Forecast & Replenishment Analyst
Stamford, CT - USA
Job Summary
Caring for skin means caring for people.
It all started with a pharmacist and a dream almost 140 years ago. Today Beiersdorf is a global company with iconic brands Coppertone Aquaphor Eucerin and NIVEA focused on providing innovative clinically-proven and safe skin and sun care solutions to more than 500 million consumers in over 200 countries making people feel comfortable in their own skin.
At Beiersdorf we care beyond skin. We care for people our employees our customers our consumers and our communities and our know that diversity of thought backgrounds experience and perspective enriches our culture and fosters innovation and know thatresponsibly-sourced sustainable products and packaging make for a more sustainable future. And we know that when your skin feels better you feel better.
A welcoming workplace that offers personal and professional growth for all individuals.
At Beiersdorf youll find:
A welcoming workplace that fosters diversity inclusion and belonging where every team member feels valued respected and supported Nimble teams that enjoy challenging work and the ability to make an impact
A dynamic community of life-long learners that values acumen aptitude and the ability to learn as well as hard skills and established expertise
A purpose-led company that cares about your personal and professional development with the right balance of structure and flexibility to thrive
A collaborative culture that leads with care trust simplicity and courage
Unique benefits that consider the whole person.
We understand that you have a life outside of work and we support you with unique benefits including:
Generous and flexible PTO policy
Paid Parental Leave
Comprehensive Wellness and Benefits program
Cash Balance Plan (similar to a pension)
401k match
Growing number of Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups - to foster meaningful connections and belonging with other colleagues
Experience skills and competencies that lend themselves to this role:
We know that experience comes in all forms and were not necessarily looking for individuals who can hit the ground running (check all the boxes) but may bring a unique blend of competence and capabilities that can grow into a role and/or bring news skills to the team.
The Forecast & Replenishment Analyst provides analytical reporting and operational support for the Customer Forecast & Replenishment team. This role is responsible for preparing and maintaining replenishment reporting monitoring key performance metrics identifying exceptions and supporting the team with insights related to inventory health service performance customer order patterns weeks of supply in-stock levels and forecast-related inputs.
This role supports the broader replenishment and forecasting process by helping organize data identify trends flag risks and prepare materials used by the Sr. Manager and Customer Supply Chain & Replenishment Planners to make business decisions. The Forecast & Replenishment Analyst is expected to develop strong foundational knowledge of replenishment POS trends customer ordering behavior forecasting inputs and supply chain performance metrics.
Replenishment Analytics & Reporting
- Support the preparation maintenance and analysis of replenishment reporting across assigned customers categories and channels.
- Analyze key replenishment outputs including customer orders shipments inventory weeks of supply fill rate in-stock performance out-of-stock trends and service risks.
- Help identify trends exceptions and recurring issues impacting inventory availability replenishment flow and customer service performance.
- Assist in developing standardized reporting tools and dashboards to support replenishment decision-making.
- Build and maintain customer-facing and internal KPI reports dashboards and scorecards.
- Prepare weekly and monthly analytics to support business reviews account health meetings and internal planning discussions.
- Monitor data accuracy and flag inconsistencies across customer portals internal systems and reporting tools.
- Support ad hoc analysis requests related to replenishment performance inventory trends order behavior and service risk.
Forecast & Demand Support
- Support the team in building and maintaining item-level forecast inputs using customer POS trends order history inventory data and promotional activity.
- Assist with the transition from short-term customer forecast visibility to a longer-term POS-driven item-level forecast process.
- Partner with the Sr. Manager/Replenishment to review forecast variance demand shifts velocity changes and potential risks to supply or service.
- Support Demand Planning collaboration by organizing data preparing supporting analytics and summarizing key forecast-related variances or risks.
- Help identify base business trends seasonality promotional lifts distribution changes and customer demand signals that may impact forecast accuracy.
eCommerce / .com Replenishment
- Support replenishment execution for smaller eCommerce accounts including and potential L&R business.
- inventory health order flow in-stock position customer forecasts and service performance.
- Identify and escalate risks related to low inventory demand spikes order gaps item setup issues fulfillment delays or supply constraints.
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales Customer Service Demand Planning Logistics and Supply Planning to business execution.
- Track digital account performance and provide actionable insights to improve product availability and service reliability.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with internal partners across Sales Demand Planning Customer Service Logistics Supply Planning and Master Data to resolve replenishment and service-related issues.
- Support preparation of materials for customer supply chain meetings account reviews and internal business routines.
- Assist with new item launches relaunches item transitions UPC/GTIN changes and discontinuation tracking as needed.
- Help coordinate follow-ups and action items related to customer supply chain performance.
Issue Resolution & Continuous Improvement
- Investigate replenishment exceptions and support root-cause analysis for service gaps order issues out-of-stocks inventory imbalances and customer deductions where applicable.
- Recommend actions to improve reporting accuracy order flow inventory visibility and replenishment execution.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual reports reduce recurring issues and improve team efficiency.
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Operations Analytics Finance or a related field preferred.
- 2 - 5 years of experience in supply chain replenishment forecasting customer operations analytics retail or CPG preferred.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data identify trends and communicate insights.
- Strong Excel skills required including formulas pivot tables lookups and data manipulation.
- Ability to work with multiple data sources and large datasets.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage recurring reporting with accuracy.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to summarize findings clearly.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-starter with curiosity accountability and a continuous improvement mindset.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with customer portals or retail systems such as Walmart Retail Link Target Partners Online or similar customer platforms preferred.
- Exposure to SAP OMP JDA/Blue Yonder Power BI Tableau or other planning/reporting tools.
- Experience supporting or omnichannel replenishment a plus.
- Understanding of replenishment metrics such as in-stock % fill rate weeks of supply forecast accuracy order patterns POS trends and inventory health.
- CPG retail beauty personal care or consumer products experience preferred.
Base Salary Range: $65k-$95kbase salary
Actual placement within the compensation range may vary depending on experience skills and other factors.
At Beiersdorf we value diversity and aim to provide equal opportunities to all of our applicants regardless of e.g. gender sexual identity nationality ethnicity religion or ideology disability or age. We would therefore ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates). For instance please feel free to upload your CV without a picture.
Beiersdorf North America - Recent Awards
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Company Outlook () Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Company Work Life Balance (2025)
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Company Culture ()
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Company Compensation (-2024)
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Company Perks and Benefits ()
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Company for Happiness (20 2025)
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best CEO / General Manager ()
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Sales Team ( 2025)
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Leadership Teams ()
Winner of Comparablys Award for Best Company for Diversity (2022)
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About Company
We care for skin, we care for people and we care beyond skin. That is what makes us unique.