QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION
AVON, the market leader of the direct selling business and a leading global beauty company, is looking for a
“Fashion & Home Demand Forecasting Lead”
for its Commercial Operations Turkey structure.
We invite you to work with us where 128 years of experience has been developed by
continuous inspiration and great achievement
- University degree preferable Industrial Engineering or Business Administration
- Min. 5 years demand management experience, preferably in fashion, jewellery, home businesses
- Willingness to focus on fashion, accessories, home businesses from demand planning point of view
- Forecasting, data analysis, attention to detail, flexible, expertise in role, advanced user of MS Office applications (Advanced knowledge of Excel as a must),
- Hardworking, eager to learn
- High level of coordination required both within the marketing department and also cross functional (Supply Chain, Category, Campaign) therefore excellent communication skills are a must
- A candidate with a passion for the beauty industry & demand planning career is preferred
- Strong negotiating skills in order to resolve issues
- Ability to manage multiple requests & make decisions in a timely manner
- Analyze and understand data within the context of the wider business needs in order to form opinions and make decisions
- Strong presentation skills
- Fluency in English
- Located in Istanbul and will need to travel/stay in Madrid for a certain period of time
İŞ TANIMI
- Provides accurate & timely estimates as required at all stages of the business planning process (sales, marketing and finance) for Fashion and Home portfolio
- Partner with Fashion and Home Category team to measure the potential of category plans, newness launches and support them in achieving profit plan objectives.
- Reviewing product portfolio of Fashion and Home and providing demand planning perspective
- Working on cannibalization within Fashion and Home products, commenting to marketing team and taking actions
- Analyzing creative layouts of fashion and home pages and brochures to adjust estimations and providing additional business inputs
- Support DP Manager through Financial Reviews and with ad hoc analysis
- Manage direct report(s) to deliver accurate & timely estimates as required at all stages of the business planning process
- Newness vs trends and actuals - implement where applicable changes following latest results to maximize impact on accuracy KPI’s, service and inventory improvement
- Tracking & root cause analysis of results to improve future performance
- Work closely with Sales Finance to understand the Source of Sales trends, risks and bias
- Analyse F&H brochure financials, apply corrective actions, align with Commercial Marketing
- Improve and align forecasting best practice
- Communicate risks (upside or downside) or confirmed changes to Supply Chain through planning phases
- Reduce inventory levels & support service targets through accurate estimating and participation in the related meetings by achieving customer satisfaction, company growth and budget objectives