Duties:

• Agree and manage forecasts with the Marketing department for every new menu and promotional item
• Ensure the correct forecasts as best as possible to ensure no out of stocks and manage risk
• Forecasting in a fast pace, always changing environment
• Manage Marketing menu and promotional product timelines to ensure product forecasts are submitted as per the agreed critical path timelines
• Enhance current and develop new accurate forecasting models & processes
• Measuring forecasting accuracies and their consistency with previous plans; highlighting any variances
• Analyse macro-economic environment and potential implications to the forecasts and business
• Preparation of insightful and streamlined weekly and monthly reports that are of consistent high quality, finalised timeously and relevant and meaningful
• Undertake detailed analysis and provide insightful reports for new product launches, promotions, trial tests, pricing
• Build, maintain and continuously update dynamic menu and promotional item performance tracking against forecast reports in order to communicate performance
• Investigation of variances to plan, previous trends and prior years through comprehensive analysis and assessment
• Continually review and refine the quality of reports to ensure they support and inform appropriate decisions by senior management
• Partner with IT in driving automation of reports through Business Intelligence (Power BI)
• Identify dependencies, inefficiencies and find solutions to improve overall performance and effective reporting thereof;
• Understand, adapt and prioritise the business needs accordingly; and consistently manage own priorities to achieve all deliverables
• Support Marketing Brand Heads on ad hoc projects and presentations

Education and Experience:
• A relevant B. Com/B.Sc. (Finance, Analytics or Statistics) degree with Honours /Masters degree
• Advanced level of computer literacy in Microsoft packages, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with Power BI will be advantageous
• Analytical mindset with experience in translating data into relevant insights
• Understanding of the FMCG environment would be advantageous
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience with Power BI will be advantageous
• Experience with GIS