Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Coordinator/Demand Planner

Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. From industry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products that enhance people’s lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken’s curious minds and inspired solutions at Milliken.com and on Facebook, Instagram and  LinkedIn.

 

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 Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Coordinator/Demand Planner 

 

POSITION OVERVIEW 

The Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Coordinator/Demand Planner will be based at Milliken Headquarters in Spartanburg, SC, reporting to the Demand Manager. This role ensures successful implementation and maintenance of the IBP process through disciplined analysis, decision-making, and execution. The position focuses on keeping the process on track, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to all steps. Additionally, as the Demand Planner, this individual will lead the consensus demand planning process, develop forecast models, challenge assumptions, and communicate requirements to supply and financial teams. They will manage deviations from the business plan, monitor inventory levels, and drive improvement plans while facilitating consensus for a unified forward-looking plan. 

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Facilitate demand reviews and ensure timely participation by sales, marketing, and commercial teams. 

• Integrate new product development (NPD) plans into demand and supply planning processes. 

• Lead and facilitate SBU/BU DR/MBR meetings, ensuring decisions are documented and executed. 

• Identify gaps, help to develop and document countermeasures, track actions to completions or change. 

• Track and report key IBP metrics to monitor process effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities. 

• Collect and validate demand forecasts, financial plans, and market data to create a consensus demand plan. 

• Prepare and analyze scenarios for reconciling demand, supply, and financial plans. 

• Manage monthly demand planning processes, including cleansing historical data and running statistical forecasts. 

• Develop and maintain relationships with finance, sales, marketing, and supply planning partners. 

• Drive continuous process improvement and manage demand plans for product phase-in and phase-out. 

• Serve as SAP IBP demand planning module Super User. 

 

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