We are currently recruiting for a Forecasting Analyst to join our team in Calgary, Alberta.

The position reports directly to the Manager, Inventory Planning.  The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, executing, and updating analytical processes & techniques to forecast the customers’ need for aircraft components and materials.   Together, with your manager, you will co-develop / execute on yearly goals & objectives and determine how best to utilize all available tools and resources to achieve expected results. 

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, execute, and keep up-to-date analytical processes & techniques to forecast the customers’ need for aircraft components and materials
• Work closely with Maintenance Engineering team to team to develop a forward-looking view of aircraft utilization of various De Havilland fleets of aircraft
• Work closely with customers and/or their service providers to understand their purchasing, restocking and material management pattern, incorporate and continuously refresh their feedback
• Work closely with customers and/or their service providers to obtain their maintenance checks (Line, Intermediate & Heavy) schedules to assess their Material Management needs and position
• Work closely with Material Services and Service Solutions teams within De Havilland to best align efforts and maximize De Havilland share in the Services solutions field
• Evaluate sales forecast data, which may include forecasts provided by customers, their service providers, field representatives, and other De Havilland functions; modify data by changing business and spanet conditions.
• Analyze data, make recommendations and comments, and present forecast to leadership team for business planning and product development.
• Regularly reviews sales databases, adding or maintaining new data as available.
• Attend and actively participate in sales meetings and industry forums.
• Study the latest aerospace trends, identifying business opportunities from customer demands and interests to develop revenue resources to establish and maintain De Havilland’s leading spanet share and ensure business financial stability.
• Support other initiatives and projects as required 

 Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration / Management or related field with strong emphasis on mathematics or statistics required and/or equivalent business degree
• Minimum of three years of experience preparing sales analyses and forecasts in a spaneting environment required
• Knowledge of the aerospace afterspanet industry is an advantage
• Possesses strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to interpret data and identify data trends
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
• Certification in production and inventory control highly preferred
• You have a sound understanding of relational databases like Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL database, Oracle DB, and the ability to extract reports. Strong skills to develop report/dashboards using Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Power BI and Tableau