Senior Demand Analyst (Contract)

LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario); Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 71,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Senior Demand Analyst, where you'll play a key role in transforming the marketplace. This hybrid position involves analyzing market trends to drive demand forecasts and optimize inventory across various customer channels. You'll collaborate with diverse teams, utilizing your analytical skills to deliver accurate forecasts and enhance replenishment processes. With a commitment to inclusivity and employee well-being, this established industry player offers a supportive environment for professional growth. If you're passionate about making a positive impact in the retail sector, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Defined Benefit Pension

Product discounts

Flexible work hours

Qualifications

• Experience in demand planning and inventory management required.
• Strong analytical skills and communication abilities are essential.
• Experience in the Alcoholic Beverage or Consumer Package Goods industry is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Analyze market trends to influence demand forecasts.
• Collaborate across departments for inventory and demand planning.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and make recommendations for improvements.

Skills

Demand Planning

Inventory Management

Analytical Skills

Communication

Leadership

SQL

R

Python

Education

Post-secondary education in Business

Logistics

Supply Chain Management

Finance

Tools

MS Office

DCM

Blue Yonder

Job description

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Senior Demand Analyst (Contract)

Apply remote type Supply Chain and Wholesale (Head Office) locations Toronto, Ontario time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: May 23, 2025 (12 days left to apply) job requisition id JR00000024232

Location Address:

100 Queens Quay East, 9th Floor, Toronto

Number of Openings:

1

Pay

$71,072.00 - $124,140.00

Job Posting Description:

This is a hybrid role #LI-Hybrid

Secondment/Contract: Duration up to 12 months

Do you want to be a part of Marketplace Transformation? Reporting to the Senior Manager of Demand & Fulfillment, you will be responsible for market trend analysis to influence the demand forecast that drives our inventory needs in each of our diverse customer channels. You will use a variety of statistical tools, assess complex datasets, and collaborate across the LCBO to make clear recommendations for forecasting in a changing marketplace. Creating forecasts, monitoring progress and changes in trends, clear communication and improvement will be essential to success in this role.

About the Role

• Deliver an excellent customer experience to all channels of the LCBO, including Retail, Ecommerce and Wholesale customers by ensuring high sales forecast accuracy.
• Gather, interpret, and use complex data to develop recommendations to improve demand and replenishment processes.
• Collaborate with internal and external parties related to inventory flow, demand planning, inventory replenishment, inventory optimization, merchandising, and wholesale.
• In close collaboration with Demand Planning, review and fine-tune DCM parameters and policies.
• Review products in all aspects of life cycle to make appropriate and targeted recommendations to ensure forecasting inputs are sound.
• Keep informed on key developments within beverage alcohol and retail industries, as well as key tangential industries in service, hospitality, e-commerce, and grocery operations, so that forecasts are robust, responsive and match consumer demand patterns.
• Run ad-hoc reporting, ongoing monitoring of forecast, promotional influence, and channel performance.

About You

• Demand Planning, Inventory management, distribution and operation skills and knowledge acquired through post-secondary education in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or related field.
• Progressive inventory management experience, with emphasis on demand and replenishment management is required.
• Highly developed analytical skillset, combined with communication are important to this position.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
• Outstanding business knowledge (business analysis, demand planning, inventory management and control, and financial and operational management).
• Experience using inventory software applications, and skills vital to compile reports and prepare correspondence analytics utilizing MS Office.
• SQL, R or Python experience is desirable.
• Experience with DCM or Blue Yonder an asset.
• Balance high-volume workload.
• Work collaboratively, as part of a team.
• Experience within a grocery or wholesaling environment and experience in the Alcoholic Beverage or Consumer Package Goods industry is an asset.

We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits, including access to an Employee & Family Assistance Program, a Defined Benefit Pension, discounts on products and services via Workperks, and much more.

There is a world of opportunities at the LCBO…

Join an organization where you can be challenged while achieving your true potential. A place where you can make a positive impact supporting Ontario business and communities. Discover a safe, healthy, diverse, inclusive, and accountable workplace where your wellbeing is our top priority. At the LCBO, your contributions are respected and valued. Be part of our journey as we invest in people and technology to transform an organization. There really is a world of opportunities at the LCBO.

We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, so everyone feels valued, respected, and heard. The LCBO is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If contacted for an interview or employment opportunity, please advise if you require an accommodation.

Please submit your resume via Workday by 11:59pm on the deadline date. We appreciate your interest and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please submit your resume via Workday by 11:59pm on the deadline date. We appreciate your interest and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The LCBO collects and uses the personal information you provide under the authority of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario Act, 2019, SO 2019, c 15, Sch 21, Section 3 and in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the sole purpose of processing your job application. When you click “Apply with LinkedIn” you are agreeing to share your information with our service providers engaged by us in connection with recruitment and human resources related activities.

If you wish to submit an application without sharing your information with LinkedIn, please visit the LCBO Careers website. If you have any questions concerning the LCBO’s collection and use of personal information, please contact:

Freedom of Information and Privacy Office

100 Queens Quay East, 9th Floor

Toronto, Ontario M5E 0C7

Telephone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Work Hours:

36.25

Union / Non-Union:

Non-Union

Job Posting End Date:

May 22, 2025

The LCBO is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

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About Us

The LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) is an Ontario government enterprise and one of the world’s largest buyers and retailers of beverage alcohol. Through more than 650 retail stores, catalogues, special order services and more than 389 LCBO Convenience Outlets (LCOs), which provide cost effective, convenient and socially responsible access for rural consumers, the LCBO offers nearly 24,000 products annually to consumers and licensed establishments from more than 80 countries.

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