Global Demand Manager

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

The Global Services and Solutions Demand Manager will lead the team and global strategy around the Sales & Operations process for our ETO Businesses of Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Motor Control Centers (2100/2500) and Life Cycle Services across our 8 plants and contract manufacturing organization. Team is global, with direct reports of S&OP Leader by business and indirectly with MPS Team and Plants.

Team responsibilities include order plant selection and support product transfers, capacity and material evaluations to set the initial order/project promise date for optimal delivery performance. You will lead/own the customer communication processes around S&OP coordination between the assigned ETO and ISC. As a People Manager, the expectation is that you will use and change management skills to improve performance related to production planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Supply Forecasting, Capacity Balancing, Delivery Service and Cumulative Lead time for the assigned business units. The S&OP Leader will establish capacity, build and shipment plans in multiple global manufacturing locations. Plants include: Richland Center, Monterrey Plant 2, Tecate Plant 2, Jundiai, Cambridge, Katowice ETO, Harbin, and Shanghai ETO. You will work hybrid from one of our locations. You will report to the Global Planning CoE Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with the plant materials/production organization to plan/coordinate the monthly planning review process to establish appropriate capacity levels and create the overall supply plan. Quantify available capacity vs. load at a global BU level and make capacity recommendations.
• Work with specific customers, your department leaders, and sales to coordinate the month Demand planning review process to establish appropriate orders forecasting.
• Coordinating and facilitating Sales, Customers and Operations Process; identifying gaps in Supply and Demand to establish a single consensus forecast.
• Establish ownership of the unscheduled backlog and coordinate plant assignment. Maintain the plant capability matrix supporting plant assignment in coordination with engineering and plant teams.
• Lead improvements in flexibility/capability to improve overall loading to maximize plant capacity utilization.
• Tracking, analyzing and reporting the pertinent performance measures; suggest and implement improvement opportunities.
• Manage and coordinate the output of the S&OP for the purposes of develop and managing detailed component inventory forecasting; Lead creation of monthly supply forecasts for key suppliers.
• Maintain and publish order lead times You will report to global Ceo Manager

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience
• The ability to travel 25% of the time.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• 8+ years of progressive experience in Materials, Manufacturing Operations, Purchasing, or other Supply Chain function.
• Excellent Analytical skills
• Proven leader implementing and sustaining change
• Education: Master's Degree, MBA or other related advanced degree or certification.
• APICS Certification CPIM/CSCP
• SAP Experience Preferred (WM, PP, MM)
• Modeling/Optimization Skills
• Experience in ETO (Engineer to Order) manufacturing environment
• Customer facing interactions

• What We Offer
• Savings Fund doubled by us
• Food coupons
• Subsidized cafeteria
• Transportation services
• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program
• On-demand digital course library for professional development
• Retirement benefits
• Life Insurance

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other role.

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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.