MAIN JOB OBJECTIVE

The Associate Manager, Business Planning will work with the Senior Manager, Global Forecasting in challenging and publishing comprehensive market and channel specific 18 month rolling forecasts for current and future products. The Associate Manager, Business Planning will be a key cross functional partner to many of fresh's Global departments by incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, operations, marketing, finance, retailer replenishment analysts and other Global sources.

The Associate Manager, Business Planningpossesses a solution-oriented mindset and has exceptional organizational and project management skills. With a passion for working with Global markets and cross culturally, the Associate Manager, Business Planningwill be motivated by and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist and challenge the forecasting proposal of the market to ensure the quality of the process and accuracy of results.
• Be a point of contact for the market and understand key animation plans to secure their turnover
• Ensure monthly accuracy of the data associated with major events, transitions, new, and discontinued items within the forecasting tool
• Assist and facilitate the success of the monthly Sales & Operations Planning Process to ensure alignment between financial target and monthly forecasts globally and by market.
• Achieve forecast accuracy goals by market.
• Facilitate monthly reviews of forecast accuracy results and utilize feedback from Sales to adjust forward estimates.
• Propose new initiative potential leveraging knowledge of retail sales, markets evolution and current product performance. Present proposal to internal partners for alignment.
• Develop and improve all current reports and forecasting tool.
• Publish monthly 18 months rolling forecasts to the Fresh organization.
• Ensure success of new forecasting tool that was just implemented.
• Be proactive to provide continuous improvement.

What you will learn (and/or achieve) in the first 6 months:

• You will have a global understanding of fresh strategy and portfolio, as well as key short term and long term of market to drive global their forecasts
• You will develop your Market knowledge and fresh strategy & approaches in a diversified, dynamic and highly competitive environment
• You will develop an expertise on our new implemented forecasting tool (Dynasis)
• You will start building strong cross functional partnership with our retail, marketing and finance team

What you will achieve in 12 months:

• You will animate monthly regional S&OP with market.
• You will publish monthly forecasting KPI with key action plan and ensure that global forecasts accuracy targets are achievable and achieved by your market.
• You will continue to improve existing reporting and tool to sustain Fresh growth

• Bachelors or advanced degree in supply chain management, business, math, advanced statistics, economics, operations research and/or computer science
• Two to four years of proven success in Forecasting and Demand Planning (in the Promotional Products industry a plus)
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into objectives to drive performance and financial objectives
• Experience with the Asian Market to understand their specificities a plus
• Professional written and verbal communication skills required
• Experience with the implementation of a Forecasting Tool and business intelligence tool
• Experience in a fast-paced environment

Based in Jersey City, NJ