Forecast Analyst

The Range; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing retail company in Plymouth is seeking a Forecast Analyst to deliver accurate demand forecasts and manage replenishment processes. The ideal candidate will have experience in demand planning within a retail environment, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel. This full-time position offers a competitive salary, pension, and benefits like employee discounts and a cycle-to-work scheme. The role focuses on maintaining system accuracy and providing insights to support stock availability.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Long service awards

Employee discount

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working in a retail or FMCG environment.
• Ability to interpret complex data and identify trends.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate demand forecasts and manage forecasting outputs.
• Monitor daily forecast outputs and manage SKU/Order exceptions.
• Set system allocations and review orders to ensure accuracy.

Skills

Experience in demand planning, forecasting, replenishment, or supply chain

Strong analytical skills

Proficiency in Excel

Familiarity with BI or analytics tools

Job description

We are a Sunday Times Top Track 100 company and one of the UK 's fastest growing privately owned companies. The Range has grown enormously since its inception in 1989, and now has over 200 stores nationwide. People are at the heart of our retail concept, and we want to invest in our staff and make the future extraordinary. As a result of our expansion plans, and our continued ongoing success we are seeking a dynamic Forecast Analyst to be based at our Head Office in Plymouth.

About The Role

To deliver accurate demand forecasts and effective replenishment by managing forecasting outputs, maintaining system accuracy, and providing actionable insights to support stock availability and promotional activity.

Responsibilities

Demand Forecasting & Planning

• Run demand forecasts and place orders in line with generated system outputs and business requirements.
• Monitor daily forecast outputs and system alerts.
• Manage SKU / Order exceptions flagged, liaising with buying teams.
• Review and analyse demand, ensuring forecasts reflect expected demand patterns, including promotional events.
• Review the promotional calendar to ensure all future activity is correctly loaded into systems.
• Liaising with buying on product assortment, forecast exceptions which will impact ordering.
• Identify SKUs where actual sales significantly deviate from forecast, reviewing anomalies to ensure model accuracy and identifying root cause.

Replenishment, Ordering & Allocations

• Set system allocations, including reviewing future allocations to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain and create suitable ordering schedules to support stock availability and replenishment efficiency.
• Review, promotional allocations at store level to ensure the system is accounting for this, liaising with stock controllers to ensure promotional data is captured within the system.
• Review orders that are not regionalised and take corrective action where required.

Person Specification

• Experience in demand planning, forecasting, replenishment, or supply chain within a retail or FMCG environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify trends and anomalies.
• Experience working with forecasting or replenishment systems is desirable.
• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with BI or analytics tools.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Strong commercial awareness combined with confident communication.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• Long service awards
• Employee discount
• Cycle to work scheme

Position: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: Monday Friday, 08:45am 17:30pm.

Location: Plymouth, Devon