Suntory Global Spirits

Senior Manager, Global Forecasting, International Analytics

Suntory Global Spirits

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

ETLPythonSQL

About the role

  • Lead the development and execution of global spirits market forecasts, incorporating trends, brand plans, and macro-economic factors.
  • Drive the utilization of consumption forecasting and predictive analytics capabilities into business processes through collaboration with demand planning, finance, and corporate strategy.
  • Enable organizational comfort/expertise around forecasting methodologies and applications
  • Partner with Innovation and Global brand teams to develop innovation forecasts to facilitate stage-gate decision making and to enable supply and distributor planning
  • Provide analytical support to drive data-driven decision-making across the international region.
  • Develop and implement analytical models to assess market trends and performance metrics for International Region.
  • Act as a thought leader in the field, contributing to strategic discussions and initiatives that enhance the company’s position in the market.
  • Prepare and present insights and recommendations to senior management and stakeholders.
  • Cultivate strategic relationships with leading data providers (Nielsen NIQ, Circana, IWSR, Kantar, Toluna, Global Data etc.), ensuring maximum ROI through high-quality data acquisition and collaborative thought leadership.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience of commercial/ business analytics with strong application experience (Client Side)
  • Bachelor’s degree (Masters preferred) in Business Analytics, Data Science, Applied Mathematics / Statistics /Computer Science
  • Proven experience in synthesizing and driving business impact utilizing information from multiple disparate sources (including but not limited to Nielsen NIQ/Circana syndicated data, distributor data, first-party retailer data)
  • Passionate about Consumer Insights, data and Market trends
  • Analytical and strategic mindset to think about the near- and longer-term team and evolution of analytics capabilities
  • Proficiency visualization tools / BI / analytics tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI) is required
  • Basic knowledge in Data Manipulation (SQL, ETL) and Modelling skills (R, Python, SPSS, SAS)
  • Strong communication and presentation skills with proven track record of using insights to influence executives and colleagues to action
  • Ability to work independently and strong sense of individual accountability. Works with fair level of autonomy, can prioritize, but knows when to escalate problems
  • High degree of numeracy and analysis
  • Experience of managing multiple projects simultaneously / multi-tasking.
  • Industry experience in AlcBev is a plus, CPG experience a must
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities
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