The Role

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Global Grade: GG8

Are you ready to shape the future of forecasting and planning in a truly global environment? Join us as a Senior Forecasting Analyst and S&OP at Imperial Brands – an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. This is your opportunity to be at the centre of data-driven decision-making, helping us unlock greater agility, accuracy, and collaboration across the business.

Principle Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain accurate short- and long-term demand forecasts using historical data, market trends, and business insights.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, finance, and supply chain teams to gather input and align on demand assumptions.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and identify root causes for variances; implement corrective actions.
• Lead or support S&OP/IBP process with key stakeholders.
• Utilize planning tools (e.g., SAP APO, Blue Yonder, Excel, Power BI) to generate and manage forecasts.
• Lead cross-departmental E2E projects as the SPOC for Demand Planning, while preparing reports, dashboards, and KPI summaries for management review, and providing guidance to junior planners within the team.

Skills & Experience Required

• Experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain analytics.
• Strong proficiency in ERP and forecasting tools (e.g., SAP, Blue Yonder, IBP, Oracle, Kinaxis, Anaplan).
• Advanced Excel skills and hands-on experience with data analytics platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Solid understanding of statistical forecasting methods and demand planning models.
• Knowledge of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes and frameworks.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with professional fluency in spoken and written English.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.