Demand Analyst

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The Demand Analyst is responsible for estimating future product demand, analyzing inventory flow, and developing forecast models. To succeed in this role, you should be professional, highly-analytical, and possess excellent communication skills. In this position, you will be a competent contact person for various departments at our corporate headquarters, our locations, warehouses and customers.

About Heinemann

For us, passion for trading is simply in the genes. The small family business established by the brothers Carl and Heinrich Heinemann in 1879 has developed into a major distributor and retailer for the international travel retail market. Despite our international profile, we remain a family business, and we place great value on people.

What you will get:

• Exclusive Staff Discounts - Enjoy up to 20% off in-store and a massive 70% off during our legendary Family & Friends Sales.
• Extra Paid Leave - Celebrate your milestones with an extra day of Annual Leave every anniversary, plus Marriage Leave, Purchased Leave, Paid Parental Leave, and Bereavement Leave.
• Rewards That Reflect Your Value - We offer competitive pay, annual salary reviews, and a performance-based bonus scheme to recognize your impact.
• Work-Life Balance - Enjoy free on-site parking, fixed rosters for Retail positions, and depending on the position, 1 work from home day per week for your flexibility.
• Grow With Us - Fuel your career with learning and development opportunities from hands-on training with our Retail Training Team to e- platforms like LinkedIn Learning and Bridge.
• Make a Difference - Be part of something bigger through our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Program, and our commitment to Reconciliation.
• Wellbeing First - Access six free sessions with our Employee Assistance Program as an addition to your personal support system for navigating life’s ups and downs, both at work and at home.
• Celebrate You – We shine a light on our team through Monthly Heinemann Hero Awards, a $25 Birthday Voucher, and fun social events all year round. We love to celebrate our people!

You will be responsible for (but not limited to):

• Develop effective forecast models based on sales and category trends and demand patterns.

• Support management with risk assessments and mitigation activities.

• Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy.

• Successfully communicate forecast and inventory estimations to management.

• Monitor and report on important changes in sales forecasts, budgets, and business strategies.

• Conduct monthly forecast maintenance.

• Address demand-related issues in a timely and effective manner.

• Responsible for the preparation of defined reports on forecast quality and forecast development towards our sales departments and suppliers

• Creating presentations based on ad hoc evaluations on the availability of goods and thereby deriving recommendations for action for the specialist department

• Responsible for the further development of the KPI system, the reporting and the quality of the forecasting processes in close cooperation with the IT department

• Acting as a key user for the Demand IT system

• Participating as a subject matter expert in various demand and supply chain management projects

What you should bring along:

• A degree with a focus on supply chain, controlling or a similar focus

• A relevant work experience in a similar position as well as experience in contributing to projects

• Solid background in quality improvement and process audit

• Competent in strategic and operational planning as well as controlling and coordinating all purchasing and supply chain activities

• Capable of guaranteeing the success of the ordering process in SAP UDF (Unified demand forecast ), in view of the demand forecast, stock level and shelf-life of fresh products

• Function as interface between Category Management, 3PL Logistics and Suppliers

• Power query knowledge highly desirable

• Solid skills in Statistics, Power BI,Excel, MS-Office, SAP (UDF & F&R)or similar ERP

But it is not just all about us! At Heinemann we offer a great working environment with plenty of perks! We have staff discount from our retail outlets when you travel, career development opportunities, corporate activities (Birthdays celebrations, Heinemann Heroes, Family & Friends sales), but most importantly the opportunity to be part of a team who understands that our people are at the core of everything we do.

Sound like you? We would love to hear from you, please submit your resume by clicking on the' apply now' button below. Note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Heinemann Oceania is committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.