Reports to: Chief Procurement Officer

Our client, Kenya’s largest furniture retailer with a prominent presence in three major cities; Nairobi, Mombasa, and Eldoret, is looking for a Data & Demand Analyst to join their team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for tracking and analyzing sales performance, identifying trends, and providing data-driven insights to optimize inventory levels and drive profitability.

Job Purpose

The Data & Demand Analyst ’s overall responsibility is to analyse & forecast customer demands. ensure optimum stock levels are ordered, maintained and dispatched at times in line with historical stock movement data and predictable future demands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review available procurement and commercial data and ensure that LPO’s are placed on time minimizing overstocks and stock outs.
• Ensure that all customer (internal and external) demands are fulfilled on time and in full.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure efficiency in the ordering process till the stocks are received.
• Ensure order plans are followed and communicated with Finance for cash flow planning.
• Collaborate with the warehouse and commercial team on anticipated orders and delivery time.
• Regularly monitor and adjust forecasts based on actual performance or forecasted commercial events.
• Advice the commercial and warehouse departments of foreseen delays and recommend workable solutions.
• Identify slow moving, obsolete stocks and recommend solutions.
• Gather and analyse client feedback through the commercial team on quality, color, fabric, texture, prices etc and share the recommendations with suppliers for improvement.
• Update and develop SLA with key account clients and ensure adherence to.
• Recommend restock of inventory based on historical data.
• Advice the management on foreseen market trends and changes and proactively recommend appropriate strategies.
• Coordinate with the warehouse team and ensure proper tracking of expected deliveries and with the marketing team on upcoming promotions, flush, seasonal and periodical sales.
• Ensure the BI software reflects consistent, accurate, timely and updated reports on the dashboard.
• Ensure accurate stock rotation reports per category and SKUs are available in BI software and provide highlights of under or over stocked SKUs.
• Provide a dashboard in BI software and spreadsheet showing inventory movement.
• Automate manual reports into the BI software as may be requested from time to time.
• Undertake any other tasks relevant to this role as assigned from time to time.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND TRAITS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, Warehouse Operations or equivalent from a recognized university.
• Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
• CPSP(K) qualification or equivalent.
• At least 6 years’ work experience as an inventory controller/demand planner in a large retail setup, preferably specialized retail.
• Experience in use of an Enterprise Resource Planning tool (ERP) preferably SAP System.
• Well versed in the MS Office suite, ERP, SQL, Power BI & Python.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to pay attention to details.
• Strong investigative and problem-solving skills.
• Self-driven individual with ability to work under minimum supervision to meet business requirements.
• Good communication skills and reporting skills.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain the highest standards of ethics, confidentiality, and professionalism.
• Flexible and willing to travel on short notice.

All applicants are advised to adhere to the application guidelines for consideration. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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