Demand Planning CoE Manager

Position Summary The Manager, Center of Excellence Demand Planning is responsible for advancing demand planning capabilities across the enterprise through process excellence, governance, technology enablement, and continuous improvement. This role develops and governs the standards, methodologies, best practices, and performance measures used for demand forecasting and demand planning while partnering with operational planning and commercial teams to improve forecast quality, planning effectiveness, and business performance. The position leads efforts to mature integrated business planning processes, supports the implementation and adoption of advanced planning technologies, and drives continuous improvement across demand planning processes and capabilities. By establishing consistent ways of working and enabling planning excellence, this role helps strengthen organizational planning maturity, improve decision-making, and support long-term business objectives. This is a remote role with the requirement of residing within the UnitedStates. If you are local to Mentor, OH, this position will be hybrid with the expectation of being onsite in Mentor, OH 3 days/week. Up to 50% domestic and international travel. This role isnot eligible for Visa Sponsorship or H1B Transfer. What You'll do as a Demand Planning CoE Manager - Enterprise Demand Planning Excellence - Leads the design, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise demand planning processes, standards, and best practices to drive consistency, scalability, forecast quality, and planning excellence across the organization. - Demand Planning Methodologies - Develops and maintains enterprise methodologies and governance frameworks for demand forecasting, statistical modelling, forecast segmentation, hierarchy management, and demand plan development, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational requirements. - Cross Functional Alignment - Strengthens alignment among planning, commercial, marketing, finance, operations, and supply chain teams by establishing common demand planning processes, assumptions, decision frameworks, and performance expectations that improve end-to-end business performance. - Integrated Business Planning Maturity - Designs, governs, and continuously enhances integrated business planning processes, including Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning, by establishing standards for demand review, facilitating continuous improvement, and promoting adoption of best practices across the enterprise. - Demand Planning Performance Measures - Establishes and governs demand planning performance measures, metric definitions, scorecards, and reporting standards, including forecast accuracy, forecast bias, forecast value added, and demand plan quality, to support consistent performance evaluation and data-driven decision-making. - Partner Cross Functionally - Partners with planning, commercial, marketing, finance, operations, supply chain, and technology teams to drive cross-functional alignment, support strategic initiatives, and ensure effective execution of demand planning standards and governance requirements. - Enable Advanced Planning Systems - Supports the implementation, enhancement, and adoption of advanced planning systems and demand planning technologies by defining business process requirements, aligning solutions with established standards, and promoting sustainable business value realization. - Capability Building - Develops demand planning playbooks, training materials, best practices, and capability-building programs that enhance organizational planning knowledge, accelerate onboarding, and support a culture of continuous improvement. The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed Required Bachelor's Degree. 8+ years of experience in demand planning, for