Forecasting & Sales Analyst Job in Tucker, Georgia Us
Lane Limited was established in 1890 and is a manufacturer of a wide range of specialty tobacco products including roll-your-own, pipe tobaccos, and little cigars. Lane key brands include Captain Black (pipe and little cigars), Bugler, Kite and Midnight special. In 2011, Lane was purchased by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). This purchase will provide a greater focus on Lane brands both domestically and internationally.
STG is the world's largest player in the field of pipe tobacco, holds a shared no. 1 position within the world of cigars, and has a strong position within fine-cut tobacco in Scandinavia.
STG is a privately held company based in Copenhagen, Denmark and has approximately 10,000 employees in sales companies and production companies in 20 countries.
Job Description:
* Manage demand planning processes ensuring a smooth flow of demand requirements to the Company.
* Maintain and develop systems, provide reporting, analyze data and make recommendations to support sales and marketing. Raise volume shortfall matters, recommend solutions to issues that affect achievement of company volume and profit objectives
* Analyze and review proposed demand perspectives and future volume requirements to support current and future products and distribution areas.
* Forecasting, to include modeling future sales thru various tools available in SAP system as well as ad hoc methods
* Provide reporting data to evaluate the business and formulate strategies and tactics.
* Provide sales and marketing with data on incremental volumes, distribution gains and losses resulting from promotional activities or new product launches.
* Facilitate the project management process to ensure time fences are achieved.
* Manage the CRM resource as directed.
Experience:
Prefer 5+ years of multi-product forecasting.
Skills:
Organization, detail oriented, effective communication skills, with the ability to assess problems/opportunities, offer resolutions and confidently deliver information to Senior Management
Competent in Excel, Word, Access and SAP
Education:
Bachelor's degree preferred, with relevant experience