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Job Id: R0000394180
The role is to support Target's supply chain by providing accurate operational
forecasts so that production plans can be synced with sales and inventory plans to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of merchandise. Successful candidates will enjoy diving deep into trends and data, discovering root causes, and implementing long-term solutions.
Principal duties and Responsibilities -
•Deliver Demand planning, Forecast numbers on a fixed cadence(Weekly, daily,
monthly or half yearly)
•Drive automation to allow for faster and more informed decisions, leading to
improved KPIs.
•Enable multiple scenarios and simulations for what-if planning and analysis in
specific supply chain areas.
•Develop exception report(s) for automatic detection of exceptions to plan, as
well as processes to address the exceptions within defined SLAs.
•Possess Business context to understand data sources and navigate through
Organization’s technological roadmap.
•Utilize data to guide future work, build recommendations, and drive innovation.
•Monitor Forecast accuracy and customer service KPI’s (Error, Bias and Lag
Analysis).
•Provide deep dive analysis of red and yellow KPIs and facilitate resolution and
action plans for the issues.
•Understand End-To-End supply chain network and solve real world problems
with regards to Capacity Planning within the network.
Minimum Requirements -
•Bachelor/Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research
and/or Computer Science or a related analytical field;
•2-3 years of experience in forecasting, inventory management, demand
planning and Supply Planning.
•SQL, R or Python, Hive- Basics
•Prior experience working in and/or supporting Demand planning, Forecasting,
Sales and Operations Planning, Inventory management and Storage capacity
planning.
•High competency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, and PowerPoint.
•Dashboard tools such as Microsoft Power BI/Tableau etc.
•Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Requirements -
•Prior experience working in and/or supporting Forecasting, Sales and
Operations Planning, Inventory management and Storage capacity planning.
•Knowledge of statistics
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