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 the #1 FMCG Brand in the MENA region and holds a market leadership position across all its categories within 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 requires 2-5 years of experience and is based in Makkah, Rabigh, or King Abdullah Economic City. The role is central to the Seafood Business, focusing on preparing and continuously improving the accuracy of demand forecasts.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare demand forecasts for the Seafood Business, aiming for continuous improvement in accuracy.
• Incorporate various factors into forecasts, including historical sales patterns, trends, seasonality, past and future sales and marketing events, economic factors, weather, government regulations, and competitive activities, utilizing the PROCAST system.
• Ensure demand planners maintain the IBP system with clean, up-to-date data, reconciling all SKUs weekly by depot.
• Accurately set up new SKUs and promptly reflect any changes in product or geographic hierarchy within the system.
• Ensure future and past events are accurately captured in the IBP system.
• Oversee the weekly-monthly update of rolling 18-month forecasts, detailed by week, depot, and SKU.
• Submit and ensure regional/local level events are incorporated into the forecast through bottom-up forecasting.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 2 to 5 years of relevant experience is required for this role.

Compensation

A competitive salary and benefits package will be offered to the selected candidate.