Demand Planner Manager

Innovative Chemical Products Group (ICP Group) is a leading formulator and manufacturer of specialty coatings, adhesives, and sealants serving the construction and industrial end markets. ICP Group is comprised of market leading brands known for innovation, quality, and performance. Founded in 2015 and supported by a lean corporate team, ICP Group has scaled rapidly through organic and acquisition growth into one of the largest coatings, adhesives, and sealants companies in North America.

ICP Group is headquartered in Andover, MA and has manufacturing and distribution sites throughout North America, Latin America, UK, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

ICP Group is seeking a proactive and results-oriented Demand Planner Manager to join our team. The Demand Planner Manager is responsible for leading the demand planning team and ensuring accurate and efficient forecasting of customer demand. This player/coach role involves analyzing market trends, managing inventory levels, and coordinating with various departments to optimize supply chain processes. This role is data-intensive, requiring the ability to handle extensive amounts of information.

The Planner is key to putting the demand plan into action – taking analysis & data provided by the operations and updating the ERP system so that MRP provides a thorough and effective solution to business requirements. The Distribution Planner will “connect the dots” between ICP warehouses, initiating and executing Transfer Orders to move inventory from one location to another.

This position is accountable to assist the Inventory Planner to ensure that the ERP system is updated in a timely manner and used by ICP warehouses correctly.

This role is based in Tampa, FL and is hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 remote)

Responsibilities
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• Lead and mentor the demand planning team, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Collaborate with operations to put demand forecasts into action
• Upload / update inventory reorder quantities in ERP system per demand & distribution plan
• Upload / update defined customer lead times in ERP system
• Use existing tools to refine inventory allocations across BSG warehouse network
• Use MRP to create intra-company transfer orders
• Monitor transfer orders to ensure timely closure and inventory updated
• Monitor transfer order frequency and track adherence to shipping schedule metrics
• Periodic reconciliation of eCommerce inventory
• Ad-hoc analysis of supply chain data

Experience needed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Statistics, or a related field. A master’s degree or relevant certification (e.g., APICS, IBF) is a plus.
• Proficiency with ERP software in a manufacturing environment, experience with Syspro a plus
• Familiarity with MRP fundamentals, recognizes push/pull nature of demand planning
• MS Excel “pro” – expertise in worksheet functions, able to combine multiple data sets, experience with VBA a plus
• MS Access “novice” – can create tables and develop simple queries
• Strong human relations skills and excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence others and drive change for continuous improvement efforts
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze data for sound decision making
• Flexibility to travel occasionally to other ICP domestic locations

ICP Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, or religion or other legally protected status.
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