demand forecaster

Do you have a desire to work at one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies? We're growing — from 10,000 stores to 30,000 stores — and we're looking for a demand forecaster for the Licensed Store Team in Seattle, WA. Someone with a strong knowledge of developing demand forecasts to support manufacturing production plans and the desire to establish customer service oriented objectives for attaining sales forecasts.



Summary of Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:


Collaborates with business units to identify and resolve discrepancies between sales forecasts and demand forecasts.
Collects business unit marketing data and incorporates it into statistical forecasting models to generate demand forecasts.
Defines scope and business objectives for projects and writes project charters.
Implements communication and performance enhancements to demand forecasting processes and systems.
Measures variances between forecast and actual demand, analyzes cause and effect, recommends corrective action, and publishes results.
Performs forecast systems user maintenance and refines model parameters to generate a statistical forecast.


 

Summary of Experience

Forecasting using various forecasting techniques and algorithms in a consumer products or related environment (3 years)
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writingAbility to work both independently and as part of a teamAbility to work as part of a teamAbility to set priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and changing environmentAbility to influence othersWorking knowledge of the management of integrated forecast planning systemsAbility to use forecasting systems to develop strategic and tactical solutions