Key Responsibilities:
1. Sales Monitoring & Reporting:
- Track and deliver daily sales and order intake reports to the sales team.
- Prepare Forecast Analysis and manage seasonal impacts on Brand's forecast data for continuous improvement.
- Monitor Sales and RBO forecast accuracy to ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Ensure 100% data accuracy for bottom-up financial forecasts.
- Lead monthly alignment meetings between Factory Sales and RBO teams to integrate business intelligence into forecasting.
- Manage the monthly Forecast Accuracy Dashboard across RB categories (Sole/Multi, Forecast sharing Type), Salespersons, Product Lines and highlighting areas for improvement.
2. Demand Planning:
- Act as a liaison between the Sales and Supply Chain teams (S&OP) to coordinate key processes and actions.
- Provide demand forecasting insights and forecasts by SKUs and Sales Units.
- Facilitate pre-build/intercompany forecast activities to support business needs.
- Play Key role in weekly and monthly S&OP meetings.
- Align Sales and Supply Chain with new SOPs to improve the forecast process.
- Ensure sales and supply chain teams have access to the latest market feedback for better accuracy in demand planning.
3. Order Intake and Inventory Management:
- Prepare Monthly Key Brandwise Performance report.
- Collaborate with the South Asia FP&A and contract workers on daily sales reporting and budget validation.
- Publish enterprise-wide sales reporting and reviews, especially focusing on Bangladesh markets.
- Prepare combined sales reports, including AOP (Annual Operating Plan), sales forecasts, and order intake forecasts.
- Provide comprehensive business analysis through tools like Power BI, Looker Studio, Qlik Sense, and Google Sheets.
5. Sales Forecasting & AOP Alignment:
- Work closely with the Sales team to derive updated sales forecasts in line with the AOP.
- Integrate recent Order on Hand (OOH) data, actual sales performance, and market feedback to improve forecast accuracy.
- Minimum 4-5 years of experience in related fields.
- Educational requirements: Minimum graduation, candidates from statistics or engineering background will get preference.
- Proficiency in business analysis tools like Power BI, Looker Studio, Qlik Sense, Canvas, Excel, and Google Sheets.
- Strong communication and coordination skills, especially between sales and supply chain teams.
- Ability to conduct accurate data forecasting and provide actionable insights.
- Experience with financial forecasting, inventory management, and SOP implementation.