Forecast Analyst
Hybrid
Bracknell, United Kingdom
Freelance
12-03-2025
Job Specifications
About The Role
Waitrose & Partners prides itself on being different. Our intention is to combine the convenience of a supermarket with the expertise and service of a specialist food shop. Add this to our unswerving dedication to our customers and the highest respect for our suppliers (the provenance and traceability of our food is vital) and, of course, the environment and you can start to see we’re a bit more than ‘just’ a supermarket. We are recruiting for a Forecast Analyst to join our Ambient Merchandising team in General Merchandise (GM).
Salary - £41,900 - £69,000
Contract type - This position is a Fixed-Term contract/Secondment contract until 1st November 2025.
Working pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Forecasting team aim for around 1-2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings.
Some weekend working may be required.
Location - This role is based at our Bracknell Head Office.
Key Responsibilities
Create demand forecasts through detailed data analysis at item-location level which are the foundation for all end to end supply chain planning, stock ordering and replenishment activity, in order to ensure the successful delivery of the Operational and Trading plans
Refine and optimise demand forecasts by continually analysing, interpreting and improving forecast date at item-location level
Influencing and optimising planning decisions in the Category Proposition Groups for both BAU category performance and trading events, by using insights, analysis and providing direction
Play a full part in the Merchandising Profession, and support Partnership Missions, Touchpoints and Category Proposition Groups as required
Essential Skills/experience You’ll Need
Forecasting using large data sets, knowledge of querying tools
Data driven decision making and significant analytical capability
Collaborative working with stakeholders
Desirable Skills/experience You May Have
Use of Luminate Demand Edge
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About The Partnership
We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.
As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.
We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.
As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.
Important points to note:
It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting. If required, you’ll find out more about vetting throughout the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays.
We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
About the Company
We’re on a journey, an ongoing experiment to find happier, more trusted ways of doing business and all of our Partners have a part to play. By joining the Partnership you’ll be joining a different kind of business. One that seeks to make a difference, not just to its Partners, but to the lives of everyone. It’s this shared purpose that drives us, guides us, and we believe that by working together, in Partnership, we can help create a place with happier people, for a happier business and a happier world. #FindYourHappi... Know more
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