Vacancy Information
We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Forecasting Team team at Greggs on a full time Permanent basis
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25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
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Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary
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Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
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Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
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Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
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You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
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Defined contribution management pension scheme
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Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
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Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
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Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
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Career progression and learning and development
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Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
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Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
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Cycle to Work scheme
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A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
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Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another
About the role
- This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
- We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
- The base location for this role is Greggs House, Quorum Business Park, Newcastle, NE12 8BU Ideally, you’ll live within one hour travel of this area
What you'll do
- Reviewing historical sales trends to prepare forecast data
- Developing statistical models to evaluating forecast results and optimise product launch and delists
- Taking full responsibility for creating a shop forecast for individual products within a certain category of products to maximise sales whilst controlling waste and stales
- Ensuring retail forecasting system are maintained appropriately to consistently improve forecast accuracy and thus support a robust shop order
- Providing shop Demand forecast of replenished products to maximise shelf life and availability
- Communicating effectively with Category, Retail and Supply Chain teams to ensure that forecast processes are adhered to and understood
- Providing data, analysis and direction on ranging decisions that can be implemented in collaboration with the Category teams
- Interacting with Category, Marketing, F&R and Finance to understand Category sales forecast drivers.
- Using and SAP software as the primary forecasting system tool.
About you
You will fit right into this role if you:
Essential:
- Highly numerate with an ability to manage and analyse complex data to solve problems
- Fully conversant with all MS Office packages, especially Excel
- An ability to diagnose and implement practical process/system improvements
- An effective communicator with an ability to work cross-functionally
- A self-starter with a desire to get things done and to drive continuous improvement
- An ability to work at pace and manage multiple deadlines within challenging timescales
Desirable:
- A good understanding of a commercial business environment, especially sales, marketing, finance, retail and operations
- Fresh food experience an advantage
- At least 2 years forecasting experience in FMCG environment
- Sales forecasting or Demand planning experience
- Graduate with business or maths related discipline
About Greggs
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.