Forecasting Analyst - Buckingham Search
Lake Zurich, IL 60047
About the Job
This position is responsible for maintaining the monthly demand planning process (including both statistical and consensus / collaborative forecasting approaches). This individual will monitor and update the finished goods forecast process data. This person contributes to the cross-functional inventory planning and customer demand review processes.
Responsibilities:
- Validate demand data from multiple sources.
- Develop and maintain a monthly forecast for all finished goods parts using order and shipment history, customer point of sale data, market intelligence, and industry trends to inform the projected demand.
- Contribute to the monthly collaborative demand review as part of the S&OP process.
- Work with sales, marketing, and product management to understand product life cycles, demand patterns, and short, medium, and long-term forecasts.
- Analyze and develop insights on data from a customer point of sales data systems and internal order-management systems.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts to advance the demand planning and forecasting process capabilities.
- Maintain forecast vs. actual history data by customer, product family, channel, geography, and SKU.
Qualifications:
Competencies
- Knowledge and experience with enterprise planning software (e.g., SAP, JDA, Oracle, etc.)
- Experience using and interacting with MRP systems.
- Experience with forecasting methodologies, techniques, and approaches (e.g., moving averages, exponential smoothing, holt-winters, box-jenkins, discrete probability, etc.).
- Detail-oriented and ability to organize work activities in highly ambiguous situations.
- Strong MS Office skills (i.e., Excel and Access).
- Strong problem-identification and analytical skills.
- Experience with process management skills.
- Action-oriented.
Education/Experience
- Undergraduate degree in mathematics, supply chain, or engineering required.
- Relevant industry experience in the automotive or aftermarket parts business.
- 2-6 years of supply chain planning experience in the areas of S&O
Source : Buckingham Search