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Who Are We?

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and a healthy tenure,come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.

The Demand Manager, IBP for the Residential & Landscape Contractor (RLC) business unit is responsible for leading the development, alignment, and delivery of accurate demand plans supporting operational, financial, and strategic objectives across a 24-36month horizon. This role oversees RLC's demand consensus process and ensures crossfunctional accountability for forecast accuracy and forecastvalue improvement. The position partners closely with Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Planning, and Product Teams within the RLC portfolio to translate market intelligence, POS insights, promotional plans, channel dynamics, and historical performance into a reliable demand signal.

What Will You Do?

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

Leadership & Process Ownership

• Lead the monthly RLC Demand Consensus process, ensuring alignment across Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain.

• Own the familylevel demand plan for 24-36 months and ensure SKUlevel forecast quality within the cumulative leadtime horizon.

• Guide, mentor, and develop RLC-focused demand planning analysts.

• Ensure full adherence to enterprise IBP standards and the RLC business unit's planning calendar.

Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) - Ownership & Leadership

• Owns and leads the weekly RLC Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) process, ensuring shortterm alignment across Sales, Marketing, Supply Planning, and Operations.

• Facilitates weekly ITP meetings, driving visibility to nearterm demand changes, supply constraints, risks, and required tradeoff decisions.

• Consolidates and validates shortterm demand signals from Sales, Marketing, channel partners, and POS trends.

• Partners with Supply Planning to evaluate capacity, inventory, and production feasibility, escalating issues when tactical plans diverge from IBP.

• Ensures crossfunctional accountability for actions and closure of issues identified during the ITP cycle.

• Identifies and communicates deviations from the IBP demand plan, quantifying impacts on service levels, inventory, and revenue.

• Drives scenario planning to support decisions related to demand surges, supply shortages, promotions, and seasonal shifts.

• Delivers weekly ITP dashboards, KPIs, and executive summaries highlighting risks and required decisions.

• Ensures alignment between tactical (ITP) and strategic (IBP) horizons.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Integrate POS trends, shipment history, channel inventory, promotional activity, and customer insights into the RLC forecast.

• Partner with RLC Sales & Marketing to validate assumptions and ensure alignment to a single consensus demand plan.

• Work closely with Supply Planning to identify constraints, assess risks, and escalate supply/demand misalignments.

Forecasting, Analysis & Performance Management

• Oversee forecasting within SAP IBP for RLC, ensuring model effectiveness and data quality.

• Monitor EVA, BIAS, forecast accuracy, and stability; perform root cause analysis and lead corrective actions.

• Deliver reporting and insights on RLC forecast performance, risks, and variances to leadership.

• Identify and size risks and opportunities; lead scenario-based planning.

Product Lifecycle, Portfolio Management & Strategic Planning

• Lead demand planning for RLC new product introductions, including prelaunch volumes and ramp curves.

• Manage RLC endoflife demand plans and inventory transitions.

• Provide demand inputs to RLC annual business planning and longrange strategy.

Tools, Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Support improvements in IBP, forecasting systems, and RLC data integrity.

• Lead implementation and optimization of new tools and planning processes for RLC.

What Do You Need?

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

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Analytics, or related field.

• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain planning; RLC or similar industry experience preferred.

• Knowledge of advanced planning tools.

• Expertise in forecasting methods, data modeling, and demand planning best practices.

• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problemsolving skills.

• Advanced Excel; preferred experience with SQL, Power BI, or Tableau.

• Excellent communication and influence skills.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.

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 HQlocation 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.

• Location - Conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis, we are centrally located for most commuters!

• Food - Take advantage of our onsite cafe, 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 wellbeing, 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.

• Flexible Work Arrangements - This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule.The opportunity to collaborate in a hybrid way, with some time spent in office and some from home, has promoted team building and flexibility.#LI-Hybrid

• Competitive Salary - 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. A reasonable estimate of the annual pay range is between $104,000 - $130,000. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the dailypay app.

At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment experience for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a growing concern for 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. All legitimate job opportunities must be applied for directly through our official careers page at jobs.thetorocompany.com or via Workday, our applicant tracking system.

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.