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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

• 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.