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Analyst, Demand Forecasting - Control Tower

General Motors
USA
Full-time
Mid · 5+ years experience
Discovered 4 days ago

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What You’ll Do

  • Own forecasting decisions for critical service parts and emerging issues impacted by supply chain risks, changing demand patterns, and operational challenges.
  • Translate customer demand signals, inventory conditions, supplier constraints, and business risks into actionable forecast strategies.
  • Monitor critical service parts and emerging exceptions, assess potential business and customer impact, and prioritize issues requiring immediate action.
  • Coordinate immediate cross-functional recovery actions, partnering with inventory planning, supplier management, logistics, purchasing, operations, engineering, and other business teams to develop effective solutions.
  • Communicate findings, business impacts, recommendations, and next steps to stakeholders and leadership; escalate unresolved risks; and follow up on issues through resolution.
  • Act as the central forecasting point of contact for critical part disruptions, maintaining visibility of forecast decisions, business impacts, required actions, accountable owners, and issue status through resolution.
  • Serve as the forecasting advocate in cross-functional meetings and business reviews.
  • Investigate forecast variances, demand shifts, and emerging trends to identify root causes and corrective actions.
  • Drive continuous improvement through innovative thinking, challenging existing processes, and developing tailored solutions for complex business problems.
  • Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in demand forecasting, demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, inventory management, materials management, production planning, operations planning, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), purchasing, procurement, logistics, supplier management, supply chain analytics, business analytics, customer fulfillment, or similar analytical supply chain roles.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage complex business issues.
  • Experience leading and influencing teams while collaborating across multiple functions.
  • What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Experience working with large datasets and analytical tools (Python, SQL, Google Workspace, etc.).
  • Service-parts, aftermarket, inventory-risk, backorder, or supply-constraint experience.
  • Maestro, Kinaxis, SAP IBP, Blue Yonder, or similar forecasting/planning platforms
  • Power BI, Tableau, Spotfire business visualization tools creation / management
  • Tidal, KNIME, or equivalent Extract Transform Load (ETL) workflow automation tool.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.

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