Senior Analyst - Cp&A

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It's who we are as a company. It's our culture. It's our heritage. And more than ever, it's our future. A future where we're always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life's moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together - when we combine your strengths with ours - is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

AB InBev GCC was incorporated in 2014 as a strategic partner for Anheuser-Busch InBev. The center leverages the power of data and analytics to drive growth for critical business functions such as operations, finance, people, and technology. The teams are transforming Operations through Tech and Analytics.

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Job Title: Senior Analyst- GBS Commercial

Location: Bangalore

Reporting to: Manager-Demand Planning

1. Purpose of the role

Resource will be required to independently own and manage delivery of process activities of a Demand Planning process for the aligned market and effectively collaborate with market counterparts from Supply planning and Commercial teams. Resource will also be responsible to independently identify, solution and close initiatives to drive improvement on aligned KPIs, both with respect to process effectiveness and efficiency.

2. Key tasks & accountabilities

Design and drive solutions to business issue:

• IC role and will be responsible to manage statistical baseline forecast & achieve best forecast accuracy for allocated country/market.
• Collaborate with aligned country/market DP partners to align on best forecast strategy for their portfolio.
• Analyze and understand thoroughly trend/Pattern/ Seasonality and product life cycle to select best statistical models.
• Performing ABC-XYZ analysis, Outlier cleansing to generate accurate base forecast.
• Performing RCA for previous week performance taking appropriate action to ensure correct base forecast- For both long term and short term
• Able to validate the Stats forecast generate from o9 & correct the issues if found.
• Ability to determine right root cause across supply chain value stream- Demand vs Supply issues, impacting forecast accuracy.
• Participate, Present and Contribute to market level S&OP process from demand planning perspective.
• Contribute and add value to the business through continuous improvement and process improvement.
• Managing o9- Master data maintenance for Demand Planning- E.g. Item creation, EOL, Active inactive status.
• Ability to understand and evaluate impact on current ways of operation due to modifications in process basics, technology enhancements, business changes etc.
• Maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders & address their concerns during daily, weekly, monthly reporting cycle.
• Be closely connected with Business Operations and will report to DP lead for day-to-day operations.

3. Qualifications, Experience, Skills

Level of educational attainment required:

• Graduate in any stream, post-graduate diploma/certification in supply chain/analytics /

Previous work experience required:

• 2-3 years + of professional experience in Demand Planning/Demand Forecasting for seasonal and non-seasonal products and should be able to manage base forecast independently, familiar with statistical Modelling.
• With prior experience in FMCG, Retail Insights & analytics or consulting companies.
• Experience in liaising with stakeholder.
• Fluent in English with good communication skill

Technical skills required:

• Advanced MS Excel, PowerPoint (Must Have)
• Statistical knowledge for deep diving data (Must Have)
• Advanced Visual management: Power BI (Good to Have)
• Machine Learning Tool: (Good to Have)

And above all of this, an undying love for beer!

We dream big to create future with more cheers.