Demand Manager USA (m/f/d)

Your new company Elementis is a global specialty chemicals company, with over 1,300 employees working at 23 locations across the globe. They create high-value specialty additives that enhance the performance of their customers’ products and make a positive change in the world.
Elementis is establishing a new office and modern laboratory in Porto, Portugal. They offer exciting roles in Research & Development, Human Resources, Finance, Logistics, Customer Service, Regulatory/Product Stewardship, Sales & Marketing, providing a diverse range of opportunities to grow and make an impact. Most of the roles are regional or global.
As the Demand Manager for the Europe region, you are responsible for leading and optimizing the Demand Planning function and processes. Your core accountability lies in driving and enhancing demand plan performance for the region, which will enable key business decisions. You play a pivotal role in shaping the company's success and competitiveness by ensuring accurate demand inputs, aligning supply chain operations with key business drivers, and supporting strategic projects. Your new role
Lead the Demand Planning function and processes for all Business Units in Europe.

Drive and Improve demand plan performance by tracking and performing root cause analysis of forecast error and bias at various levels of detail.

Maintain any system parameters and/or forecasting process enablers.

Facilitate and lead the Demand Consensus Meetings regionally ensuring business input and participation.

Ensure the accuracy of demand inputs into ERP and overall SIOP process.

Enable the demand plan process to support the AOP and 3Y with attention to key business drivers.

Support any strategic projects, as necessary.

Engage in the S&OP process, supporting the Sr. Manager, Regional Supply Chain in leading and developing the presentations and meeting reviews within the organization

Job Competencies

Strategic mindset: Having a strategic mindset allows you to set clear direction and vision, identify market trends and opportunities, ensure demand planning development efforts are strategically positioned to meet future consume needs and aligned with the company’s overall strategy. 

Customer focus: Ensuring customer focus through demand planning helps the demand planner feed the right information to its various stakeholders so customer demands can be met adequately, timely and precise. 

Communicates effectively: Communication with various parties involved in the demand planning process helps the company, the demand planner and the various stakeholders achieve their goals.

Plan and align: Planning and aligning to execute is essential for managing multiple deadlines effectively. It enables you to allocate resources, ensure activities are synchronized with demand plan cycle timelines, execute the demand planning cycle with precision, maximize productivity and achieve desired outcomes.  

Collaboration: Effective collaboration ensures you can harness the collective expertise and insights of various stakeholders. You can facilitate the exchange of ideas, align diverse perspectives, promote synergy, and increase the accuracy and speed of the demand planning cycle.  What you’ll need to succeed

• BA/BS college degree or equivalent, preferably in Supply Chain.

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a demand planning role, preferably most recently at the senior level.

• APICS or other Forecasting Certification preferred.

• Strong communicator at all levels with specific experience presenting to C-suite.

• Fluent in English, any other language welcomed.

• Hybrid working. Minimum 3 days a week in the office.

• No travel required.

This position will have an hybrid regime with a minimum of 3 days in the office. Whilst this role will be based at the Porto Hub, there will be occasions where you may be required to travel to other Elementis sites This position will have an hybrid regime with a minimum of 3 days in the office. Whilst this role will be based at the Porto Hub, there will be occasions where you may be required to travel to other Elementis sites