Forecasting & Insights Manager

Christian Dior S.A.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury goods company in the City of Westminster is seeking a Forecasting & Insights Manager to lead the Commercial Insights Team. The role involves delivering commercial reporting, enhancing data accessibility using Power BI, and providing strategic insights on market dynamics. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of experience in Commercial Analytics and demonstrate strong analytical and communication skills. Proficiency in SAP and Excel is also essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in Commercial Analytics, Business Analysis, Forecasting or Sales.
• Management experience is desired.
• Proactive and effective stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Insights Team to deliver accurate reporting.
• Implement reporting onto Power BI for better accessibility.
• Provide insights on key KPIs to the Commercial Director.
• Interpret data to influence decisions.
• Collate budget entries and forecast sell-in.

Skills

Technical forecasting skills

Keen analytical mind

High level of organisation skills

Ability to influence without authority

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Problem solving attitude

Intellectual curiosity

Ability to build relationships

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Insights Team in delivering on all Commercial reporting and ensure accurate collation of the data on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. In addition to training the Commercial Team to use data effectively.
• Implement and roll out the reporting onto Power BI to provide an accessible, accurate data base for all Commercial Reporting.
• Prepare dashboards and weekly reports for commercial teams to easily track market dynamics.
• Provide insights and conclusions on key KPI's such as sell out data, in collaboration with Marketing and Demand Planning Team to the Commercial Director.
• Experience in handling wide data sets and complex retailer system to build reports and dashboards.
• Interpret data and influence on data led decisions to the Commercial Director.
• Partner with the Retail, Commercial, Demand Planning and Supply Chain Team's to work on Forecasting of new and basic SKU's using Power BI.
• Develop, enhances and maintain internal forecast models.
• Answer questions regarding brand performance and the source of risks and/or opportunities given the variance between forecast assumptions and actuals registered.
• Ensure efficiency across the Team through precise communication with regards to all forecasting processes.
• Be a point of contact regarding brand performance and the source of risks and/or opportunities given the variance between forecast assumptions and actuals registered.
• Lead in partnership with the relevant Team's on Distribution Reporting, between the UK and Central Team on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
• Lead on collating budget entry and working on the full year Basic New Promo (BNP) forecast to collate monthly sell in, in line with Company targets.
• Provide monthly Sell-in and sell-out data v budget and provide insights and recommendations.
• Work with the Finance team on budget alignment, reporting and monthly financial outlook.
• Recommend and execute the optimisation and automation of different business processes.
• Ad hoc post campaign analysis with a focus on return on investment and recommendations to improve initiatives in the future.
  The Forecasting & Insights Manager at Parfums Christian Dior plays a pivotal role in using forecasting insights/data to better predict performance, inform on brand strategy and influence decision making. This position involves having a collaborative partnership with the Commercial Managers and relevant departments to accurately collate sales reports and to translate forecast insights into actionable strategies. This role demands proactive and effective stakeholder management (including the ability to influence without authority), working closely with the Commercial Director. Ideal candidates will demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, high level of curiosity and strategic decision making., High level of experience in using SAP, Power BI and Excel

Qualifications

• Technical forecasting skills
• Keen analytical mind
• High level of organisation skills
• Ability to influence without authority
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders for all levels of management
• Excellent communication, presentation skills
• Problem solving attitude
• Management experience is desired
• Intellectual curiosity
• Ability to build relationships

Candidate Profile Required

• 5+ years' experience in Commercial Analytics, Business Analysis, Forecasting or Sales.