kencko is seeking a freelance or full-time Demand Planning / Forecast Individual Contributor to join our Business Intelligence team.


Location Portugal, remote


Main goals
You will provide key insights and projections to inform decision-making across multiple business units. Your main responsibilities will be to develop, refine, and present item-level sales forecasts, evaluate and monitor forecast accuracy, and develop the forecasting roadmap as the company grows and evolves. You will collaborate closely with various stakeholders to drive business growth, working with large datasets from our retail and D2C channels to understand trends, forecast demand, and ultimately help kencko deliver the right products at the right time to our customers.


Essential Experience

• Proven experience leading retail CPG demand planning.
• Expertise in statistical forecasting techniques and experience in applying them to consumer goods.
• Strong proficiency in SQL;
• Experience with Python and DBT is advantageous.
• Experience in working with D2C and retail data; familiarity with US market dynamics is an advantage.
• Highly analytical with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to translate data insights into actionable plans.
• Effective communicator with experience working cross-functionally to drive results.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the forecasting roadmap and progression, ensuring alignment with business needs and priorities.
• Own forecast reporting, providing timely and insightful updates to key stakeholders.
• Develop and refine statistical demand forecasts, leveraging historical data, market trends, and retailer feedback.
• Drive the demand planning process, working cross-functionally to ensure consensus between different departments.
• Build, maintain, and improve SQL models to extract and manipulate data for accurate forecasting.
• Develop tools and dashboards within our BI platform to support real-time data analysis and forecasting.
• Ensure continuous improvement of forecasting methods and accuracy, leveraging best practices and innovative data science approaches.

Please make your experience in CPG forecasting / demand planning explicit in a brief cover letter.


Nice to have

• Experience working within a startup or rapidly growing company.
• Knowledge of inventory and supply chain planning tools.
  
• Familiarity with statistical forecasting techniques and data-driven decision-making.

What We Offer

• An employee stock equity award approved by the Board of Directors
• Private health insurance, company pays 100% premium for employee and spouse/domestic partner
• 25 days of paid time off (bonus days!)
• 9.60 euro per day for a meal allowance
• Donation to your favorite charity on your birthday
• Wellness perks via our kencko-er assistance program (legal, financial, work/life balance, and mental health services)
• A generous parental leave policy
• A kencko-er milestone program
• A casual, dynamic, ambitious, and fun work environment
• Free nutrition consults
• Steep discount on kencko products
• & be part of a B-Corp team that is shaking-up the nutrition industry for the better!

How To Apply
Along with your CV, please answer the questions found below; all materials must be submitted in English.


"kencko is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do great work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, veteran status, sex, parental status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our company."