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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in demand forecasting, inventory planning, and data analysis, utilizing advanced Microsoft Excel skills to build analytical models and provide actionable insights. Proficient in communicating complex findings to non-technical stakeholders and collaborating with supply chain teams to optimize inventory strategies.
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Demand ForecastingAdvanced Microsoft ExcelData Cleaning and TransformationTrend AnalysisAnalytical Model Development
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Hard Skills
Demand PlanningForecasting ModelsPivotTablesXLOOKUPINDEX-MATCHSUMIFSData AnalysisGrowth-Rate CalculationsLarge Dataset ManagementAnalytical Logic
Soft Skills
Analytical ReasoningProblem-SolvingEffective CommunicationCollaborationIndependence
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralPower BIERP Systems
Industry Keywords
Supply Chain AnalyticsInventory OptimizationS&OPWholesale DistributionCustomer-Level Forecasting
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Analyze historical sales and order data to identify demand patterns and purchasing behavior
- Develop SKU-level and customer-level demand forecasts
- Build rolling 12–18-month demand forecasts using historical purchasing trends
- Analyze year-over-year demand and growth patterns
- Annualize year-to-date usage where appropriate
- Identify consistent, seasonal, sporadic, declining, and growing demand patterns
- Account for units of measure, product categories, and customer purchasing behavior
- Identify unusual demand changes, including spikes, drops, and zero-usage products
- Build scalable forecasting and inventory analysis models in Microsoft Excel
- Develop formulas, calculations, PivotTables, lookups, and analytical logic
- Create recommendation logic for stocking and customer validation decisions
- Build exception reporting and alerts
- Test forecasting methodologies on representative datasets
- Document formulas, assumptions, calculations, and methodology
- Extract, organize, clean, and validate large datasets from ERP and other business systems
- Identify inconsistencies, missing information, duplicates, and data-quality issues
- Assess how data issues affect forecasting and analytical results
- Establish data-cleaning and validation processes
- Analyze demand trends to support inventory and stocking decisions
- Support inventory planning and replenishment decisions
- Create clear reports showing historical usage, demand trends, forecasts, and recommendations
- Translate complex analysis into practical commercial recommendations
- Present findings to non-technical stakeholders
- Highlight trends, exceptions, risks, and opportunities
- Support customer-facing inventory and demand reports
- Own analytical projects from raw data through final recommendations
- Collaborate with business and supply chain stakeholders
- Communicate progress, challenges, and findings effectively
Requirements
What you’ll need- 3+ years of experience in supply chain analytics, demand planning, forecasting, inventory planning, operations analytics, or a closely related analytical field
- Hands-on experience with demand forecasting and/or supply planning
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Experience with PivotTables
- Experience with XLOOKUP / INDEX-MATCH
- Experience with SUMIFS and advanced Excel formulas
- Experience with data cleaning and transformation
- Experience with trend analysis
- Experience with growth-rate calculations
- Experience with forecasting models
- Experience working with large datasets
- Experience extracting, cleaning, and analyzing data from ERP systems
- Ability to build analytical models from raw transactional data
- Strong understanding of SKU-level demand and inventory concepts
- Strong analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently with incomplete, inconsistent, or imperfect data
- Strong written and spoken English
- Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Preferred experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Power BI, inventory optimization, demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, manufacturing, wholesale or distribution, industrial supply chains, customer-level forecasting, inventory replenishment models, exception and anomaly reporting, and customer-facing inventory or demand reporting
- Experience working with ERP-generated sales-order data and building forecasting or inventory models from transactional data is particularly valuable
Benefits
Comp & perks- Premium Internet allowance
- Electricity allowance
- Wellbeing allowance
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Annual performance-based increments
- Structured career progression
- Individual performance-based bonuses
- Team-based target bonuses