Forecast Analyst

Simmons Foods•Gentry, AR

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

Delivers data insights to the Demand Planning and Sales and Operations Planning functions, improving the quality, speed, and efficiency of the various plan, metrics, and analysis that comes out of those processes. This is a Salary Exempt position.

Requirements

1-5 years in forecast generation and analysis or modeling.
Strong background in mathematics.
Ability to utilize algorithms needed to develop a valid forecast for a rolling 24 month period at sku level.
Capable of using statistical models to run analysis between multiple plans and inputs to determine best fit.
Able to present hypothesis based analytics to a diverse audience including peers, management, and executives.
Must be able to utilize data analysis tools such as: Tableau, Alteryx, JDE, CRM, Access, as well as the Microsoft Office set of tools.

Nice To Haves

Preference for pet food or food processing organization.
Related Master’s Degree.
Formal training and certification in Tableau or Alteryx.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains a monthly sku level forecast using statistical models that utilize historical, customer, and market data.
Maintains and improves statistical modeling processes and tools to generate an accurate plan for the organization.
Works within the demand planning team and other business functions to ensure planning process consistency.
Provides comprehensive analytics and proactive demand signal information to the Demand Planning team and other internal data customers.
Maintains current and develops new data sets and dashboards for analysis and reporting of metrics.
Collaboratively works with peers and leadership to ensure integration of demand and supply plans and alignment with company goals.
Ensures assigned portion of the overall integrated plan is within tolerance of established metrics.
Generates statistical based “best fit” plan as an input to the demand plan portion of the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
Builds and presents portions of the S&OP plan to the Demand Planning team for integration into the company-wide S&OP plan.
Validates that current and proposed plans are aligned with the strategic direction of the organization.
Maintains documentation for current forecast generation and supporting processes.
Develops and proposes process improvements and other updates to continually evolve the process within the organization.
Participates in the ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies.
Coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members.
Attends appropriate team meetings.
Fosters strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues (e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes).
Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues.
Actively looks for ways, and reinforces actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.
Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies, LEAN).
Understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems.
Considers the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.
Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.