Forecasting Specialist - Walmart
Core
Lead sales forecasting and inventory planning for a top retailer, aligning POS projections with internal stakeholders and retail partners to optimize order fulfillment and in-stock metrics.
Role type
Senior IC demand planning specialist (seasonal CPG)
Builds
Weekly item-level shipping plans, POS demand forecasts, and store in-stock metrics for seasonal toy products.
Domain
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) / Retail
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Sales trend analysis, inventory planning, data blending, statistical forecasting, process improvement
Preferred skills
PowerBI, Alteryx, BigQuery, statistical modeling, CPG/retail experience
Technologies
JDA, SAP, Demantra, Anaplan, MS Office, Excel, PowerBI, Alteryx, BigQuery
Responsibilities
Lead analysis of sales trends to improve weekly item-level POS projections; determine appropriate models for evaluating item-level forecasts; create product flow patterns based on seasonality and promotions; present consensus forecasts to cross-functional S&OP teams; influence the end-to-end order process to optimize fill rates; direct execution of Direct Import business from Asia.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC