Strategic Demand Planner (IBP/ProCAST)

Almarai Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 134,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Almarai, the world's largest vertically integrated dairy and the region's leading food and beverage company, is seeking a Demand Forecast Analyst for Protein in Riyadh. You will prepare demand forecasts using historical sales, trends, seasonality, and events with PROCAST forecasting software.

Maintain IBP data, reconcile all SKUs weekly by depot, capture future and past events, and update rolling 18‑month forecasts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field.
• Experience in forecasting tools (IBP or SAP).
• 3–5 years' experience in planning/forecasting/purchasing in chilled FMCG multi-SKU environment.
• Excellent communication skills in Arabic and English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain IBP system data cleansed and up to date.
• Reconcile all SKUs weekly by depot; set up new SKUs and reflect changes in the system.
• Ensure future and past events are captured in IBP.
• Update rolling 18-month forecasts weekly and monthly by week, depot, and SKU.
• Incorporate regional/local events into the forecast through bottom-up forecasting.

Skills

Forecasting tools

Communication

Data cleansing

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration

Tools

IBP

SAP

Job description

Almarai, the world's largest vertically integrated dairy and the region's leading food and beverage company, is seeking a Demand Forecast Analyst for Protein in Riyadh. You will prepare demand forecasts using historical sales, trends, seasonality, and events with PROCAST forecasting software.

Maintain IBP data, reconcile all SKUs weekly by depot, capture future and past events, and update rolling 18‑month forecasts.