Market & Forecast Analysis
Consolidate forecast information / data from Customers (through Commercial team) including historical, firmed POs and new product inputs
Monitor sales data and retail price changes to provide feedback and hindsight analysis that give actionable insights that drive business performance
Partner with Account management to identify assortment opportunities within carryover collections, for newness programs, and new product categories.
Support the product development process to determine merchandising price targets, product cost targets, and provide quotations to clients through collaboration with Account management and Customer service teams
Provide support to our Design partners and Account management through sales and merchandising analysis, to help inform the creative process and product development initiatives
Demand Planning & Forecasting
Responsible for the end- to- end forecasting process and implementation for Rochdale Spears Group, ensure complete inputs to the company’s Master Commercial Plan
Consolidate market demand and sales orders from the Commercial team including new, repeat and potential orders, including NPI and SPO
Calculate and update the rolling demand plan & forecast in the appropriate tools & systems and share with Production planning on a regular basis
Work with commercial team and production planning to create & improve long- range forecasting models that facilitate risk mitigation i.e. Pro- actively look at the data, ensure we have sufficient information, insights and flag issues & actions to be taken.
Analyse potential future roadblocks with production planning and suggest possible solutions or CAPEX requirements
Provide SPO forecast and support the delivery by agreeing appropriate service lead time
Integrate demand planning activities into the new ERP system and drive continuous change/improvement to optimize the process
Support CS team in handling order management including push/pull negotiation with customers, overseeing SSR’s, GTNexus communication and NOR process when applicable
