Regional Demand Team Lead

About the role

Huntsman is looking for a Regional Demand Team Lead to support the Huntsman Advanced Materials (AdMat) division in its regional office. The position reports to the Regional Demand Manager and covers both short-term (0 to 3 months, S&OE) and mid-to-long-term (3 to 24 months, IBP) demand planning.

Key responsibilities

• Demand planning: own the demand plan for the region at SKU/customer level, gather internal and external signals, challenge sales forecasts with the commercial team and communicate changes to supply planning, operations and marketing.
• IBP: run monthly prep-meetings with sales, coordinate and challenge input from sales and marketing, review assumptions, assess risks and opportunities, consider constrained supply and lead the pre-DR meeting.
• Team management: ensure demand planners cover their markets and guide them on tasks and information needs.
• Support marketing in portfolio rationalization and act as a reference point for other regions' demand planners.

Required profile

• Unrestricted right to work in the United States.
• Master's degree or equivalent in Supply Chain, Business or Engineering.
• Proven track record in demand planning / forecasting and 5 years of professional experience, ideally in chemicals.
• Fluent English; French and German are a plus.

Required skills

• APICS or SCOR experience and SC knowledge required.
• High proficiency in SAP, Excel and PowerBI.
• Understanding of supply planning, production planning, new product introduction and material planning.
• Preferred: SAP/ERP process knowledge and deep knowledge of S&OP or IBP processes.