Global Demand Planning Manager (Food Ingredients, Remote)

Job summary

This role involves transforming complex demand signals into actionable global strategies that enhance business performance within the food ingredients sector. The position supports a flexible work environment, allowing for hybrid or remote arrangements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field
• 5–8+ years of experience in demand planning, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), or Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Hands-on experience with SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Proven collaboration with Finance, Commercial, and Supply Planning teams
• Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving skills with advanced Excel proficiency
• Ability to work effectively across regions, cultures, and time zones
• Clear communication skills and the ability to influence diverse stakeholder groups
• Experience leading or coordinating globally distributed teams

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, consolidation, and validation of the global demand forecast for Ingredients portfolios and regions
• Integrate statistical forecasting models, historical data, commercial inputs, and market trends to ensure forecast accuracy
• Identify key demand drivers, risks, and opportunities and communicate them clearly to stakeholders
• Perform root-cause analysis on forecast accuracy and bias and drive improvement actions with regional teams
• Ensure alignment between demand forecasts, financial plans, budgets, and strategic outlooks
• Translate demand plans into actionable inputs for global and regional supply planning teams
• Support monthly Demand Review activities within Integrated Business Planning (IBP), including assumptions and analytics
• Ensure regional demand inputs comply with global standards defined by the Business Planning Center of Excellence (COE)

Skills

• Experience in Food Ingredients, Specialty Chemicals, or Consumer Packaged Goods environments is a plus
• Exposure to planning Centers of Excellence or digital supply chain transformations
• Familiarity with Power BI or other analytics and visualization tools

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required.

Tools

• SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Advanced Excel
• Power BI or similar analytics tools