Senior Manager Global SIOP

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

The Sr. Manager of SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) leads SIOP process excellence for Generac. That includes SIOP process excellence and continuous improvement of the phases in the cycle as well as responsibility and focus on business results and value adds for the business. The SIOP leader is responsible for preparing and facilitating SIOP meetings by creating and analyzing multiple scenarios for planning reconciliation, developing the maturity of the SIOP process with the objective of supporting the short and long term business plan and improving the overall customer satisfaction, increasing delivery performances and optimizing working capital.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Product Lifecycle Management: Ensure that portfolio changes are planned with multifunctional team. This includes new product introduction (NPI) and discontinuation plans. Ensure that NPI and discontinuation plans have been properly communicated and are included as an input to the demand planning process.

- Demand reviews: Ensure the demand review process happens on time, ensuring key team members actively participate and contribute as per their defined roles. Consolidate inputs from markets if needed and analyze demand changes and compare vs financial target.

- Supply reviews: Ensure that the supply review process is followed, consolidated, and is provided as input in SIOP. Make sure that supply constraints are clearly spelled out with risks and opportunities identified.

- SIOP meeting preparation: Prepare for monthly meetings, reconciling supply to demand, aligning with the financial plans, understanding the financial implications of different scenarios. Conduct and/or facilitate what-if analysis to create alternate scenarios for reconciling demand, supply, and financial plans. Align with presenters of information on discussion points and ensure that all inputs needed for meetings are available.

- Meeting facilitation: Facilitate the monthly meetings, ensuring that all information is presented, all stakeholders are engaged, decisions are made, and execution plans articulated with owners and completion dates.

- Meeting follow-up: Ensure that decisions from the meeting are communicated to each function/department/team including S&OE and, if necessary, and ensure that execution takes place.

- Process Sustainment:

- Ensure that the SIOP process is sustained to the minimum level of agreed upon maturity.

- Support in hiring and training of supply planning team.

- Maintain tracking of attendees, action plan log, outcomes, and summaries of meetings.

- Continuously seek feedback from stakeholders on the process.

- Use metrics and analytical tools to understand areas for opportunity and change.

- Periodically conduct health check on the process and outcome.

- Improve the Process:

- Drive continuous improvement SIOP culture across the organization.

- Drive and implement best practices and standardization of each SIOP cycle meeting agenda, content and template. Ensure actionable, quantifiable outcomes.

- Document current process and identify current challenges and options to improve.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain, business, or equivalent education

- 7 years’ experience in supply planning and/or demand management in make & buy environment

- 3 years’ experience managing in a matrix environment, across multiple business groups, with direct line reports and dotted line / indirect reports

Preferred Qualifications:

- Proven experience analyzing and reporting on diverse business segments.

- Proven track record of successfully managing shifting deadlines and priorities in a fast paced environment;

- SAP experience

- Familiarity with SIOP software

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

- Ability to present information clearly and effectively to a variety of audiences;

- Strong verbal and written communication skills;

- Ability to work collaboratively across business units’ hierarchy and functions;

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, with excellent Excel skills.

- Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams with proven abilities to influence others;

Great Reasons to work for Generac:

- Competitive Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k and many more

- State-of-the-art facility with an onsite gym, walking trails, café, free parking and many employee activities

- Scheduled events throughout the year that allow our employees, both current and retirees, to gather together and enjoy their time with their families and co-workers

- Eligible for summer hours! (Memorial Day – Labor Day)

- Pride! When a storm strikes, Generac employees always rise to the occasion. Each time a storm hits many employees volunteer their time with the customer support team or on the production line while others go right into storm-affected areas to repair generators

- We believe in having fun. From minor celebrations to major events, our employees balance their work by building a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration through a variety of occasions, including our Fun Days.

- Every day is Jeans Day! Dress for your day.

- Product loan and discount programs

Physical Demands

: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”