What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Specialist Demand Planning position at Eaton?
Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a Supply Chain Specialist Demand Planning.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $130,000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Job Summary
The Demand Planner owns the creation and refinement of the demand plan across different levels of granularity — product, customer, and region — over short to long-term horizons. This role consolidates data inputs from statistical models, commercial teams, and market intelligence to drive a reliable demand signal for planning and decision-making
Job Responsibilities
Scope
Basic Qualifications:
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Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $130,000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
- Candidate must currently be residing in Southfield, MI ; Atlanta, GA, or Houston, TX local 50 mile proximity geographical locations.
Job Summary
The Demand Planner owns the creation and refinement of the demand plan across different levels of granularity — product, customer, and region — over short to long-term horizons. This role consolidates data inputs from statistical models, commercial teams, and market intelligence to drive a reliable demand signal for planning and decision-making
Job Responsibilities
- Own the Demand Signal: Consolidate all sources of demand (statistical forecast, EDI, customer discussions, market intelligence) into a single, validated plan.
- Monthly Sales Data Preparation: Gather and structure data for forecasting purposes.
- Historical Data Analysis & Statistical Forecasting: Cleanse historical sales data and generate baseline statistical forecasts.
- Forecast Adjustments Coordination: Work with PLMs/BUDs for NPI/EOL and Sales for special events; validate and clarify inconsistencies.
- Consensus Demand Creation: Collect, challenge, and consolidate commercial inputs to build a robust consensus demand plan.
- Facilitate Demand Review Meetings: Engage Sales, Product, and Finance to validate assumptions and adjust forecasts.
- Visualization & Reporting: Present demand planning results at country and sales area level.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Coordinate closely with Supply Planning and S&OE teams to ensure short-term execution aligns with long-term projections.
- KPI Management: Define, monitor, and report demand planning KPIs, with a strong focus on forecast accuracy.
- Ensure supported site material plans and min/max levels are aligned to the site demand and production plans.
- Lead communications during Executive SIOP with detailed inputs to the demand plan drivers for variances. Measure and report actual vs. planned performance overall by market segment (product line), customer locations, product family, model mix, etc..
Scope
- Time Horizons: Manage both S&OE (0–3 months) and SIOP (3–18 months) planning horizons.
- Decision-Making: Make trade-off decisions on forecast adjustments to continuously improve forecast accuracy.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of 5 years in Manufacturing Supply Chain (Materials Management, Inventory management, demand planning, supply planning, procurement, SIOP).
- Deep functional understanding of supply chain processes: procurement, SIOP, Materials Management, demand planning and forecasting, end-to-end planning, master production Scheduling , capacity analysis, inventory management.
- Working experience with MRP software systems ( SAP..etc).
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now or in the future.
- Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.”
- Must currently reside in Southfield MI , Atlanta GA , Houston TX.
- Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or Business Analytics.
- Previous experience in Automotive sector.
- CPIM certification.
- Ability to adapt and to get results in a complex environment .
- Influential and collaborative, able to challenge the status quo to solve complex challenges
- Must be able to build strong relationships at all levels .
- Ability to use data to generate scenarios, and drive decision-making
- Ability to think strategically.
- Strong analytical/problem solving.
- Strong Communication and Presentation Skills.
- Define and communicate program vision.
- Effective people/interpersonal, negotiation, communication, and customer-care skills, including the ability to navigate in a matrix organization.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Salary : $113,000 - $130,000