Demand Planning Leader

Your Job

Guardian Glass is looking for a Demand Planning Leader in Auburn Hills, MI!

In this position, you will partner closely with business leadership to translate market insights into a forward-looking, data-driven demand plan that enables profitable growth and operational alignment.

This is an opportunity to influence strategy, challenge the status quo, and drive meaningful business outcomes through analytics and cross-functional collaboration.

As a key member of the organization, you will act as a strategic partner to leadership, translating the commercial vision into a credible demand plan aligned with Supply Chain and Operational priorities.

The successful candidate will leverage data, market insights, and business acumen to turn analysis into action-supporting profitable growth while aligning teams around shared goals.

Our Team

You will collaborate across commercial, supply chain, and operations teams to create alignment between demand, capacity, and execution-playing a central role in enabling data-driven decision-making and organizational success.

What You Will Do

Demand Plan Ownership


* Own and continuously refine the 12-18 month rolling forecast, maintaining a well-documented, assumptions-based plan that enables aligned decision-making across the organization


* Identify, communicate, and proactively manage risks and opportunities, partnering with commercial leaders on scenario planning to reflect evolving market conditions


* Challenge demand assumptions using market trends, execution insights, and share-of-wallet analysis

Commercial Vision & Profitable Growth


* Translate business strategy into actionable demand assumptions and opportunity pipelines, promoting value-driven decisions that optimize profitability


* Support execution of new business and key account strategies while identifying and unlocking unconstrained market opportunities through data-driven analysis

Execution & Planning Alignment


* Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to align demand with capacity, proactively identifying demand shifts and supporting prioritization and allocation decisions


* Deliver analytics to highlight gaps between plan and execution and drive corrective actions

S&OP Leadership


* Lead demand planning discussions within S&OP, clearly communicating risks, trade-offs, and recommended actions to enable agile decision-making

People Leadership


* Lead, coach, and develop team members while building organizational capability and fostering a culture of accountability, respect, and performance excellence

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience developing and managing demand forecasts in a complex, cross-functional environment


* Experience using data and analytics to influence business decisions and drive outcomes


* Experience leading or developing others, either directly or through project leadership


* Previous experience communicating insights and recommendations to s...