Forecasting Analyst

**FORECASTING ANALYST**
**£35,000 - £45,000**
**DONCASTER AREA (hybrid)**

Take on an influential role within an innovative and digital-first retailer making waves in how data is used within ecommerce Work across forecasting demand in relation to seasonal demand and help this company plan their stock and logistics.

**THE COMPANY**
This is a UK renowned retailer within fashion and homeware going through a HUGE digital transformation and growing within data. This role allows you to access the latest tools, training and development but also be part of the vast growth within the organisation

**THE ROLE**
You will lead on providing insight across data to provide clear guidance to business insight. More specifically you will have to:

- Use SQL to provide deep-dive analytics on sales, logistics and trading data, in relation to seasonal demand, sales and promotions
- Deliver short, medium and long-term forecasts across all sites and operations within this business
- Provide insights that can influence the global business saving money and becoming more efficient
- Work directly with senior stakeholders to proactively provide insights into trading and predictive analysis
- Report across key business metrics and make actionable recommendations

**YOUR SKILLS**
- Strong SQL skills for data analysis
- Preferably a data visualisation tool like Power BI
- A background in insights, trading or forecasting
- Excellent communication skills, confident in providing insights to high level senior stakeholders and conveying complex tech terms in digestible jargon
- Experience in forecasting distribution for sales, promotions, trading and stock movement

**WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?**
- £35,000 - 45,000 annual salary
- Flexible hybrid working - 2 days WFH per week (this is to ensure there is always one person from the team present to assist requests from stakeholders)
- Lots of exposure across the business, working with customer, marketing, sales, finance, logistics and BI
- A great chance to upskill and learn from senior members within the team, working alongside them with a great team environment and culture
- An excellent name on the CV
- The chance to get into more Python work, learning from one of the other analysts on the team

**HOW TO APPLY