Senior Forecasting Analyst

About the role

The Senior Forecasting Analyst will serve as a key representative to our internal and external stakeholders across Supply Chain, Marketing and Business Insights. This is a hybrid role based at 345 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607. Candidates must reside in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Responsibilities

• Build sales forecasts individually and lead the creation of sales forecasts by our offshore forecasting team
• Analyze sales performance, data trends, quantify business drivers such as price and marketing initiatives, and create baseline models
• Build and refine PowerPoint decks summarizing forecasting insights and results
• Present and defend forecasts to the customer and address customer feedback and questions
• Serve as the face to the customer, develop and maintain strong relationships to influence decision making and promote HAVI’s role as thought leader
• MEDIATE AND GUIDE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT BUSINESS UNITS, INCLUDING VARIOUS CLIENT STAKEHOLDERS, TO REACH OPTIMAL OUTCOME FOR ALL PARTIES
• Lead communication of project status and reports to appropriate internal and external partners
• Manage multiple deliverables’ timelines and scope in order to meet customer objectives and milestones
• Ensure that the forecasting team is using best-in-class methods by keeping up-to-date with industry and business trends
• Lead or participate on special project teams
• Understand & interpret customer challenges to identify opportunities & work with internal team to improve processes and maximize projects’ value-add to the client
• Provide recommendations to demand planning, supply planning and enablement teams on process improvements, solving problems and accomplishing planning objectives based on holistic understanding of cross-functional roles in the overall supply planning process

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required with emphasis on Business, Statistics/Informatics, Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, Supply Chain & Logistics with equivalent professional experience
• Minimum of 5+ years of data analysis, forecasting, demand planning, supply planning experience
• Experience in managing client relationships and expectations in a B2B setting required
• Experience in coordinating team effort, with responsibility for end-results
• Proficiency in MS Excel (pivot tables, macros), PowerPoint, and Word
• Experience with statistical software packages (SAS, SQL, R, Python, etc.) is a plus
• Experience with Marketing/Social Media analytics is a plus

Total Rewards

Our total rewards philosophy integrates programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, corporate culture, corporate citizenship and work-life balance. While individual program components may differ by country, some things remain constant:

• Our commitment to rewarding results
• Opportunities to work with talented and driven individuals at every level of our company who respect each other, treat each other fairly and hold one another accountable for our customers’—and our company’s—success

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.