Career Opportunities: Demand Forecast Analyst

About Almarai

Almarai is a leading food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company, recognized as the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy. Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Almarai is ranked as the #1 FMCG Brand in the MENA region and holds a market leadership position across all its categories in the GCC. The company employs over 46,000 individuals, servicing approximately 110,000 retail outlets. In 2023, Almarai reported a net income of SAR * Billion on sales of SAR ** Billion.

The Role: Demand Forecast Analyst

Almarai is seeking a Demand Forecast Analyst to join its team. This full-time position is based in Makkah, Rabigh, or King Abdullah Economic City. The role focuses on preparing demand forecasts for the Seafood Business, with an emphasis on continuously improving accuracy levels. This involves considering various factors such as historical sales patterns, trends, seasonality, past and future events (including sales and marketing plans), economic conditions, weather, government regulations, and competitive activities, utilizing the PROCAST system.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure demand planners maintain the IBP system with clean and up-to-date data.
• Reconcile all SKUs weekly by depot, ensuring accurate setup of new SKUs and immediate reflection of changes in product or geographic hierarchy within the system.
• Accurately capture future and past events within the IBP system.
• Update rolling 18-month forecasts on a weekly-monthly basis, broken down by week, depot, and SKU.
• Submit and ensure the incorporation of regional/local level events into the forecast through bottom-up forecasting.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar business planning/forecasting role.
• Experience with forecasting tools such as IBP or SAP.
• Prior experience within a chilled FMCG multi-SKU environment is preferred.

Required Skills

• Excellent communication skills.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position within a dynamic multinational team, contributing to Almarai's aggressive expansion program and growth plans. The role offers an opportunity to work in a leading food and beverage company within the MENA region.