Lead Forecast Manager (All Genders)

Zooplus; Málaga; Híbrido; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

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Descuento Zooplus

Formación interna y externa

Eventos de equipo

21–28 días de vacaciones y días libres

Descripción de la vacante

Zooplus busca un Lead Forecast Manager para liderar la previsión de demanda y coordinar con equipos multifuncionales. Serás responsable de la precisión de forecasts, la identificación de desviaciones y la mejora continua de modelos y herramientas.

Además, liderarás iniciativas para estandarizar procesos de forecasting a nivel SKU y presentarás insights que orienten decisiones de negocio, riesgos y oportunidades, trabajando en un entorno híbrido con foco en resultados.

Formación

• 5+ años de experiencia en forecasting o roles afines.
• Capacidad para leer y consultar datos con SQL a nivel intermedio.
• Dominio avanzado de Excel y PowerPoint; experiencia con Power BI/Tableau es una ventaja.
• Habilidad analítica para optimizar procesos y tomar decisiones basadas en datos.
• Capacidad de comunicar ideas complejas de forma clara y concisa.

Responsabilidades

• Gestionar el proceso de forecasting cross-funcional.
• Identificar causas raíz de desviaciones y optimizar modelos.
• Aportar inteligencia de forecast a procesos S&OP/E y revisiones semanales.
• Ser interfaz entre demanda, inventario, producto/tech y negocio.
• Desarrollar y presentar informes de KPI de forecasting.

Conocimientos

Forecasting

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Educación

University degree in STEM or Business

Herramientas

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Descripción del empleo

Lead Forecast Manager (All Genders)

Salary : €6 monthly

Empresa : Zooplus Tipo de empleo : Tiempo completo Spain

Descripción del trabajo - Lead Forecast Manager (All Genders)

Company Description

More than 20 years ago, zooplus was one of the first to bring the pet category into the world of eCommerce. Today, we stand strong as Europe’s leading online pet platform, delivering moments of happiness to more than 9 million pet parents each year.
We're on a mission to create joy for pets and their parents, driven by our core values of Care, Courage, Openness, and Simplicity. At the heart of everything we do, they inspire us to grow, raise the bar for our customers and fuel a pet-first business.

Job Description

The Lead Forecasting Manager plays a critical role in forecasting customer demand and collaborating with cross-functional teams to continuously improve forecast accuracy. This includes:

• Running the cross-functional forecasting process
• Identifying and eliminating root causes for deviations
• Addressing opportunities and initiating optimizations of forecasting models and tools
• Contributing forecast intelligence to our S&OP/E processes and Weekly Business Reviews.
• Take full ownership of the SKU/article forecasting process across all horizons and domains, ensuring accuracy, robustness, and scalability while driving continuous improvement.
• Act as the central interface between Demand & Inventory, Product/Tech and business teams—translating business needs into forecasting solutions and enabling data-driven decisions in S&OP/E.
• Establish and steer KPI-driven performance management, proactively identifying root causes for deviations and initiating impactful corrective actions.
• Develop, maintain and present regular and ad-hoc reports on SKU/article forecasting performance KPI and pro-actively uncover root causes for critical deviations.
• Lead strategic initiatives to standardize, simplify and enhance SKU/article forecasting processes, tools and data flows across the organization.
• Deliver clear, relevant and actionable forecasting insights that directly influence business decisions, risks and opportunities.

Qualifications

• University degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or Business Administration or Supply Chain Management with clear focus on quantitative analytics
• 5+ years of relevant experience gained in a forecasting role (e.g. sales/demand/SKU/inbound/outbound forecasting, data analytics, business intelligence)
• Proven experience in applying and advancing statistical forecasting models at SKU/article level, within a fast-paced environment (e.g. CPG/FMCG/e-commerce)
• Ability to read and query data with SQL at least on intermediate level; Advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPoint user; Experience with MS Power BI and Tableau is a big plus
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills to optimize processes and to drive informed decision-making
• Being precise and pragmatic at the same time – flexibly applying methods required in the respective situation
• Open-minded team player with an ability to present complex ideas in a simple but meaningful way

Additional Information

With more than 1,000 passionate professionals located across 6 European offices, we believe our success comes from working together and leveraging our international strengths. Expect a hybrid work setup: 60% in-office, 40% remote, collaborating with colleagues across locations.

Our benefits:

• 20% discount in our zooplus shop
• Internal and external training
• Team events
• #LI-Hybrid
• 28 vacation days and days off on 24th and 31st of December
• MultiSport Cards: PLUS and LIGHT sport options covered by zooplus
• Company mobile phone for work and personal use