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We are currently seeking to hire a Demand Analyst at our Refresco Head Office in Kegworth due to an internal promotion. Whether you are a recent graduate with strong analytical skills or you already have experience in demand and forecasting within the FMCG industry or a similar large-scale manufacturing business, we encourage you to get in touch with us.

Demand Analyst
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 5 pm and Friday 8:30 am – 4 pm
Kegworth, hybrid – work 2 days from home

Reward & Benefits:

• Annual bonus
• Annual pay review
• Early finish on a Friday 
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Purchase additional holidays
• Life assurance
• Employee referral scheme - earn a bonus for referring your friends or family
• GroceryAid – a support service offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical support, advice and counselling
• Cheers – a benefits platform offering discounts, free perks, and well-being tools for all employees
• Free onsite parking, and discounted products 

What you’ll be doing as a Demand Analyst
Reporting to the Demand & Forecast Manager, this role will effectively ‘drive’ the business forecasting software maintaining and updating volume forecasts accurately. Issuing forecast review files on time and in the appropriate detail. It will also analyse forecast accuracy figures, and target consistently underperforming SKUs, categories, or customers to drive sustainable improvement.

Generating reports and all routine communications output from the forecasting department. Responsible for the good housekeeping of all relevant systems and carrying out administration activities as allocated by the Forecast & Demand Manager for the Forecasting function.

Key responsibilities of the Demand Analyst

• Execute all facets of the Forecasting processes to facilitate the agreed customer service level & optimize operational efficiency
• To facilitate the reduction of working capital through better forecast control.
• Using the short term extracts from the customer forecasts to interrogate and improve short term forecast accuracy to avoid short term service and capacity constraints.
• Collaborate with all other functions to ensure that the appropriate data is available and accurate, to be reviewed at the S&OP process meetings.
• Evaluate forecast accuracy performance and capability, building into the S&OP process risk mitigating approaches to manage delivery of forecast KPI’s.
• Ensure that Refreco’s forecasting communication is aligned internally, to drive focused, agreed and consistent activities.
• Taking the lead and identifying improvement projects to improve forecast accuracy.
• Administration of standing system data and housekeeping of forecasting systems.
• Correcting anomaly data within forecast system (e.g. shortages, promotions etc.) to prevent skewing of the forecast engine
• To be the internal forecasting system experts, including engine tuning and view / dataset building

About you
The preferred candidate must demonstrate a strong analytical aptitude and the ability to exhibit collaboration. Proficient in administrative tasks with a meticulous attention to detail. Previous experience in utilizing an advanced forecasting tool, preferably within an FMCG environment, is highly desirable.

About Refresco
Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 14 billion litres of soft drinks from 78 manufacturing plants in Europe, North America and we've just opened in Australia, and we’re only just getting started. We have grown from just 2 sites in 1999. Our Group Headquarters are based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading UK supermarkets, plus some of the best-known UK drink brands such as Monster Energy, Ocean Spray, and Innocent.
From the purchasing of the raw materials such as fruit juices and CO2, through to the finished product delivered to your table, we cover the full manufacturing cycle for our customers. And, whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles, or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards.