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Aditi Consulting

Business Analyst

Aditi Consulting, California, Missouri, United States, 65018

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$50.00 - $60.00/hr. Summary

The Companys AR/VR business unit is seeking an experienced, highly quantitative, and driven Demand Planner to focus on hardware demand forecasting and strategic planning. This position will require cross-functional coordination across several groups, with an emphasis on partnering with Sales Account Managers, Retailers, Channel Inventory Operations, Marketing, Data Science, and Business Development. You will combine strategic planning and decision making with data analytics and insights and are excited about AR/VR and consumer hardware. You also have an interest in data and technology, be highly analytical and demonstrate the experience to clearly communicate highly complex topics to a broad audience. This role will challenge you to understand and impact many facets of hardware business strategy, including sales planning, financial forecasting, strategic pricing, trade marketing, sales and supply chain analytics. Responsibilities Partner with sales account managers, category managers, data analysts and business unit marketing teams to drive accurate demand planning and identify growth initiatives based on robust forecast models. Build bottoms up Sell-Through and Sell-In forecasts utilizing multiple quantitative and qualitative datasets and present cycle over cycle results to business leaders across the Company. Forecast and track weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly sales performance of hero and accessories hardware products in AR/VR. Own the actuals vs forecast and goal performance analysis, drive identification of root causes and plan mitigation measures for gaps in performance. Share forecast assumptions and impact of strategic activities to forecast outcomes to broader organization and various stakeholders. Drive implementation of tools and techniques for continuous forecast accuracy improvement by analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, dependencies, correlations, and creating future outlooks based on that. Partner with Channel Operation teams to impact production and launch decisions. Present outcomes at reviews with business leaders across the Company.

Qualifications

B.S. or M.S. in business-related or quantitative field (Economics, Finance, Math, Engineering, or similar discipline) 2+ years of experience of hardware products (including accessories) demand forecasting 6+ years of experience in business strategy, finance, analytics or sales planning experience with Excel, Powerpoint, and Google Suite of product Experience with forecasting tools (e.g. Anaplan, Algo, e2open, Logility etc.) Experience in problem solving individually and in a group setting and knowledge of financial drivers of the business Experience with statistical forecasting methods and forecast accuracy metrics

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with advanced Excel Experience in shifting priorities, while maintaining organization and control Experience in strategic planning in tech company, investment banking or strategy consulting with a focus on technology Experience with S&OP and CPFR processes Experience of communicating insights gained from data with clarity and impact Experience in SQL/Tableau/Power BI/visualization tools Experience in consumer electronics businesses

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$50.00 - $60.00/hr . Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience and the benefits package you select. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, 10 paid days off, 401(k) plan participation, commuter benefits and life and disability insurance. For information about our collection, use, and disclosure of applicant's personal information as well as applicants' rights over their personal information, please see our Privacy Policy. Aditi Consulting LLC uses AI technology to engage candidates during the sourcing process. AI technology is used to gather data only and does not replace human-based decision making in employment decisions. By applying for this position, you agree to Aditis use of AI technology, including calls from an AI Voice Recruiter. #AditiConsulting # 25 - 22137 #J-18808-Ljbffr