Forecasting Analyst

Overview:

Are you looking for an opportunity to be one of the faces to our largest clients? Welcome to your next role The Event Forecaster will serve as a key representative to our internal and external stakeholders across Supply Chain, Marketing and Business Insights.

This individual is expected to lead the creation of promotional forecasts in collaboration with internal and external partners and requires the ability to fully analyze and speak to the forecasting process and output.

This role is also responsible for ensuring high forecast accuracy.

THIS IS A HYBRID ROLE GOING INTO THE OFFICE 2-3 TIMES A WEEK.

1 Concorde Gate

Toronto, ON

M3C 3N6

Responsibilities:

WHAT YOU WILL DO
Build sales forecasts individually and assist in creation of sales forecasts by our forecasting team
Analyze sales performance, data trends, quantify business drivers such as price and marketing initiatives, and create baseline models
Build and refine PowerPoint decks summarizing forecasting insights and results
Present and defend forecasts to the customer and address customer feedback and questions
Serve as the face to the customer, develop and maintain strong relationships to influence decision making and promote HAVI's role as thought leader
Lead communication of project status and reports to appropriate internal and external partners
Manage multiple deliverables' timelines and scope in order to meet customer objectives and milestones
Ensure that the forecasting team is using best-in-class methods by keeping up-to-date with industry and business trends
Lead or participate on special project teams
Provide recommendations to demand planning, supply planning and enablement teams on process improvements, solving problems and accomplishing planning objectives based on holistic understanding of cross-functional roles in the overall supply planning process

Desired Skills & Experience:

ABOUT YOU
Education, Work Experience & Skills

Bachelor's degree required or Master's preferred with emphasis on Business, Statistics/Informatics, Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, Supply Chain & Logistics with equivalent professional experience
Minimum of 3+ years of data analysis, forecasting, demand planning, supply planning experience
Experience in managing client relationships and expectations in a B2B setting required
Experience in a team environment, with responsibility for end-results
Proficiency in MS Excel (pivot tables, macros), PowerPoint, and Word
Experience with statistical software packages (SAS, SQL, R, Python, etc.) is a plus
Experience with Marketing/Social Media analytics is a plus

Key Competencies

Outstanding analytical and creative problem solving abilities
Ability to communicate complex processes in a clear way to large audiences in cross-functional calls
Ability to communicate maturely in client meetings and handle differences in opinion diplomatically
Ability to develop and maintain strong customer relationships
Excellent verbal & written communication and the ability to work with all levels within an organization
Ability to prioritize and be self-directed
Work independently as well as part of the Team
Business expertise in inter-relationships between forecasting, demand planning, and supply planning inputs and outputs

Benefits:

TOTAL REWARDS

Our total rewards philosophy integrates programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, corporate culture, corporate citizenship and work-life balance.

While individual program components may differ by country, some things remain constant:

our commitment to rewarding results
opportunities to work with talented and driven individuals at every level of our company who respect each other, treat each other fairly and hold one another accountable for our customers'-and our company's-success

There's more

inclusive employee resource groups
generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefits
paid parental and medical leave programs
401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing
15 days of paid time off plus company holidays
Hybrid work model with flexibility
tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance

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