Demand Planner

The APAC Demand Planner owns the regional demand plan for the Protective Coatings business and the intercompany demand, ensuring a high-quality forecast that accurately reflects market conditions, customer requirements, and commercial strategies. This role supports the end-to-end demand planning cycle, strengthens the demand signal, and provides data-driven insights that enable effective IBP decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Regional demand planning process, consolidating regional and intercompany inputs into a validated forecast with clear assumptions.
• Collaborate with Regional sales, marketing, and product management to validate launch plans, and end‑of‑life activities, ensuring accurate forecasting for new product introductions and product transitions.
• Analyze demand drivers, historical trends, seasonality, and market intelligence, and monitor key KPIs (forecast accuracy, bias, service levels, inventory health) to improve forecast performance and stability
• Maintain demand-related master data and ensure compliance with PMC standards, global processes, and best practices.
• Identify demand risks, opportunities, and variances, communicating impacts to key stakeholders.
• Apply demand‑driven insights to steer supply and inventory strategies, enhancing safety stock performance, service reliability, and obsolescence management.
• Partner with key supply chain functions to align demand with supply capacity, identify supply risks early, and develop mitigation or continuity plans.
• Support the implementation and ongoing sustainability of the IBP process, with scenario‑based forecasts (base/upside/downside) and providing insights that enable effective decision‑making in Executive IBP
• Facilitate monthly demand review cycles for the regional S&OP process.
• Support ERP/planning system enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives across planning and execution.
• Work effectively in a global matrix environment, coordinating across regions, cultures, and time zones with clear communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Economics, Engineering, or related field.

• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, S&OP, or supply chain management.
• Experience in Marine, Industrial, Chemicals, Lubricants, Automotive, or related B2B markets.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
• Proficiency with forecasting systems and tools (SAP IBP, Kinaxis, OMP, APO, etc.).
• Advanced Excel and Power BI skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional influencing abilities.
• Experience in a global matrix organization.
• Understanding of S&OP, inventory optimization, and supply planning fundamentals.
• Fluent in spoken and written English

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

At PPG we use AI in the hiring process to make the process more efficient. AI tools do not make hiring decisions. You can learn more by going to https://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need an adjustment due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

PPG pay ranges and benefits can vary by location which allows us to compensate employees competitively in different geographic markets. PPG considers several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications and education, licensure and certifications, and other organizational needs. Other incentives may apply. 
 
Our employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees. Any insurance coverages and benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

About us: 

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™ 

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG on X. 

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We are customer champions 

Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, move fast and don’t stop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow. 

We act with purpose and speed 

Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value.  

We are excellent operators 

Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, we identify problems, take ownership and always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support our frontline, the faces of PPG to our customers.   

We compete to win 

Future-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results, embrace new technologies and leverage agility and speed as strengths. 

We are PPG proud 

Strong. United. Passionate. We work safely, act with integrity and value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world. 

At PPG we use AI in the hiring process to make the process more efficient. AI tools do not make hiring decisions. You can learn more by going to  https://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.  

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.  

If you need an adjustment due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com. 

PPG pay ranges and benefits can vary by location which allows us to compensate employees competitively in different geographic markets. PPG considers several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications and education, licensure and certifications, and other organizational needs. Other incentives may apply.  
Our employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees. Any insurance coverages and benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.  Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process. 

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.