Regional Forecasting Specialist ( Cosmetic )
Manpower
- İstanbul
- Sürekli
- Tam zamanlı
- Minimum of 3 years work experience (Forecasting , demand planning , supply planning ).
- Advance MS Office skills (Excel, Power Point),
- Fluent English,
- University bachelor degree, preferably in, Economics, Engineering or Statistics,
- Analytical - an excellent eye for numbers and understanding for cause and effect, to ensure optimal prices,
- Thorough - careful in his/her work, ensuring that calculations are correct. Deadlines must be met, and details are under control. Well-organized & methodical,
- Initiative - self-motivated and be able to work independently. He/she should have a curious mind-set always looking for new possibilities and ways of improving the KPIs,
- Team player - strong communication skills and work well with other departments as well as countries who often sit far away and may have differing agendas and focus,
- Open-minded, positive and committed.
- Ensure delivery of accurate and complete product forecast for catalogue, flyers and other necessary campaign components according to submission schedule within planning horizon.
- Responsible to review the product forecast performance for the closed sales periods and ensure the forecast is updated on campaign basis accounting for the sales trend.
- Prepare necessary materials and input on forecasted performance for catalogue statistics reviews and catalogue sign-off meetings with regional marketing team explaining clearly drivers behind forecast and highlighting areas for improvements.
- Work with planning team closely and giving inputs to adjust merchandising prices & plans to capture the commercial mechanic of the catalogue and ensure strong profitability.
- Always strive to improve forecasting accuracy to enable better decision-making in sales planning and higher service levels.
- Ensure smooth and continuous interaction with local sales and marketing department to align expectations on product and sales forecast parameters and local sales plans.
- Monthly campaign forecast for new products, HERO brands, and key commercial campaign offers to be validated according to Machine Learning results.
- Monthly stock reviews along with Supply team.
- Monthly plans review, along with Campaign Planning team, to deliver the most profitable and effective plans.
- Assist Regional Forecasting Manager in analyzing and reporting Forecasting KPIs and make recommendations for future actions to improve forecasting accuracy.