Global Product Forecast Manager

Application deadline: As soon as possible

Workplace: Hybrid Position

Job Location: Brookshire, Texas, United States

Contract Type: Full-Time

Employment Type: Regular

Do you want drive demand planning in Grundfos, ensuring that we consistently deliver robust, reliable and high quality demand plans to our Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process, through supporting best practice and leading innovation?

What is the job about?

The Global Product Forecast Manager will be responsible for both bringing a constantly high level of analytical support, increase automation in the demand planning and deployment of AI/ML into our Global Forecasting team. You will also be taking part in supporting and planning specific product supply chains. This will be done through working closely together with Divisional demand planning managers, supply planning managers and key Group functions. The Global Product Forecast Manager is responsible for clearly highlighting areas for improvements, conducting training and providing practical input to ongoing activities, for improving our Demand planning process.

The position will provide support to the annual 5-year strategic sales planning process. Whereas sales outlooks are collected monthly in the SIOP process, sales outlooks are collected yearly for the 5-years strategic sales planning process.

Your main responsibilities :

• Lead and develop the analytic capabilities within demand planning.

• Ensure that we have the right KPI’s and ensure that they are deployed and understood.

• Provide input to ensure that our product chains are in balance.

• Support increasing the automation in Demand planning through system guidance and AI/ML.

• Build and update various reports and presentations that support the SIOP process.

• Support projects both at Regional and Group level.

• Monthly review of statistical models.

• Support the 5-year strategic process.

• Conducting training sessions for demand planners.

• Influence the Product Review and the Demand Review parts of the SIOP cycle for continuous improvement and maturity.

Your background

You are experienced with delivering structured and clear analysis of complex situations. You have the availability to both structure large amounts of data from various data sources, extract the key messages and structure it in easily readable storylines. You are experienced in delivering facts in a complex matrix organization, because you have authority, credibility and availability to convince people through facts and figures.

You possess the ability to collaborate effectively and build rapport with peers seamlessly. We expect approx. 20 days of traveling if necessary,as a result, candidates should be able to maintain valid passport.

We imagine that you have:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience from a complex environment

• Have the capability of transforming complex data, into easily readable decision presentations.

• Customer oriented

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with SAP IBP/BWEnglish Proficiency

• Experienced in driving projects

• Statistical Forecasting knowledge

• Demand Planning experience.

• The ability tooperate daily out of the Brookshire, TX facility in a hybrid function.

Please note that relocation for this position cannot be supported and qualified candidate must have the authorization to work in the USA without support.

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be an invaluable part of our global leadership team, a diverse network of pioneers guiding others in seeing possibilities, not problems. You’ll be instrumental in spreading our optimistic, can-do attitude to advance global innovation and a clear sense of purpose, embodyingoursix core values (https://www.grundfos.com/about-us/our-purpose-and-values) , guiding our colleagues in living them day by day, and making a difference in global projects.We support you in navigating your own career and development path, offering you tools to hone your leadership craft, both within your field and to broaden your interest or expertise in areas such as diversity & inclusion, coaching and culture.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly.

• Ifyou’ll be workingfromyour home office, we’ll make sure you are well equipped with a workstation. However, you are always welcome to our offices whereyou can engage, learn, and have fun with colleagues.

• On the top of it, flexible working hours andup to 20 paid vacation days. Vacation hours are accrued on a prorated basis, based on your hire date within the calendar year.

• Annual bonuses, parental support, internal well-being consultants and programs.

• Competitive medical insurance rates medical, dental, and vision plans; and a 401(k)-match program.

• Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal and professional development.

Do you want to learn more?

If this job sounds interesting, please send your resume and cover letter by clicking “ Apply ”.

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We look forward to hearing from you.

About Grundfos

Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

An inclusive team

We believe that the key to a work environment, where employees thrive and grow, is our ability to celebrate and value our differences in background, experiences and perspectives. In our recruitment process we welcome all professional people without consideration of age, colour, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, ethnicity or religion.