Apac Forecast Executive/analyst

**The Body Shop**:
When Anita Roddick founded The Body Shop in 1976, she had a vision. Business as a force for good - that’s us. Over 40 years later, we’re proud to be pioneering cruelty-free beauty every step of the way. We’re the original ethical beauty brand. We’ve got a thing for empowering people and enriching our planet. We’re all about keeping it real, in every way possible. Our activist roots remain a huge part of everything we do, from our iconic window posters to our vegetarian products to our infamous campaigns. We’re never afraid to stand up and speak the truth. We like to do things a little differently around here.

The Body Shop, along with Aesop and Natura, is part of Natura & Co, a global, multi-channel and multi-brand cosmetics group that is committed to generating positive economic, social and environmental impact. Group owner Natura is Brazil's number one cosmetics manufacturer. Sustainable development has been the company's guiding principle since it was founded in 1969. In fact, this is an incredibly exciting time for The Body Shop. We’re fighting for what we believe in now more than ever. No holding back. Breaking the mould has always come naturally to us, and we need someone who’s not afraid to mix things up.

**Your role in a nutshell**:
Purpose of role:
To deliver accurate commercial sales forecasts for assigned markets. This entails working with internal business partners - e.g., market commercial teams, supply chain managers, stakeholders, etc. to reach an aligned forecast that drives the Sales and Operation Plan

**More about the role**:
Key Job Accountabilities:

- Develop and maintain forecast that is accurate, complete, and unbiased that accurately predicts the future state of the business within the agreed planning horizon
- Provide the business perspective/insights on the current state of the business, risks, and upsides to the forecast.
- Execute forecasting process with excellence - e.g., timely completion of activities, liaising with business partners to gather business intelligence, data gathering, analysis, S&OP preparation, etc.
- Build the forecast across the agreed forecast horizon
- Lead forecast alignment with business partners
- Maintain product assortment - e.g., life cycle status, etc
- Reporting - accurate and timely reporting, developing reports as necessary, etc.
- Deliver KPI targets - e.g., forecast accuracy, etc.
- Develop tools that will help improve forecast accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency of the forecasting process
- Continues improvement - lead and/or actively support continuous improvement efforts
- Documentation of processes as necessary

**What we look for**:
**Experience**:

- Beauty industry experience is an advantage
- Supply Chain experience especially in the areas of demand (forecasting) and supply planning is an advantage
- Forecasting Process - familiarity and exposure to the forecasting process, and understanding key steps/activities of a forecasting process is an advantage
- SAP - fundamental understanding/knowledge and experience in SAP is an advantage

Qualifications:

- Degree in Supply Chain or related field is an advantage
- Excel - advanced level in Excel - e.g. pivot table, macros, advanced formulas, dashboards, etc
- Power Point - intermediate level - e.g. animation, slide builds, etc.
- Analytical Skills - personal or work experience related to the acquisition/improvement of analytical skill

Competencies required:
Strong Analytical Skills
- Able to synergize/meld data, market intelligence, and business knowledge into an accurate forecast and provide insight to the Markets on the current state of the business.
- Able to handle and analyze large sets of data

Communication Skills - good verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Able to build an effective partnership with business partners.
- Able to articulate complex concepts in a simple manner and drive home key messages to internal business partners and stakeholders.
- Able to influence business partners to a point of view

Manage Complexity - able to prioritize and handle multiple activities/deadlines well.

Continuous Improvement - able to improve business operations - e.g., work processes, etc.

Manage Challenging Situation - able to bring/steer difficult situation(s) to closure - e.g., get alignment (or agree to disagree) in a discussion where there are differing opinions or points of view, etc.

**Talent Drivers**:

- Collaborative Skills
- Purpose
- Commerciality
- Leadership
- Personal Conduct