Your Opportunity, Your Team
The "Forecast Planner" will be responsible for creating, interpreting, and publishing forecasts for Call Centers and Fulfillment Centers for QVC and HSN. They will also develop new processes and models to analyze data and improve forecast accuracy. Additionally, they will conduct analysis to determine adjustments to all forecasted units, call volumes, average handling time, and staffing requirements based on new information.
Where You'll Work
This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at QVC-West Chester - Studio Park several days per month (onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company). Job seekers must reside in Pennsylvania to be considered for this role. Relocation assistance is not offered for this role.
What You'll Do
- Tactical Planning – create, interpret, identify trends, adjust and publish multiple forecasts for Customer Service and Distribution teams, based on variables and trends.
- Analysis & Modeling – develop statistical models for forecasting several business volumes, review models and forecasting techniques for business needs and improved accuracy.
- Client Interaction – involves participating in regular one-on-one discussions with a manager. Additionally, it includes seeking feedback from end-users of forecasts. Furthermore, it requires soliciting input from other areas of business that may influence operational volumes, such as Sales and Product Planning, Buyers, Supply Chain Operations, and Site Operations. Finally, it involves facilitating and attending forecast meetings.
- Database Management – create accurate records of all volumes and variables involved in published forecasts to ensure current data is available for analysis by all members of the department.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree required in Operations Management, Business Administration, or quantitative field (Math, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, or Economics)
- 2+ years' experience in operations analysis
- Strong skills in the following analytics tools: Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python
- Knowledge of data modeling or simulation
- Advance analytical, interpretive, technical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with Customer Service & Distribution principles, practices and systems. Direct experience with Fulfillment Centers or Call Centers preferred.
Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.
QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.
If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.
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What We Do
Curated Experiences. Infinite Possibilities.® We believe in a Third Way to Shop® – beyond transactional ecommerce or traditional brick-and-mortar stores – for customers who crave engaging shopping experiences. We're a select group of diverse businesses that provide customers with curated collections of unique products, made personal and relevant by the power of storytelling. We combine the best of retail, media, and social to curate experiences, conversations, and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers. We bring joy, inspiration, and humanity to shopping. We also curate large audiences, across our many platforms, for our thousands of brand vendors. Qurate Retail Group comprises seven leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill®, and Grandin Road®. We reach approximately 218 million homes worldwide via 14 television networks and reach millions more via multiple streaming services, social pages, mobile apps, websites, print catalogs, and in-store destinations. We're a world leader in video commerce globally, among the top ecommerce retailers in North America (according to Digital Commerce 360), and a leader in mobile commerce and social commerce.
