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Demand Forecaster
Posted in Manufacturing 5 months ago.
Type: Full-Time
Location: Seattle, Washington
Job Summary and Mission
This job contributes to Starbucks success by developing demand forecasts for assigned business units, to support manufacturing production planning and attainment of sales forecasts and established customer service objectives. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.
Summary of Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Collaborates with business units to identify and resolve discrepancies between sales forecasts and demand forecasts.
- Collects business unit marketing data and incorporates it into statistical forecasting models to generate demand forecasts.
- Develops statistical forecast based on order history
- Implements communication and performance enhancements to demand forecasting processes and systems.
- Measures variances between forecast and actual demand, analyzes cause and effect, recommends corrective action, and publishes results.
- Performs forecast systems user maintenance and refines model parameters to generate a statistical forecast
Summary of Experience
- Forecasting using various forecasting techniques and algorithms in a consumer products or related environment (3 years)
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and changing environment
- Ability to influence others
- Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills
- Working knowledge of the management of integrated forecast planning systems
- Ability to use forecasting systems to develop strategic and tactical solutions
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