Senior Manager, Global Demand Planner

Global Demand Planner

Location:

Los Angeles, CA 90065

Compensation: $145,000 – $160,000 and annual bonus

Sprint Ray is a fast-growing, highly entrepreneurial technology company transforming dentistry through digital innovation and advanced 3D printing solutions. We are a diverse team of engineers, operators, and innovators united by a mission to deliver industry-leading products and exceptional customer experiences.

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Global Demand Planning to own Sprint Ray’s global demand planning strategy, inventory investment, and end-to-end planning integration. This role is accountable for forecasting excellence, inventory optimization, and S&OP / IBP leadership while driving the adoption of AI-driven planning solutions, advanced analytics, and system automation to enable scalable, data-driven decision-making across the global supply chain.

This role partners closely with Executive Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Product, and Operations to translate business strategy into actionable, financially aligned demand and supply plans that support growth, service, margin, and working capital objectives.

Strategic Demand Planning & Forecasting

• Own and evolve Sprint Ray’s global demand planning strategy, including short-, mid-, and long-term forecasts by product, region, and channel.
• Lead the development and continuous refinement of statistically driven and AI-enhanced forecasting models incorporating historical performance, seasonality, promotions, product lifecycle dynamics, installed base, and external market signals.
• Establish forecasting governance, cadence, and accountability for weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual demand reviews.
• Monitor and continuously improve forecast accuracy, bias, and demand volatility; define and drive corrective actions to achieve enterprise KPIs.
• Translate demand insights into executive-level narratives, highlighting risks, opportunities, trade-offs, and scenario-based outcomes.

Financial Ownership & Long-Range Planning

• Own demand-related financial outcomes, including revenue attainment risk, inventory investment, working capital efficiency, and margin exposure.
• Partner with Finance to align demand plans with revenue forecasts, budgets, annual operating plans, and 3–5 year long-range strategic plans.
• Provide demand inputs to support capacity planning, capital investments, network strategy, and make/buy decisions.

Inventory Strategy & Global Supply Alignment

• Define and own global inventory strategies that balance customer service, working capital efficiency, and risk mitigation across distribution centers and regions.
• Partner with Supply Planning, Manufacturing, and Procurement to align capacity, production plans, and material availability with demand requirements.
• Establish inventory segmentation strategies and target policies (safety stock, buffers, postponement).
• Track and manage inventory KPIs including DOH, turns, service levels, excess & obsolescence; lead cross-functional action plans to close gaps.

S&OP / IBP Leadership & Executive Collaboration

• Serve as the senior demand planning leader within Sprint Ray’s S&OP / IBP process, ensuring tight integration between demand, supply, financial, and strategic plans.
• Own demand planning decision rights, escalation paths, and governance, including forecast overrides, assumptions, and scenario approvals.
• Present consolidated demand and inventory recommendations to executive leadership, including constraints, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Drive S&OP maturity toward a predictive, scenario-based, and financially integrated planning model.

Product Lifecycle & Growth Enablement

• Lead demand planning support for new product introductions, line extensions, regional launches, and product sunsets.
• Develop launch forecasts, ramp curves, and multiple demand scenarios in partnership with Product Management and Marketing.
• Ensure smooth transitions during product phase-ins and phase-outs with minimal service or inventory disruption.

AI-Driven Planning, Systems Integration & Automation

• Champion the adoption of AI-driven forecasting, demand sensing, and advanced planning solutions to improve…