improve forecast accuracy and bias.
• Planning Excellence & Capability Building: Coach and mentor demand forecasters, planners, and analysts to build skill depth, promote standard ways of working, and strengthen engagement. Develop and deliver training materials, playbooks, and capability-building sessions. Promote planning discipline and continuous improvement to drive planning maturity.
• Demand Planning Operations: Coordinate the end-to-end global demand planning cycle, ensuring timely and high-quality handoffs, documentation, and governance. Develop, validate, and run centralized statistical forecast models; support commercial teams to efficiently incorporate market intelligence and strategic objectives in demand plans. Support AOP/LRP demand development, scenario modeling, and risk/opportunity assessments. Support SIOP planning cycles and facilitate consensus demand reviews as needed.
• Technology, Data, & Automation: Serve as the demand management SME for planning and reporting systems. Partner with IT and systems teams to resolve system issues, deploy enhancements, and onboard new functionality. Identify and lead initiatives that introduce automation, AI forecasting, and advanced analytics to improve planning maturity and efficiency. Oversee demand-centric master data processes that support accurate forecasting and system performance.

Key accountabilities

• High-quality demand plans and supporting analytics (scenarios, assumptions, etc.) that drive strategic alignment and optimized financial and operational outcomes.
• Improved forecast accuracy and bias management across the global enterprise.
• Increased adoption, compliance, and consistency of standardized demand planning processes and tools.
• Enhanced planning efficiency, capability, and cross-functional integration.
• Effective translation of demand signals into supply planning and inventory optimization.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in business, supply chain, engineering, analytics, or related field required. MBA or MS preferred but not required.
• Professional certifications such as IBF CPF, APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP, Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or data analytics credentials are highly desirable.
• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, supply planning, or related roles, with strong working knowledge of SIOP processes, preferably within the regulated medtech industry.
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience leading demand planning process improvements and delivering results in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Advanced analytical capability and the ability to translate complex data into clear insights and executive-ready materials.
• Hands-on expertise with advanced planning platforms (e.g., Kinaxis RapidResponse/Maestro or equivalent), statistical modeling, and agentic AI tools.
• Proficiency with MS Office, ERP systems (e.g., JDE), and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Strong process discipline, attention to detail, and continuous improvement mindset.

Additional expectations

• Demonstrated leadership in global process governance or COE-style roles.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide planning improvements or transformation initiatives.
• Greater depth in advanced analytics, AI-enabled planning, statistical modeling, or large-scale digital transformations.
• Stronger ability to independently lead cross-functional alignment and influence senior-level stakeholders.

Compensation

The estimated base salary for this position is $136,000 - $180,000 annually. Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. For commercial roles, the estimated range does not include potential commission or other incentives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one
• Insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
• Aon Pooled Employer Plan ("Aon PEP"), Vantive's 401(k) retirement savings plan with robust investment options, financial education, and resources to support retirement goals
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Educational assistance programs
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service
• Family and medical leaves of absence
• Paid parental leave
• Commuting benefits
• Employee Discount Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Childcare benefits