Omnichannel Forecasting Analyst: Elevate Retail Strategy

Harnham; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare including dental &/

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee discount programme

Annual salary reviews

Generous holiday allowance

Birthday leave

Wellbeing initiatives

Employee perks platform

Job summary

Harnham is seeking an Omnichannel Forecasting Analyst in London to own sales and margin forecasting across retail and e-commerce. You will work with cross-functional teams to inform trading, budgeting and operational planning.

The role focuses on delivering accurate forecasts, identifying opportunities and collaborating with finance, supply chain and commercial teams to drive performance.

Qualifications

• Strong forecasting, commercial analytics, merchandising, or related analytical role.
• Excellent analytical skills with ability to interpret complex datasets and deliver actionable insights.
• Strong commercial awareness of sales, margin, and KPIs.
• Experience in retail, e-commerce, consumer, or omnichannel environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication, including presenting to senior audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced commercial setting.
• Proactive, collaborative and solutions-focused.

Responsibilities

• Build sales forecasts across retail stores using drivers like traffic, conversion and average transaction value.
• Produce detailed e-commerce forecasts for daily, weekly, monthly and annual planning cycles.
• Forecast sales and margin to support trading decisions, budgeting and financial planning.
• Translate forecasts into operational demand forecasts for supply chain and resource planning.
• Lead forecasting reviews with senior stakeholders, highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Deliver ad hoc analysis to identify commercial opportunities and improve performance.
• Support promotional, pricing and loyalty strategies through robust margin forecasting.
• Partner with commercial, finance, supply chain and BI teams to improve forecasting accuracy.

Skills

Forecasting

Commercial analytics

Merchandising

Revenue growth

Stakeholder management

Data interpretation

Job description

Harnham is seeking an Omnichannel Forecasting Analyst in London to own sales and margin forecasting across retail and e-commerce. You will work with cross-functional teams to inform trading, budgeting and operational planning.

The role focuses on delivering accurate forecasts, identifying opportunities and collaborating with finance, supply chain and commercial teams to drive performance.