VP Global Demand & Delivery
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JobgetherDefense technology
Remote working arrangement within Europe, with Germany included in the stated regional location.Full-TimeVp
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- Data AnalysisStakeholder management
Requirements
- Proven experience in demand planning, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), or production planning within a hardware, industrial, or manufacturing organization.
- Experience supporting fast-growing businesses with multiple production facilities or geographically distributed operations.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing capacity planning, production scheduling, resource allocation, and supply-demand alignment.
- Ability to translate commercial sales pipelines into detailed, actionable demand forecasts and production plans.
- Strong analytical capabilities, including experience with forecasting models, planning tools, data analysis, and performance reporting.
- Ability to identify operational constraints early and turn uncertain forecasts into clear recommendations and decisions.
- Experience collaborating across Sales, Finance, Operations, and manufacturing teams.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills for working across functions, locations, and time zones.
- Proactive, hands-on approach and ability to establish planning processes and systems from the ground up.
- Experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, robotics, or related hardware sectors is an advantage.
- Willingness and ability to travel between international operational sites as needed.
Responsibilities
- Own and regularly maintain the global bookings and demand forecast across upcoming months and quarterly planning horizons.
- Translate commercial forecasts into demand projections by platform, product type, and configuration.
- Partner with Sales to assess pipeline assumptions and align forecasts with Finance and senior leadership.
- Match projected demand against production capacity across international manufacturing sites.
- Translate upcoming orders into early production requirements, coordinating materials, labor, scheduling, and site allocation.
- Evaluate capacity gaps, bottlenecks, and resource constraints, and recommend how to distribute or transfer work between facilities.
- Identify where additional manufacturing capabilities may be required as the U.S. footprint expands.
- Build and implement a scalable S&OP framework with recurring reviews, planning tools, and performance dashboards.
- Establish and monitor forecast accuracy, capacity utilization, and on-time delivery metrics.
- Coordinate cross-functional planning across sites and support timely operational decisions.
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