Demand Planning Specialist - Digital Transformation

The EMEA Demand Planning Specialist - Digital Transformation serves as the functional Demand Planning Subject Matter Expert for the EMEA Kinaxis Maestro rollout. The role supports the design, testing, deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement of standardized Demand Planning capabilities across EMEA.

Working across business stakeholders, Global Process Owners, IT, and implementation partners, the specialist ensures that regional requirements are represented in the solution and that Kinaxis enables improved forecast quality, planning efficiency, and SIOP decision-making.

Position Summary

Reporting to the EMEA Senior Manager, Digital Transformation, this senior individual contributor combines deep Demand Planning expertise with strong analytical, project, change, and stakeholder-management capabilities. The role has no direct reports and provides functional leadership through expertise and influence.

Key Responsibilities Demand Planning Process Design & Standardization

• Act as the EMEA Demand Planning SME for Kinaxis Maestro and represent EMEA requirements in global design workshops.
• Support the future-state Demand Planning operating model, including processes, governance, calendars, roles, and decision rights.
• Drive standardization and alignment across Demand Planning, SIOP, S&OE, Supply Planning, Inventory, Production Planning, and Materials Management.

Kinaxis Maestro Deployment

• Translate business needs into functional requirements, user stories, test scenarios, and acceptance criteria.
• Validate workflows, planning hierarchies, dashboards, alerts, exceptions, assumptions, and scenario capabilities.
• Lead or coordinate user acceptance testing, defect validation, business sign-off, readiness, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.

Forecasting & Performance

• Support adoption of statistical forecasting, demand sensing, AI/ML forecasting, segmentation, exception management, and forecast-value-add analysis.
• Enable integration of customer forecasts, commercial intelligence, pipeline opportunities, orders, product lifecycle events, and market assumptions.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, bias, forecast value add, cycle adherence, adoption, and process compliance; coordinate corrective actions.

Change Management & Continuous Improvement

• Develop standard operating procedures, work instructions, role-based training, and reference materials.
• Deliver training and coaching and build an effective EMEA super-user network.
• Drive adoption, identify process or system enhancements, and support realization of transformation benefits.

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Forecasting, SIOP/IBP, or broader supply chain planning.
• Strong knowledge of forecasting methodologies, consensus planning, scenario planning, and performance measurement.
• Experience in a multinational manufacturing environment and in a planning-process or advanced-planning-system transformation.
• Ability to translate business requirements into process and system requirements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

Preferred

• Hands-on experience with Kinaxis Maestro / RapidResponse or another advanced planning platform such as SAP APO/IBP, Oracle Planning, Blue Yonder, or o9.
• Experience with statistical forecasting, AI/ML forecasting, demand sensing, exception-based planning, and Power BI or similar analytics tools.
• APICS CPIM/CSCP or comparable certification.

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS:  Safety, Integrity, Respect, Teamwork, Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES 

• Customer Focus 
• Operational Excellence 
• High-Performance Culture 
• Innovation 
• Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS 

• Own It 
• Act With Urgency 
• Foster a Customer-First Mindset 
• Think Big and Execute 
• Lead by Example 
• Drive Continuous Improvement 
• Learn and Seek Out Development

At Vertiv, we offer the stability of a global leader in a growing industry and the opportunity of a startup. We design, manufacture and service the mission-critical infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial environments. With $5 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach in nearly 70 countries, our move to establish a standalone business enables us to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.

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