Forecast Analyst jobs in Minnesota

 About the Role

The Senior Forecast and Replenishment Analyst, Target will play an essential role to facilitate Lume/Mando success in Target retail. This position will execute and coordinate demand and supply planning activities for Lume/Mando and function as a key stakeholder in CPFR for Retail.

As this role works across many internal and external teams, it requires strong emerging leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.  Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy is a must.  All this to ensure efficient, timely, and accurate product penetration of Lume/Mando products into Target while creating best in class service levels to maximize customer experience.  We are looking for operational excellence to be the norm and for a person who can bring expertise on Demand Planning and working with Target to enhance the role.

Primary responsibilities include, executing replenishment and operational strategies across the collective Lume and retailer Supply Chain. This Customer Centric position is responsible for maximizing Target instock position, forecasting of existing and new items, promotional/event planning, and ongoing business management /troubleshooting.  This role will also be responsible for building enhanced reporting and inventory analytics.  

Internally, this role serves as a collaborative bridge between external replenishment , and internal partners and stakeholders across Sourcing, Finance, Operations, Distribution, and Fulfillment.

Key performance indicators for this position include, but are not limited to: Instock percentage, Fill Rate, Forecast Accuracy, and Promotional Event Performance, reliability of data, ability to create analysis and effectively lead processes. 

 What you will accomplish:

• Guide and track all aspects of retailer forecasts, including Target internal metrics and success indicators, Promotional Event Management, Execution of New and obsolete Items, efficiency enhancement , Reporting, and Analytics
• Conduct detailed weekly replenishment analysis to ensure proper inventory flow between internal and external supply chains and alert and expedite as necessary
• Weekly maintenance and reporting  on Forecasting  SKU’s , Gross Revenue, On hand status as well as using advanced analytics and observation to share with the teams what is going on in the business
• Be an integral part of annual business plan goals and identify events that impact  supply and demand
• Track, quantify and qualify monthly demand forecast goals vs actuals  
• Identify opportunities for retail operational process improvements and help drive implementation and become a subject matter expert on all things Lume/Target
• Build and maintain external and internal stakeholder relationships which will drive supply and demand collaboration
• Continuously refine the demand handoff process to supply chain, ensuring communication and collaboration.
• Gain expertise  on Blue Yonder, SAP and Looker as well as other shared tools
• Be a thought leader in ways to elevate the communication and execution of strategy to avoid operations roadblocks

This should describe you:

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years in an analytical, planning, data-driven and customer heavy role.
• Extensive experience working with retail partners, specifically Target in a high volume, high interaction, supplier partner role.  
• Experience in demand planning with predictive analytic software; JDA, E3, or Blue Yonder is a plus. 
• SAP or Looker experience is a bonus
• Professional, enthusiastic, a solid team player who possesses a drive for results
• Exceptionally insightful and comfortable working with large and sometimes  ambiguous data sets
• A model of collaborative behavior, be the type of team member you would like to work with
• Resilient and scrappy- excited by the prospect of tackling and owning new challenges everyday
• Extremely organized, dependable and self-motivated with the ability to excel in a hands-on, fast paced environment
• You are a learner - always seeking to improve yourself, your team, and the world around you
• You thrive on direct, honest, and supportive communication
• Your data analysis is able to tell a story and that story can be turned into actionable insights.
• You are always thinking about how to help the teammates around you excel and you are able to mentor and cross train where needed
• Sense of humor -- we take our work seriously and ourselves un-seriously

This role can be done remotely, however there may be location constraints based on where Harry's is registered and able to employ individuals. Please work with your recruiter and your hiring manager to understand any location constraints. We are authorized and able to employ individuals in many, but not all states. If you are not located in or able to work from a state where we are registered or able to employ individuals, you will not be eligible for employment. Please speak with your recruiter to learn more. 

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We can’t quantify all of the intangible things we think you’ll love about working at Harry’s, like the exciting challenges we tackle, the smart and humble team you’ll get to work with, and our supportive and inclusive culture. That said, our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of our total rewards package, which also includes a comprehensive set of benefits and our equity program. The base salary hiring range for this position is $100,000-$110,000, but the final compensation offer will ultimately be based on the candidate’s location, skill level and experience.