Demand Planning Manager
Job Summary The Demand Planning Manager at Medline plays a critical role in optimizing demand forecasts, improving inventory positioning, and driving alignment across supply chain and commercial functions. This role blends hands-on forecasting expertise with leadership responsibilities, ensuring that demand planning processes contribute to improved service levels, inventory efficiency, and overall business performance. In this role, you will lead a team of Demand Planners, guiding them in the development, execution, and continuous improvement of demand forecasts while fostering collaboration across sales, marketing, and supply chain teams. You will be responsible for enhancing forecast accuracy, refining planning methodologies, and ensuring adherence to best practices within the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process. At Medline, we believe in continuous improvement and ownership at every level. As a Demand Planning Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape processes, develop talent, and drive meaningful improvements in how we anticipate and meet customer demand. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where data-driven decision-making and collaboration are key to success, this role offers the visibility and impact you are looking for. Job Description Core Responsibilities: Lead team members by placing value on adherence to the monthly planning process, standards for demand planning best practices, and a bias for action in achieving KPIs through forecast value add activities. Work cross functionally to enhance the end-to-end capability of the S&OP process, bringing customer and market insights to branch and category planners to further enhance Demand Review maturity. Cultivate an environment of continuous improvement with an emphasis on collaboration and personal ownership. Maintain key performance metrics and demand monitoring for senior management. Determine methods to address and correct planning behaviors that adversely affect forecast accuracy, service, and inventory position. Act as subject matter expert regarding demand planning processes and work with supply network planners, import and domestic buyers, supply chain analysts and central data organizations. Manage and partner with internal and external stakeholders. Train, coach, and lead team in documented process flows, rules and standards relevant to inventory management demand planning and industry best practices - Work closely with our Implementation team to successfully plan the on boarding of new business by minimizing inventory exposure and maximizing service. Lead day-to-day activities of the team. Assign, monitor and review process and accuracy of work. Direct efforts and provide technical guidance on more complex issues. Assist in the ideation, management, and prioritization of continuous improvement projects and initiatives. Minimum Qualifications: Education Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management Work Experience 4 years experience in Supply Chain Experience applying knowledge of MRP, buying, demand planning and forecasting. At least 2 years of experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work Knowledge / Skills / Abilities Experience with leading, mentoring, and developing employees; performance management; and cultivating a team culture that aligns with the organization’s goals and values Ability to assess and initiate actions independently. Experience in taking charge of a situation, team or project. Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with little or no supervision, depending on oneself to complete objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary. Demonstrated problem solving ability in an environment of rapid change and with many variables. Experience analyzing data and/or process to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions. Experience presenting to and communicating with various audiences (ex. others with differing language, senior management and non-technical audiences). Excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong visual presentation skills as related to reports, scorecards, dashboards and presentations. Strong self-accountability; proactive engagement; extreme ownership and self-driven Preferred Qualifications: Certification / Licensure APICS (or equivalent supply chain management) certification Work Experience Experience in import logistics, transportation, and/or warehouse operations Knowledge / Skills / Abilities SAP/APO experience Advanced skills in Excel (including VBA), SQL, R, Python or other analytical tools for data extraction and simulation. Experience and advanced skill in data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc) Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization. The anticipated salary range for this position: $116,000.00 - $174,000.00 Annual The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold. Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here . For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp. We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best. Explore our Belonging page here . Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
