Forecast Analyst Intern

Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space.

You will find our products in home improvement centers, big box retailers, hardware stores and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate.

MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen, we ensure it happens with excellence.

We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT

Job Summary

We seek a detail-oriented intern to assist in generating monthly statistical demand forecasts. This role will involve monitoring and updating forecast process data for finished goods. The intern will also be vital in cross-functional inventory planning and customer demand review processes. Candidates should be comfortable working in a team environment and possess strong analytical skills. This position offers a valuable opportunity to gain hands-on experience in demand planning and inventory management within a dynamic company.

Principle Responsibilities

• Validate demand data from multiple sources.
• Assist in developing and maintaining the monthly forecast for all finished goods parts, using order and shipment history, customer point of sale data, market intelligence, and industry trends to inform the projected demand.
• Work with sales, marketing, and product management to understand product life cycles, demand patterns, and short, medium, and long-term forecasts.
• Analyze and develop insights on data from a customer point of sales data systems and internal order-management systems.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts to advance the demand planning and forecasting process capabilities.
• Assist in maintaining the forecast vs. actual history data by customer, product family, channel, geography, and SKU.

Competencies

• Knowledge and experience with enterprise planning software is a plus(e.g., SAP, JDA, Oracle, etc.)
• Experience with forecasting methodologies, techniques, and approaches (e.g., moving averages, exponential smoothing, holt-winters, box-jenkins, discrete probability, etc.) is a plus.
• Detail-oriented and ability to organize work activities in highly ambiguous situations.
• Strong MS Office skills (i.e., Excel and Access).
• Strong problem-identification and analytical skills.
• Action-oriented.

Education/Experience

• Undergraduate degree in mathematics, supply chain, or engineering preferred.

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