Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.
We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?
Position Overview
Lead the center of excellence for Demand Planning and drive progress for the strategic roadmap. This includes adopting new systems tools and processes including emerging technologies and APS systems (Advanced Planning and Scheduling). This role supports a matrix organization through project management and training to improve the forecasting and demand planning function. You will focus on benchmarking, internally and externally, to identify industry practices that enhance the Hunter Douglas demand planning process. Once developed and documented, this role will lead training across the organization and set performance indicators to ensure adherence. You will work closely with managers & super users to consolidate multiple division’s practices into a North American standard.
What You'll Do
- Manage operational excellence initiatives ranging from training to process & system enhancements.
- Document rules for process governance.
- Providing targeted management support on key strategic initiatives.
- Develop maturity path assessments and roadmaps for demand planning functions.
- Lead projects in a matrix organization for program and process change roll outs, including software and tool updates.
- Act as the functional expert and owner of key processes, influence and support other process leads.
- Consult with process owners to standardize and develop level 3 to level 6 documentation (process flow to standard work).
- Create opportunities to promote collaboration across forecasting and demand planning.
- Establish and maintain the metrics and mechanisms to monitor performance and success.
- Establish and maintain the metrics and mechanisms to monitor performance and success.
- Complete process audits and develop/monitor individual end users to ensure forecasting process adherence across the organization.
- Use all available SAP forecasting capabilities to analyze materials data for the purpose of developing analytical tools.
- All other responsibilities as deemed necessary by management.
Who You Are
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
- Experience in a Supply Chain Planning and Demand Planning roles (5+ years preferred)
- Strong understanding of ERP & forecasting systems (SAP and IBP preferred)
- Management or project management experience.
- Knowledge of Supply Chain Process
- Experience/ability to drive change through collaboration.
- Strong communication skills –must be able to relate to end users and IT.
- Experience training and training software (PowerPoint).
- Process mapping Skills
- Process mapping Skills.
- Positive and determined attitude.
What's In It For You
- Annual base salary range: $96,000.00-$96,000.00
- Bonus target range: 20-25%
- Medical, dental, vision plan, life, STD, LTD, AD&D, dependent life, flexible spending.
- A company culture that prioritizes internal development and professional growth including tuition assistance
- Time off with pay that accrues immediately, 11 paid holidays
- 401(k) with 6% company match and annual retirement contribution.
- Employee assistance program
- Wellness programs
Please note, all offers presented to candidates are carefully crafted to ensure market competitiveness, equity, and reflect the individual candidate’s education, experience, skills and potential.
The deadline to apply for this position is September 15,2024.
Hunter Douglas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.
