Global Demand Planning Leader - Weatherford

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, word-class team.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

The Demand S&OP Leader is responsible for the execution of  the Demand Planning and assisting with the implementation of the global S&OP process. This role will lead the alignment between Geozone demand planners, repair & maintenance, operations, supply chain’s global materials management & planning teams to ensure an effective and efficient process.  This role will also implement the necessary training and coaching of all stakeholders. The role will lead the dialogue between the cross-functional teams, senior executive leaders and be responsible for all aspects of the Demand Planning. The role will deliver a set of key performance indicators to measure current state, future progress as well as bottle necks and barriers to success.

Alternate work locations:  Aberdeen / Dubai / Abu Dhabi / Mexico City

SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

• Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By
• Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk
• Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations
• Supervisors & Managers should demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises

QUALITY

• Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherer's Management System
• Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement

OPERATIONS

• Liasons with Sr Director Global S&OP and formulates strategic roadmap to improve demand planning / S&OP maturity, enables process design and adoption through technology and analytics, as well as training of all key stakeholder groups
• Leads monthly alignment for approvals to execute on S&OP plan
• Improves forecast accuracy to deliver better inventory turns, service levels, & reducing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Develops bottoms up demand profile with the Geozone cross-functional teams
• Owns and manages end-to-end S&OP ensuring alignment, prioritization of objectives / goals of the organization, while reconciling plans accordingly
• Measures, controls, & improves the S&OP plan accuracy through clearly defined metrics, market drivers & demand signals
• Resolves demand / supply exceptions and customer service level issues with cross-functional business unit leaders.
• Provides cross functional direction and leadership in the development and maintenance of on-going volume forecasts and capacity management.
• Lead the Demand Planning / S&OP process to facilitate effective methods to create forecasts with high levels of accuracy through collaboration with key stakeholders while still striving to meet operational and customer excellence.

COMMUNICATION

• Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external
• Ensures all stakeholders are aware of, understand and follow the enterprise global S&OP processes
• Supervisors & Managers should clearly communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports
• Aligns strategic roadmap with key stakeholders across the company

FI  FINANCIAL

• All employees have an accountability to the organisation to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses
• Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure

PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT

• Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience
• Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential
• Supervisors are expected to actively engaging their employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning & regular coaching opportunities
• Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development  to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personal & to foster an environment that supports the attraction & retention of a high performing talented workforce

VISION & LEADERSHIP

• Demontrates leadership, ethical behaviour and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times
• Influence and collaborate with other senior business unit managers to establish strategic plans and objectives. Makes final decisions on operational matters that ensure supply reliability and drive forecast consensus.
• Lead team to systematically identify and work to reconcile discrepancies and close gaps on an ongoing basis through comprehensive forecast error reviews.

Experience & Education

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field
• 10+ years’ of experience in Supply Chain (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Inventory Planning in an environment of both manufactured and sourced finished goods) and/or related supply chain management including design, implementation, and execution of S&OP related processes
• Working knowledge of manufacturing, material flow and improvement strategies and the ability to integrate those into the operation

PREFERRED

• MBA or Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Finance or equivalent
• APICS CPIM / CIRM, CSCP, Lean / Six Sigma, and/or PMP certifications 
• Working knowledge of service operations

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

REQUIRED

• Demonstrated understanding of financial systems and the key drivers
• Expert leader with a proven track record of building and managing high performing teams, developing relationships and managing internal stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, as well as strong skills as a negotiator to reach consensus, alignment and commitment.
• Subject matter expert for demand planning, network optimization, and capacity planning
• Be comfortable with global support and travel   

PREFERRED

• Change management and transformational change experience
• Houston, TX or alternate locations - Aberdeen / Dubai / Abu Dhabi / Mexico City