Commercial Demand Planning Leader*in - International

Job Description SummaryIn this role, the Commercial Demand Planning Leader – International will have responsibility for communicating the commercial demand for Wind products to other pertinent functions such as Sourcing, Supply Chain and Finance to ensure customer needs and contractual new unit order obligations are met. Through data, analytics and market knowledge, this role helps inform tactical and strategic decisions to optimize the wind Sales & Operation Plan (S&OP) and proactively engages in problem solving to meet customer and business needs.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the Commercial team to build a monthly view of customer demand schedule.  Include data and analytics around product type, sourcing restrictions and other key information to inform the S&OP and Integrated Business Plan for sourcing wind turbine components.

• Coordinates with Salzbergen team to optimize factory scheduling to align with contractual obligations in wind turbine orders and forecasted orders.

• Provides required data and analytics for several Commercial Bowler KPI’s and helps inform Commercial Leadership team on performance of such KPI’s.

• Drives Problem Solving Reviews and develops action plans to keep KPI’s on track to target.

• Builds and maintains detailed analytics and Standard Work using SalesForce.com data and other data sources and to enable clear insight into how the commercial organization and ITO activity are pacing towards business goals.

• Owns process for reporting executed project information to third party industry groups to enable accurate representation of GEV Wind’s install share position in each market.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree (or equivalent professional experience) in a relevant field such as Business, Engineering or Supply Chain

• This role requires significant experience in the Sales Operations and Demand Planning.

• Strong oral and written communication skills in English, German would be a plus

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems through LEAN tools and influencing skills.

• Strong data analytics skills including use of tableau, Excel and Salesforce.com.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience specifically in the wind OEM business.

• Experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing or Sourcing roles in industrial equipment.

• LEAN process certification.

 

 

 

Additional Information#LI-Remote - This is a remote position