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Supply Chain Forecasting, Data Analyst
About the role
• 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
• 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 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
• Establish data-cleaning and validation processes
• Analyze demand trends to support inventory and stocking decisions
• Support inventory planning and replenishment decisions
• Create reports showing historical usage, demand trends, forecasts, and recommendations
• Translate complex analysis into practical commercial recommendations
• Support customer-facing inventory and demand reports
• Work independently while collaborating with business and supply chain stakeholders
• Own analytical projects from raw data through final recommendations
• Communicate analytical approaches, progress, challenges, and findings effectively
• Adapt forecasting methodology as business requirements or data patterns change
• 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
• Premium Internet allowance
• Electricity allowance
• Wellbeing allowance
• Annual performance-based increments
• Structured career progression
• Individual performance bonuses
• Team-based target bonuses