Supply Chain Demand Manager (Aerospace)

Supply Chain Demand ManagerNorthampton, MAFull-TimeA company is hiring a Supply Chain Demand Manager to develop, manage, and continuously improve demand forecasting and planning processes across product lines, customers, regions, and sales channels. This role ensures alignment among Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain to support product availability, inventory optimization, cost control, and customer service, leading demand planning activities within the S&OP or IBP process.ScheduleFull-time.Compensation$100,000 to $110,000 per year.What You'll DoThis manager develops, maintains, and improves statistical and consensus-based demand forecasts across product lines, customers, channels, and regions, leading the demand-planning component of the S&OP/IBP process to ensure cross-functional alignment on forecasts, assumptions, risks, and business priorities. The role analyzes historical sales, customer demand, market trends, seasonality, promotional activity, and new product introductions affecting demand, partnering with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Supply Planning to gather business intelligence and establish one approved demand plan. This position monitors forecast performance using metrics such as forecast accuracy, MAPE, and bias, identifies root causes of forecast variances, and implements corrective actions to improve planning accuracy. The manager supports inventory strategies by providing demand-based recommendations for safety stock, service levels, and inventory positioning, and identifies and mitigates risks related to shortages, excess inventory, supply constraints, and demand volatility. This role develops demand plans for new product introductions, product transitions, engineering changes, and discontinuations, and works closely with Supply Planning to balance customer demand with production capacity, material availability, lead times, and inventory objectives. The manager drives continuous improvement in demand-planning processes, systems, and data quality, evaluates advanced analytics and AI or machine-learning forecasting capabilities where appropriate, prepares and presents demand reviews, KPI dashboards, and executive-level summaries, and establishes demand-planning policies and best practices.Required QualificationsBachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Statistics, Engineering, or a related fieldMinimum of 5 years of progressive experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain planning, production planning, or a related disciplineDemonstrated experience leading or actively contributing to S&OP or IBP processesProven ability to improve forecast accuracy and convert complex data into actionable business recommendationsExperience working within an ERP/MRP environment and using demand-planning or supply-chain planning systemsAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with reporting, visualization, or analytical toolsStrong understanding of inventory management, safety stock, capacity planning, and supply-and-demand balancingStrong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to senior leadershipAbility to collaborate across departments, influence stakeholders, and challenge assumptions constructivelyPreferred QualificationsMaster's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Analytics, Engineering, or a related fieldAPICS/ASCM certification, such as CPIM or CSCPDemand-planning experience within aerospace, defense, or a complex manufacturing environmentExperience managing demand for products with long lead times, constrained materials, engineering changes, or complex bills of materialExperience with advanced forecasting tools, business intelligence platforms, or AI/ML-supported planning applicationsCompensation and Benefits$100,000 to $110,000 per yearStandard benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO)To apply, submit your resume for consideration.