Forecasting Strategist: Demand Planning & Analytics

RowanEDC Partnership; Salisbury (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Lion is seeking a seasoned Demand Management System forecasting expert to develop, implement and manage forecasting capabilities within Relex. You will guide strategic demand planning to support brand strategies, inventory targets and supply chain objectives.

You will collect, merge and share information to create unified forecasts, apply advanced forecasting methods, and drive improvements in forecast accuracy and inventory optimization across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience in Mathematics, Economics, SCM, Logistics, IT or other relevant subject expertise.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of Program.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in demand planning or forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall Demand Management System forecast accuracy and inventory management that delivers on key performance established by the brand.
• Responsible for ensuring accurate identification, entry and maintenance of data within the Demand Management System that enables forecasting accuracy that meets established targets.
• Utilize Demand Management System to measure, analyze, and create short, medium, and long term forecasts, while maximizing item level forecast accuracy to drive supply chain optimization and meet established targets.
• Execute exception based analysis to identify drivers in forecast error variances, with an aggressive approach to quantify and implement changes to improve forecasting and replenishment within Demand Management System.
• Analyze and execute Demand Management System processes for new items, along with store and market events.
• In close collaboration with the Super Users maintain and execute system enhancements and the functional expansion of Demand Management System capabilities.
• Partner with Fresh Category Leadership and Supply Chain Leadership to provide forecast analysis with influence to the long term strategies.

Skills

Forecasting

Data analysis

Influence without authority

Teamwork

Problem solving

IT systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Mathematics, Economics, SCM, Logistics, IT

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

ERP integration

Microsoft Office

Job description

Food Lion is seeking a seasoned Demand Management System forecasting expert to develop, implement and manage forecasting capabilities within Relex. You will guide strategic demand planning to support brand strategies, inventory targets and supply chain objectives.

You will collect, merge and share information to create unified forecasts, apply advanced forecasting methods, and drive improvements in forecast accuracy and inventory optimization across the organization.