Senior Manager, Integrated Business Planning - The Toro Company

Who Are We?

With roots dating back to 1914, The Toro Company was built on a tradition of quality and caring relationships. Today, the company is a leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment, including turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility construction, rental and specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Through a strong network of professional distributors, dealers, rental stores and retailers in more than 125 countries, we proudly offer a wide range of products across a family of global brands to help golf courses, professional contractors, underground construction professionals, groundskeepers, agricultural growers, rental companies, government and educational institutions, and homeowners – in addition to many leading sports venues and historic sites around the world.

Your Opportunity:

As a Senior Manager, Integrated Business Planning will lead the integrated business planning (IBP) process for the Landscape and Contractor Group at TTC.  Manage the integrated reconciliation (IR) review process, facilitate the management business review (MBR) process (publish the MBR information slide deck, brief the executive leadership team on decisions made, and decisions needed, manage action items), manage divisional demand teams and analytical support, and monitor the quality of input/output of the various process steps.  This role is anticipated to have 4-5 direct subordinates.

Sponsorship:

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• We are unable to consider OPT, J1 or F1 students, nor sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA at this time - regardless of expiration date.

• All employees in this department are required to obtain/maintain an valid US Passport and Driver's License.

Work Location:

• This opportunity is based out of Bloomington, MN international headquarters.Other job locations and/or fully remote is not available at this time.

• The current team works a hybrid model with 3-days on-site and optional 2-days remote. 5-days at the Bloomington campus is also available.

• This role includes <10% domestic and possible international travel to the North American TTC supply points for relationship building/collaboration with the general managers of these locations.

What Will You Do?

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for: 

• Provide group and divisional leadership teams with information to support decision-making and to align the company’s product/portfolio, demand, supply, and financial plans and requirements.  

• Drive the execution of group and divisional strategies by aligning actions to the business’ strategic vision.  

• Lead cross-functional teams as required to resolve projected supply/demand imbalances and other issues within the decision-making space.  

• Manage the divisional demand teams, who run the monthly demand review process and tactical (short-term) demand and supply synchronization process.  

• Facilitate the monthly group IR and the monthly group MBR meetings.  

• Track, monitor, and report IBP process KPIs, including plan accuracy, bias, inventory level, and fill rate.  

• Serve as the primary business liaison between group and integrated supply chain (ISC) for mid-to-long term alignment on business plans.  

• Ensure the systems and business processes establish IBP as the centralized demand hub to consolidate, analyze, track, and report demand and financial projection monthly changes.  

• Partner with finance to increase reliance on financial indicators in the IBP decision-making processes improving the annual budgeting process.  

• Manage a group of analysts in support of divisional and group analysis objectives. 

• Provide analytical support to improve the quality and timeliness of IBP data and reporting for product/portfolio, demand, supply, and finance, including contingency plans and changes.  

• Coach and mentor owners and participants, as defined by the IBP roles and responsibilities framework. 

• Support IBP process step owners through continuous improvement, and end-to-end integration of the IBP process 

• Ensure organizational adoption and acceptance of the IBP process to improve control and utilization of resources.  

• Monitor and ensure quality and timeliness of inputs/outputs of all IBP process steps (PMR, DR, SR, IRR, MBR).  

• Identify and implement appropriate tools to support the integrated business planning process and ensure aggregate plans can be easily translated to executable detailed plans 

• Identify tactical planning “below the line” processes that need to be improved to support IBP and work with functional leaders to identify improvement plans. 

What Do You Need?

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements: 

• Bachelors degree is required in operations management, finance, marketing, or equivalent education and experience. 

• (10) Ten years of progressive experience required, within a manufacturing industry (including at least three years of management experience, preferably with multiple levels of reporting). 

• Demonstrated experience establishing and implementing large-scale programs.  

• Demonstrated ability to work with executive management, stakeholders and to influence and drive change at all levels of a matrixed organization, across multiple cultures, disciplines, and geographies. 

• Demonstrated ability to define challenges, solve problems in a logical and orderly way and translate solutions into effective plans and actions.  

• Demonstrated experience in analyzing trends and identifying effective strategies and actions based on statistical analysis.  

• Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal and communications skills. 

• Motivated self-starter who is dedicated, determined and persistent. 

• Good knowledge of MS PowerPoint, Excel, and other data analysis tools required. 

Preferred:

• Masters Degree preferred in operations management, finance, marketing, or equivalent education and experience.  

• Successful implementation and management of a S&OP/IBP program preferred.  

• APICS CSCP and CPIM certifications preferred.  

What Can We Give You?

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top-tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQ location a variety of perks, including: 

• Dress for your day- We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment. 

• Food - Take advantage of our onsite café, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day. 

• Wellness - The Toro Company’s HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical well-being, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.  

• Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community. 

• Summer Hours– Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday. 

• Competitive Salary – A reasonable pay range for this opportunity is $156,000-$185,000​.The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the One@Work app, formerly the Even app. 

At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment process for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities.   

The Toro Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants based on merit and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or other non-merit factors. We are committed to creating a welcoming environment for all employees.

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