Hybrid Forecast Analyst: Retail Insights & Strategy

Primarket; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax Saver Tickets

fitness centre

a subsidised cafeteria

Job summary

Primark in Dublin is seeking a Forecast Analyst to own end-to-end forecasting across products, stores and workflows, helping drive commercial performance.

You will collaborate with Buying, Merchandising, Retail, Planning & Space and Supply Chain, shaping scalable forecasting solutions and becoming a superuser of SRO systems.

This hybrid role offers 2-3 days in-office, with generous leave and onsite facilities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in forecasting, merchandising, planning, allocation, supply chain or commercial analysis within a retail environment.
• Strong ability to interpret complex data, identify key trends and translate insights into clear commercial actions.
• Strong understanding of customer demand, forecasting, stock management and trading performance.
• Able to investigate performance issues, identify root causes and confidently challenge system outputs using data and commercial insight.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams.
• Comfortable working independently, managing competing priorities and making sound decisions, with forecasting systems, retail transformation or technology implementation experience being an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end forecasting across products, stores and workflows, ensuring effective delivery throughout the SRO pilot.
• Analyse and challenge forecast outputs, identifying unusual patterns, risks and exceptions while applying strong trading and commercial judgement.
• Investigate and resolve forecasting issues, partnering with Data Science, Data Governance, Product and vendor teams to identify root causes and drive solutions.
• Collaborate across the business, working with Buying & Merchandising, Retail, Planning & Space and Supply Chain to ensure forecasts support commercial and operational priorities.
• Shape and validate the future forecasting solution through design sessions, testing and process validation, helping define scalable workflows, governance, decision rights and escalation routes.
• Become an SRO forecasting superuser, building deep system expertise, capturing pilot insights and supporting training, user readiness, adoption and future rollout phases.

Skills

Forecasting

Merchandising

Planning

Allocation

Supply chain

Data interpretation

Commercial analysis

Tools

Forecasting software

Job description

Primark in Dublin is seeking a Forecast Analyst to own end-to-end forecasting across products, stores and workflows, helping drive commercial performance.

You will collaborate with Buying, Merchandising, Retail, Planning & Space and Supply Chain, shaping scalable forecasting solutions and becoming a superuser of SRO systems.

This hybrid role offers 2-3 days in-office, with generous leave and onsite facilities.