Lead Demand Planner
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The Lead Demand Planner manages forecasting activities for customers and products, creating statistical models that incorporate business intelligence and collaboration across sales, marketing, finance, and other partners. The role owns the demand portion of the monthly S&OP process, aligns the business on demand plans, and coordinates with supply planning to support timely decisions. It also leads demand planners and maintains forecasting metrics.
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Job Description:
WE CREATE EMPOWERED LEADERS! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success -- so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to provide business aligned solutions on our Supply Chain Team. Within our Supply Chain department, we have multiple focus areas, including Demand Planning.
The Lead Demand Planner position is responsible for all forecasting activities associated with customers and products. Leveraging forecasting software, the position creates and maintains statistical models for their customers, incorporating business intelligence and a collaborative effort with sales, marketing, finance, retailer replenishment analysts, and other sources.
This role is accountable for the Demand portion of the monthly S&OP process. This involves compiling global forecast and gaining formal business alignment to the Demand Plan. The plan is then passed to suppliers for long term inventory and capacity planning. The Demand Planner also works with the Supply Planner to ensure decisions are carried out in a timely and effective manner.
You'll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:
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Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
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Interact with sales, marketing, and customer finance to develop a consensus and forecast event drivers across categories and customers.
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Develop complete analysis/timeline related to demand for new product launches.
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Develop aggregate level forecast to align cross-functional planning across the business unit.
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Use and maintain Oracle as the primary forecasting system tool.
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Maintain metrics/scorecards on KPI’s, including forecast accuracy, fill rate, inventory turns, and excess & obsolete inventory.
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Manage a team of demand planners
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Other duties/projects as assigned.
The TOOLS you'll bring with you:
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Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, Supply Chain/Logistics, Business or related Technical field.
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7-9 years directly related experience.
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Experience leading others
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Understanding of ERP or WMS systems.
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Must have oral and written communication skills for presentations to all levels of customer and management.
We provide these great perks and benefits:
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Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans
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Generous 401 (K) savings plan
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Education assistance
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On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service
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And many more, check out our benefits site HERE (https://www.milwaukeetool.jobs/Benefits) .
Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 675 open Supply Chain Planner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$102–187K/yr488 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 24 open Supply Chain Planner jobs in Wisconsin and 675 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Supply Chain Planner postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (581 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 320 of the 675 open Supply Chain Planner jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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