Sales Forecast Manager Belux

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In your role as a Sales Forecast Manager, you have the responsibility to provide an accurate planning of the required product flows to customers.

Create the yearly sales forecast based on data and figures of past fiscal years and guarantee its yearly and weekly follow-up. Ensure, suggest, and realize adjustments in function of the weekly and monthly analyses and the data coming mainly from sales;
Give essential inputs for the custom and budget volumes, related to the strategic customer plans;
Work in close collaboration with the Commercial Planner;
Ensure a correct reporting to KAM and senior sales;
Continuously analyze and compare the sales forecast and initial plan and keep an overall overview;
Support KAMs in promotional and Seasonal items volume planning;
Organize regular updates with KAMS;
Participate to company meeting with internal stakeholders: Sales (KAMs), finance, Trade Marketing, Marketing senior management and supply chain planning;
Proactive identification of risk and opportunities, with the aim to improve planning accuracy.

Master’s Degree level in economics, finance and/or supply chain management;
Excellent knowledge of English, Dutch & French will be considered a plus;
At least 5 years’ experience in a similar position or in supply chain, e.g. as a planner, preferably in the FMCG industry;
Have excellent analytical/numerical skills and a thorough knowledge of MS Excel;
Knowledge and experience in SAP;
Excellent problem-solving skills;
Being able to easily build professional relationships with stakeholders of various levels and backgrounds all over the organization;
Show the right balance between a strong analytical mindset and a pragmatic, sales driven approach.

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