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Boston, Ma, Us

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• Using data-driven analytics, collaborate with Marketing, Supply Chain, and external partners to create demand plan models and product level forecast for market tests and national product launches. • Present forecasts and gain consensus from key stakeholders.• Create scenario plans to provide top-line visibility for program risks, make recommendations to mitigate risk and present to appropriate stakeholders. • Work collaboratively with Marketing, Supply Chain, and external partners to provide real time sales analysis during product launches to help manage supply and demand. • Collaborate with franchisees and internal stakeholders on strategic and high-risk demand plans. • Develop and maintain forecasting tools that help to improve visibility of product sales and shipments. • Complete store level plans for all limited time offer, tests, and new product launches. • Manage Obsolescence P&L • Analyze and evaluate current business trends to improve forecast assumptions and create more accurate forecast.• Analyze success of each demand plan post promotion to establish key learning and best practices.• Make demand plan recommendations for moving from market test phase to launch based on analysis. • Issue regular and ad hoc reporting to support innovation and brand marketing teams. • Make recommendations to Culinary and Commercialization teams to case pack sizes, based on restaurant- level profitability, anticipate sales, and waste estimation. • Provide financial representation for brand specific category management and initiatives, including but not limited to, Quarterly Planning Meetings, Field Marketing Sessions, Alpha/ Beta/ Market Test Meetings, and Forecast Committee.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Manage strategy and execution for expanded samples fulfilment options including implementation and maintenance of 3P and in-house programs including detailed roll-out plans across suppliers, stores, e-commerce, and physical retail• Set, own and communicate multiple project timelines, set goals against milestones, keep projects on track and communicate progress to broader cross-functional team• Track and monitor program costs, chase creative ways to reduce costs while balancing cross functional needs• Communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders in physical retail, category management, product content, product managers, and suppliers on status and action plans for high-priority, high-impact projects • Analyze site and store metrics and related data to identify opportunities to improve sample-driven conversion rate and customer confidence• Track the results of past actions, report out effectively and make decisions based on learning and data.• Drive customer satisfaction and trust by improving the quality of our product catalog leveraging tools, data and offshore resources effectively • Research trends, opportunities and competitors to discover new ways to improve customer experience within the product category.• Manage a direct report and guide them towards career success.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple seasons.• Coach and direct planning Analyst. Ensure that their performance plans meet organizational objectives. Establish performance expectations, skill, and competency development plans. • Build and enhance planning tools and systems (SAP-IBP/ Tableau)• Align with cross functional partners across Supply Planning, Operations, Product, and GEO partners on dates and gate alignments within our development calendar to ensure all deadlines are met on time.• Transform & Lead planning Process starting with the consumer demand (ST) to calculate shipments (sell in) and buy plan.• Create baseline forecasts in partnership with Product, Finance, and Merchandising teams ensuring forecasts are reflective of marketplace realities, while maintaining alignment with Brand and Product strategies. Actively engage and participate in the global planning process from forecast creation and inception, shepherding the flow of information through functional handoffs and alignment, to ultimately execute against seasonal hind sighting.• Review and analyze historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results. Communicate/ present results at key milestones to internal partners. • Advance existing demand planning tools: increase sophistication in modeling techniques, incorporate machine learning into planning/forecasting activities, utilization, and integration of AI in support of mid to long range planning• Monitor trends in forecast error; analyze and drive corrective action.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple seasons.• Create baseline forecasts in partnership with Product, Finance, and Merchandising teams ensuring forecasts are reflective of marketplace realities, while maintaining alignment with Brand and Product strategies. Actively engage and participate in the global planning process from forecast creation and inception, shepherding the flow of information through functional handoffs and alignment, to ultimately execute against seasonal hind sighting.• Review and analyze historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models and evaluate forecast results. Communicate/ present results at key milestones to internal partners. • Advance existing demand planning tools; increase sophistication in modeling techniques, incorporate machine learning into planning/forecasting activities, utilization and integration of AI in support of mid to long range planning• Monitor trends in forecast error; analyze and drive corrective action.

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