Demand Planning Manager

Company Overview

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewThe Supply Chain and Procurement organization is a fast-paced and dynamic environment, delivering world-class communications equipment and solutions for customers around the world. Our purpose is to deliver exceptional value and customer experience through agility, speed, and collaboration. We plan what products and services are needed, source efficiently and ethically from a diverse supply base, launch new products, make and deliver solutions on time, and exceed customer expectations through outstanding quality, service and support. We are designed to bring value, lead technology innovation, and provide Motorola Solutions a competitive advantage on revenue, cost, cash, and delivery.
The Demand Planning Manager is a member of the Global Demand Planning leadership team that is responsible for developing a demand plan, chairing S&OP, and executing a multi year strategic road map to achieve business objectives for a revenue portfolio in excess of $800M.
Job Description

In this role you will manage team of ~3 Demand Planning Analysts - Responsible for hiring, managing, training, developing and evaluating the team. Oversees team to ensure they are appropriately utilizing systems, following standard work processes, completing required tasks accurately and within established deadlines. Monitors progress to goals and supports resolution of issues.

Responsibilities:

• Forecast Accuracy - create and implement processes to achieve best in class performance

• Demand Stability - identify practices that cause gyration to the supply base and systematically resolve

• Inventory - Collaborate with Supply Planning to achieve inventory targets

• Excess & Obsolescence - Collaborate  with Supply Planning to mitigate opportunities

• Sales & Operations Planning - Drive alignment with Sales, Finance, Supply, Product and Engineering teams on demand plan over 2-year planning horizon

• Cost - Drive efficiency in all areas of work and allocate resources to best achieve expected outcomes

• Organizational and talent development - develop and retain a highly productive and efficient team while driving a succession pipeline

• Coordinate across demand and supply teams in other regions - Participate in strategy development and lead programs to drive global adoption of best practices, innovations in planning while allowing for regional flexibility

• Other duties as assigned

Critical Success Factors

• Proven leader who is action oriented and driven to create value and make an impact

• Passionate about driving improvements and deploying best practices with an evolving, performance-based environment

• A self starter requiring little oversight or direction

• Thrives in an environment that requires influence of others through a combination of analytics and relationship building

• Ability to work globally and navigate cultural sensitivity and awareness of the appropriate leadership style for a given geography

• Entrepreneurial and able to work with limited resources. Possesses the ability to work under pressure in a  fast-paced environment

• Works collaboratively across a complex organization considering end to end impacts, can scale leadership to work effectively with Senior management and line-level employees

• Maintains the highest levels of personal and professional integrity, ethics and unquestioned integrity in each of his/her initiatives

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including effective use of presentations

• Ability to summarize complex topics into simple and relevant factors for leadership

• Analytical acumen; obtain, organize, and draw insights from multiple data sources

Qualifications:

• Experience driving cross-functional alignment through S&OP or consensus planning processes

• Strong change management skills with proven success in delivering complex projects

• Oracle or other ERP/APS software experience and strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite required.

• 2+ years of management experience and/or other people leadership experience preferred

Target Base Salary Range: $75,000  - $150,000 

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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Basic Requirements

• 4-year bachelor degree from an accredited college or university in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering or other relevant discipline.

• 3+ years of experience in a supply chain role and demonstrated track record of achieving stretch goals in the planning field

Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

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