• Oversee daily activities to manage all customer demand streams that drive operations
• Work with inventory, operations, sales and marketing teams to develop forecasts, forecast risks, and mitigation plans
• Manage challenges, including new product launches, changes in customer buying patterns, unplanned events, natural disasters and seasonality
• Provide key inputs, including patterns in sales trends, planned inventory flow, statistical data and forecast solutions
• Review numerical goals and trends using algorithms, KPI’s models and WMAPE
• Analyze and troubleshoot demand-related issues efficiently and accurately
• Develop routine and ad-hoc demand-related reports for management
• Update forecasts for new products, promotions and seasonality
• Assist in developing annual budgets and supporting cost initiatives
• Support demand inputs within ERP planning tools that drive planning, operational and procurement processes
• Provide and review reports on forecast accuracy, bias, and trending for continuous improvement

Skills: Demand Forecasting, Inventory Management, Sales and Marketing Collaboration, Risk Mitigation, Trend Analysis, KPI and Algorithm Review, Report Development, ERP Planning

• Ensure promotional adjustments are accounted for and synchronized into the planning software
• Maintain demand planning processes and ensure the best algorithm is being utilized to optimize accuracy and minimize bias
• Ensure data integrity as it drives demand planning
• Act as owner of unit forecast for all demand planned items, discontinued items, swaps, factor the impact of cannibalization, as well as various scenario planning needs
• Oversee reporting to identify categories requiring additional analysis and/or adjust strategy based on changing business conditions
• Maintain all required parameters in forecasting software
• Builds, develops, maintains and analyzes Amazon forecast and Amazon FBA forecast
• Executes Born to Run and VINE programs on Amazon
• Provides internal reporting to support the forecast and gain consensus between stakeholders
• Analyzes and maintains reports for weekly forecast accuracy, including for new SKUs
• Provides updates to the Senior Forecast Analyst on operational needs
• Processes FBA orders

Skills: Promotional Adjustments, Demand Planning, Data Integrity, Unit Forecast Ownership, Reporting and Strategy, Forecasting Software, Amazon Forecasting, Stakeholder Consensus

• Forecast interval, daily, weekly and monthly contact volumes, handle times, staff requirements and other production metrics by group and report on actual vs. forecasted volumes
• Create, modify, and maintain forecast models that accurately predict contact center impacts given changes in various operating assumptions
• Collaborate with various internal customers on impact analysis for proposed contact center changes
• Collaborate with the suppliers of data to the forecast models to understand/improve the accuracy of the data provided
• Collaborate with supplier performance management and business performance management on initiatives to improve service and efficiencies
• Perform various analyses, formulate conclusions, and present conclusions to management
• Actively scan for and pursue new forecasting techniques, industry practices, learning opportunities, new tools, and process improvement opportunities
• Work with business to develop short-term and long-term financial forecasts and budgets
• Generate innovative solutions to drive financial savings and hold business partners accountable to achieving results
• Provide variance analysis on forecast performance
• Determine Contact Center allocation plans through capacity planning

Skills: Forecasting, Forecast Models, Impact Analysis, Data Collaboration, Performance Management, Analytical Reporting, Process Improvement, Capacity Planning

• Maintains in-stocks and forecasts through performing necessary weekly and daily maintenance requirements to effectively replenish for key events such as seasonal trends, holidays, feature ads, new item launches, one-time buys, and regular turn business.
• Reviews, analyzes and updates customer demand forecasts as necessary, using SAP system and the customer-specific warehouse information system.
• Ensures the success of customer objectives through active inventory management and communication.
• Engages required partners to identify supply chain strategies, align strategies and implement tactics supporting the supply chain objectives for top-line growth and cost to serve.
• Develops a systematic capability to execute differentiated service and order fulfillment strategies.
• Ability to execute advanced service and order fulfillment strategies.
• Implements supply chain projects for programs such as plant direct shipments, Green initiatives, EDI-driven business processes and damage prevention/unsalable management.
• Ensures the success of customer objectives through active inventory management and communication.
• Ensures customer account management (order fulfillment, sales operations, sales), understands service metrics, scorecard tools, and properly interprets findings.
• Produces and distributes daily and weekly performance measurement reports applicable to each product category, replenishment manager and buyer such as customer KPI’s – fill rate, days on-hand, inventory on hand, sales, lost sales, product turns and forecast performance.
• Identifies and reports on the ‘root cause’ for forecast error and below targets.
• Utilizes Logility, SAP, BI and customer tools to ensure an exceptional level of data integrity.

Skills: Inventory Management, Forecasting, Supply Chain Strategy, Order Fulfillment, Service Execution, SAP & Logility, Performance Reporting, Data Integrity

• Gathers, analyzes and validates data
• Monitoring customer forecasts by SKU, by DC and alerts Supply Planning and Sales to under/oversells.
• Collaborating on options to still fill orders even when oversells are occurring.
• Monitors customer order trends and promotional activities to ensure no out-of-stock or over stock situations.
• Management and validation of forecasts/demand plan
• Continuous management of forecasts to ensure data accuracy
• Daily review of all forecasting requests submitted by field sales
• Leads discussion related to the sales forecasts during monthly Sales and Operations Planning meetings
• Prepares data for presentation in regional and executive Sales and Operations Planning meetings
• Prepares and delivers forecast/demand plan data to select external supplier partners
• Supports Chemicals Sales and Operations Planning manager as related to forecasting

Skills: Data Analysis, Forecast Validation, Order Trend Monitoring, Demand Planning, Data Accuracy, Sales Collaboration, Presentation Preparation, Supplier Coordination

• Experience with SAP, AS400, SQL and Access
• Ability to analyze and understand large volumes of information.
• Strong system skills, namely with MS Excel, to piece together data from a variety of different sources.
• Strong program management skills to create robust and cross-functional SIOP programs.
• Understanding of lean principles.
• Proficiency with SQL, SOQL, and Data Visualization tools
• Ability to identify business process issues and implement an effective improvement and control plan
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) across multiple levels of the organization
• Statistical knowledge and problem-solving skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Be familiar with data warehousing concepts and procedures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications: BA in Economics with 4 years of Experience

• Proficient in utilizing E3/AWR/ Manugistics or other supply-chain management software
• Understands the business to interpret how promotional activity, new product distribution and seasonality impact volume fluctuations
• Superior analytical and communication skills
• Ability to solve complex problems in an expeditious fashion
• Proficiency required in the use of Microsoft Office especially Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as Microsoft Outlook
• Experience (ideally in a retail environment) with emphasis on forecasting and inventory management
• Experience with SAP or other best-in-class forecasting systems (Retail or Manufacturing)
• Experience with maintaining retail forecasting models and achieving forecast completeness metrics
• Advanced proficiency with MS Excel and MS Access
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to extrapolate pertinent information from various sources (reports and spreadsheets) and analyze data for recommendations.
• Ability to think creatively, highly-driven and self-motivated
• Ability to roll-up sleeves and work with team members in a hands-on management capacity.

Qualifications: BS in Statistics with 3 years of Experience

• Experience with financial analysis and quantitative skills, including the ability to produce and review sales analysis (turns, sales, gross margin, etc.) and other analytical techniques to assist in making key forecast and replenishment decisions.
• Strong customer focus with business acumen, problem-solving skills and results-oriented
• Ability to work with limited supervision.
• Flexible in attitude and approach to business solutions.
• Working knowledge of the Distribution/WMS/WCS process and systemic flows.
• Advanced Excel, Word, & Outlook skills
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) as related to all aspects of distribution logistics for communication with all stakeholders. 
• Ability to execute a high degree of analytical and logical thinking related to all aspects of distribution planning operations.
• Strong team player with the ability to influence and work with diverse groups.
• Strong organizational and planning ability to meet critical deadlines.
• Supports an atmosphere of open, nondefensive, two-way communication
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications: BA in Business Administration with 2 years of Experience

• Ability to follow proper email etiquette.
• Ability to communicate within all levels of the organization
• Ability to position information and communicate effectively.
• Ability to manage conflict
• Effective presentation and listening skills
• Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities
• Actively participate and engage in training, meetings, etc.
• Ability to lead continuous improvement activities
• Ability to lead and manage change
• Ability to recognize non-value-added activities and promote continuous improvement
• Strong customer service skills and follow-up
• Strong project management skills

Qualifications: BS in Data Science with 3 years of Experience

• Knowledge of inventory measures and metrics
• Have an understanding of various forecasting techniques
• Proficient in Outlook
• Skilled in MS Office applications
• Experience within Salesforce
• Proficient in SAP order transactions
• Understanding of the Demand Solutions forecasting tool
• Knowledge in areas of Master Scheduling, Procurement, Inventory management, Master Data and forecasting
• Experience with Customer service 
• Experience with VBA and SQL database and programming 
• Prior experience using EDW / MicroStrategy or another web-based Data Services engine preferred
• Advanced Excel Skills

Qualifications: BA in Mathematics with 4 years of Experience