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Demand Planner – Aerospace manufacturing Location: Iași, Romania
Scope: Belgium, Romania and the USA
Industry: Aerospace manufacturing
Report to Supply Chain director
Email: andra.ghevrec@ibdromania.com Telefon: +40 732 472 744
About the role
We are recruiting an experienced Demand Planner for an international aerospace manufacturer’s Shared Service Centre in Iași.
Your role will be to turn customer forecasts, confirmed orders and commercial information into a reliable demand plan: what customers are expected to need, in what quantities and when. This plan helps production and supply chain teams prepare materials, capacity and deliveries.
You will manage and improve the established demand-planning process for Belgium, while helping develop and implement similar processes for Romania and the USA. The objective is to create a consistent planning approach across the three locations.
Key responsibilities
Scope: Belgium, Romania and the USA
Industry: Aerospace manufacturing
Report to Supply Chain director
Email: andra.ghevrec@ibdromania.com Telefon: +40 732 472 744
About the role
We are recruiting an experienced Demand Planner for an international aerospace manufacturer’s Shared Service Centre in Iași.
Your role will be to turn customer forecasts, confirmed orders and commercial information into a reliable demand plan: what customers are expected to need, in what quantities and when. This plan helps production and supply chain teams prepare materials, capacity and deliveries.
You will manage and improve the established demand-planning process for Belgium, while helping develop and implement similar processes for Romania and the USA. The objective is to create a consistent planning approach across the three locations.
Key responsibilities
- Own and maintain the demand plan, ensuring it accurately reflects customer forecasts, orders and commercial assumptions.
- Analyse changes in customer demand, including earlier or postponed deliveries, increasing programme volumes and programmes coming to an end.
- Work closely with Sales to validate forecasts and understand the reasons behind significant changes.
- Coordinate with Finance, Master Planning and local Supply Chain teams to align demand assumptions and communicate planning priorities.
- Take a leading role in the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Demand Review, helping teams agree on one realistic demand plan.
- Measure forecast accuracy and identify patterns of overestimating or underestimating demand.
- Investigate differences between forecasts and actual orders, and use the findings to improve future planning.
- Manage and improve the existing Belgian planning process in SAP S/4HANA and SAP IBP.
- Help establish demand-planning processes for Romania and the USA as these operations transition towards SAP S/4HANA and SAP IBP.
- Improve data quality, reporting and ways of working across locations.
- Proven practical experience in demand planning or forecasting.
- A university degree, preferably in Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline.
- A good understanding of S&OP and Demand Review processes.
- Experience monitoring forecast accuracy, forecast bias and other demand-planning performance indicators.
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel.
- The ability to question assumptions, identify inconsistencies and translate data into clear actions.
- Confidence working independently and taking ownership of the demand plan.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate remotely across countries and departments.
- Fluent English.
- Experience with SAP IBP and/or SAP S/4HANA.
- Experience setting up or improving demand-planning processes.
- A background in international manufacturing.
- Experience in aerospace or another complex manufacturing environment.