Ecommerce Planning Strategy Manager

Job Title: Ecommerce Business PlanningContract Length: 6 months ++Work Location: Plano, TexasWork Schedule: Hybrid 4 days per week in office (Monday – Thursday)Experience Needed:Minimum of 3-5 years experienceForecasting expert and business acumenWeekly - forecasting, dive into dataRetail or eCommerce industry experienceStory teller on data and forecastingSelf driven and high curiousA lot of product forecasting duties on a daily basisEXCEL high Priority exp, Tableau**Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree required and 3-5 years of relevant experienceTop Three Skills:1) Forecast modeling2) Effective Communicator3) Retail and/or eCommerce experienceLooking for someone with strong analytics experience analyzing promotions, good at developing business cases, forecasting. MBA a plus. Need experience in analysis in particular (sales ops, pricing, promotion, etc.)Essentials/Duties and Responsibilities• Hands-on to build Sales forecasting using several variables (Traffic, Seasonality, multiple promos etc.)• Develop weekly/monthly/quarterly sales forecast for both quantity and revenue• Promotional analysis for attribution, elasticity and ROI/financial analysis• Build a play book to use Promotional lift and to recommend promos to achieve goals• Develop monthly/quarterly targets and distribute the targets to various categories/channels and traffic drivers for Ecommerce• Support supply chain team/process on forecast and demand/supply alignment• Deep understanding of Mobile promotions, sales and channel actions• Improve long term forecasting w/suitable analytical methodologies• Use advanced analytics methodologies such as ML/AI forecasting methodologies for sales forecasting• Create presentations with compelling data driven story to share with leadership, cross-functional teams to provide insights and recommendations• Work with Category Management, Finance and Operations team to define and work on gap closuresBackground/Experience• Ecommerce business planning, category management and/or data and analytics-intensive role with an emphasis on Quantitative analytics• Bachelor’s degree in Business/Economics or in math/analytics/engineering is required•Hands-on with advanced excel with attention to detail to integrate complex data to build forecasting and to perform analysis• Knowledge of ML/AI models for forecasting, pricing and promotional analytics for business analytics will be a plus• Experience with Financial analysis to build business cases and to create P&L analysis• Creative thinker with excellent business acumen, analytical skills and experience with statistical modeling• High level of confidence, integrity, enthusiasm, executive presence that fits a fast-paced, energetic and proactive organization• Adaptability, using advanced preparation to quickly pivot throughout the week• Exceptional presentation skills with good Microsoft PowerPoint capabilities• Experience of working with Telecom, Technology, Consumer Electronics and/or Retail industry is strongly preferred