Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide direction and coaching to Sales and Marketing on best practice methods for demand planning.
• Prepare a monthly unit forecast for all Retail, Wholesale, and OEM customers that meet the timing of the demand planning calendar.
• Facilitate reaching a consensus across Power Solutions Marketing and Operations on the unit sales forecast to be utilized for all forms of business planning (Sales, Operations, Components, etc). This includes facilitating the monthly Demand Planning meeting including agenda, exceptions reports, and performance feedback measurements along with following an established process for issue resolution and escalation.
• Evaluation of monthly data loads into Logility (statistical forecasting tool) — Quality of data is critical when developing baseline statistical forecasts. This role will be responsible for assuring that master data related to forecasting and forecast entries are up to date and accurate. This includes facilitating the sustaining of relevant master data maintenance processes and working with all business functions to assure master data is evaluated and adjusted.
• Generation of statistical forecasts — Evaluate the historical accuracy of statistical baseline forecasts and adjust parameters to ensure forecasting models provide the best possible baseline forecasts.
• Performance Measuring — Execute and evaluate performance measurements and exception reports. Determine forecast adjustments required to improve forecasting to at least target levels. Recommend and facilitate the implementation of additional measurements and reporting that may help improve forecast accuracies. Evaluate and recommend appropriate Forecast Accuracy targets for various levels of and categories of sales.
• Supervise and prioritize the work of the Demand Planning Analyst.
• Collaborate with the Marketing staff and the Sales force to gather judgmental input on future sales that cannot be derived using history. This will include implementing and utilizing standard work processes for collecting customer intelligence on significant changes in demand behavior, accounting for product life cycle changes and incorporating market dynamics and Power Solutions sales and marketing plans.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 4-6 years of planning or allocations experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of the market, sales forecasting, demand planning and inventory management    
• Strong financial aptitude with in-depth knowledge of retail analytics
• Proven ability and success in leading a business unit to achieving financial and inventory targets
• Ability to plan resources effectively, anticipate obstacles and develop solutions 
• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills with a focus on building long-term partnerships
• Highly resourceful, flexible and works well in an unstructured environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Cross functional influencing skills to drive profitability and efficiency
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Accustomed to working in a multinational environment.
• High Level of Excel knowledge
• High level of SAP experience
• Analytical
• Results Oriented
• Effective Problem Solver
• Organizational Skills
• Capacity to adapt to change
• Accustomed to work under pressure
• Team player