Meroda Cosmetics
Demand Planner & Forecast Analyst
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Demand Planner & Forecasting Analyst
Location: UK, Europe - Remote working role.
About Meroda Cosmetics
Meroda Cosmetics is one of Europe’s fastest-growing beauty brands, disrupting the industry with innovative products, a strong digital-first mindset, and an ambitious international growth strategy.
As we continue to scale across multiple markets and channels, having the right products available at the right time becomes increasingly critical. That’s where you come in.
The Role
We are looking for a Demand Planner & Forecasting Analyst to take ownership of the accuracy, quality, and integrity of our demand forecasts.
In this role, you will be the critical link between commercial insights and operational execution - ensuring our forecasts are data-driven, realistic, and reliable before they translate into purchasing and inventory decisions.
You will build, improve, and standardize our forecasting processes across channels, analyze demand patterns, challenge assumptions, and create the foundation for smarter, more scalable demand planning.
This is a unique opportunity for someone who loves working with data, wants to make a tangible business impact, and enjoys building structure within a fast-growing international scale-up.
What you’ll be doing
Forecasting & Demand Accuracy
- Own and improve the demand forecast input process, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and data integrity.
- Analyze historical sales performance, run rates, and trends to create evidence-based forecasts.
- Review and challenge channel forecasts, identifying risks, opportunities, and unrealistic assumptions.
- Build SKU-level forecasts, ensuring the right product mix and inventory allocation.
- Incorporate channel contribution and margin impact into forecasting decisions.
- Improve forecasting for both sellable and non-sellable products (packaging, accessories, and marketing materials).
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Channel & Business Analysis
- Create top-down and bottom-up demand forecasts together with Sales and Operations teams.
- Analyze seasonality, trends, promotions, product launches, and channel performance.
- Build forecasting models that incorporate core range, new product development, and channel-specific inputs.
- Act as the quality gate between commercial forecasts and inventory decisions.
- Support Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) with accurate insights and recommendations.
Process Improvement & Innovation
- Establish a structured forecasting methodology and create clear processes and SOPs.
- Develop forecasting models that can scale with Meroda’s international growth.
- Identify opportunities to leverage forecasting tools, automation, and AI solutions.
- Become the single source of truth for forecast accuracy across the organization.
- Partner with Marketing, Product Development, Sales, and Operations to understand future demand drivers.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
What success looks like
- Improved forecast accuracy across all channels.
- Reduced gaps between forecast and actual sales performance.
- Lower risk of out-of-stock situations and excess inventory.
- Better inventory allocation and improved margin contribution.
- A scalable forecasting process that supports international growth.
What we’re looking for
- Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain analytics, or a similar role.
- Advanced Excel skills and strong modeling capabilities.
- Ability to analyze complex data and translate insights into business decisions.
- Comfortable challenging assumptions and collaborating across teams.
- Experience with forecasting tools and an interest in AI-driven solutions.
- A structured, proactive mindset with the ability to build processes from the ground up.
Why join Meroda?
- Be part of one of the fastest-growing beauty brands in Europe.
- Have direct impact on how we scale internationally.
- Work closely with passionate teams across Commercial, Marketing, and Operations.
- Build and improve processes in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.
- Opportunity to shape the future of demand planning at Meroda.
✨ Join us and help shape the future of Meroda.
#Meroda #Hiring #DemandPlanning #SupplyChain #Forecasting #BeautyIndustry #ScaleUp
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location