Senior Food and Beverage Demand Planning Analyst

Private Destinations•Fort Lauderdale, FL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

One of the best-known names in cruising, Princess is the world’s leading international premium cruise line and tour company, carrying millions of guests each year to hundreds of destinations around the globe. We give our guests the Medallion Class experience others simply cannot. The Love Boat promises something for everyone. We are looking for an amazing Senior Analyst, Food & Beverage Demand Planning to fill this role, which is based in our Doral office. The Senior Analyst, Food & Beverage Demand Planning at is responsible for all demand planning activities associated with Princess Cruise Lines Food & Beverage operations. This role involves developing reliable forecasts and demand plans driven by business trends, demand patterns, demographics, future occupancy levels, and other key inputs to optimize product availability. The Senior Analyst, Food & Beverage Demand Planning will work closely with brand management, supply chain, sales, and product development teams to align inputs, proactively identify risks, and investigate and resolve product supply challenges. The ideal candidate will have experience in demand planning, big data analytics, and/or inventory management.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, hospitality operations or finance (or equivalent experience)
Demonstrated ability to lead transformations, influence stakeholders and apply change management
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Ability to work in complex organizations under ambiguous circumstances
Must be able to demonstrate a detailed analytical skillset
Advanced verbal and written communication skills with the confidence to present to leadership teams
Expert level knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
Minimum 5 years of experience with planning, big data analytics, and/or inventory management
Minimum 5 years of management level experience within hospitality management

Nice To Haves

Experience in inventory management or business analytics in the cruise industry
Working knowledge of SQL and/or Power Bi
Working knowledge of Crunchtime
Demand Driven, CPIM, APICS, ore equivalent certificate
3+ years of management level experience within planning, analytics and/or demand planning/inventory management
3+ year of management level experience within hospitality management

Responsibilities

Calculating usage projections on an annual, bi-quarterly, quarterly, seasonal, and ad-hoc basis
Manage demand planning files to ensure accuracy; actively monitor and adjust forecast models based on current trend analysis
Document demand planning assumptions, monitor and improve forecast accuracy
Drive regular demand review meetings with recommended changes to forecasts, co-lead the S&OP process
Collaboration/integration with GEPD program managers to ensure visibility into programs and anticipate future demand
Implementing, maintaining, and monitoring HAGroup SOPs and P&Ps across the fleet.
Facilitate and execute shipboard training/auditing associated to demand planning processes and onboard inventory management
Manage fleet adherence to demand plans, market masters
Analyze special purchase requests (SPRs), out-of-templates (OOTs), and other requests outside of the consensus demand plans.
SKU segmentation
Optimizes the lifecycle and change control processes
Track and analyzes SKU adoption through all levels of product lifecycle seasonally by ship/class.
Serves as the liaison between brand management, supply chain, sales, and product development teams to coordinate inputs, and investigate and resolve product supply challenges.
Management reporting, KPI tracking, and presentations as required
Performs other duties as assigned