Demand Planning Analyst

Responsibilities

• Analyze sales trends, seasonality, and market data to develop accurate demand plans
• Collaborate with supply chain, operations, and culinary teams to balance production capacity with restaurant needs
• Refine forecasting models and monitor performance metrics
• Recommend adjustments to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness across the supply chain

Requirements

• Experience with applying statistical methods to real-world situations
• Proficient in SQL and Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including VBA and VBS scripting
• Knowledge of Tableau is a must
• Knowledge in inventory management including safety stocks, PAR levels is a must
• Knowledge in Lean-Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management and inventory management is a plus
• Knowledge in Regression Analysis, Time Series Forecasting and/or Data mining is a must
• Passionate about process optimization
• Can-do attitude and motivated to identify areas of improvement and work to find solutions
• Ability to work independently as well on a team
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications, including SharePoint

Qualifications

• Ability to apply forecasting techniques to predict daily demand while considering various independent variables that affect the sales
• Ability to translate revenue data into ingredient level usage
• Work closely with procurement, production and retail store team and support them with revenue and ingredient data
• Work on ad-hoc requests from production and purchasing team and other stakeholders by using historical data and other qualitative inputs