Sr. Manager, Global Demand Planning

About the role

The Manager/Sr. Manager, Global Demand Planning at Vantive acts as the 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Career Development
• 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.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, analytics, or related field required.
• An 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.

Skills

• Leadership in global process governance or COE-style roles.
• Demonstrated 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.

Benefits

Vantive offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (“Aon PEP”), Vantive’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, to help you prepare for your future. The Aon PEP is designed to help improve retirement outcomes by providing retirement resources more efficiently. The plan offers a robust set of investment options, financial education, and a suite of resources to support your retirement goals. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.