7 Business Forecasting jobs in Saudi Arabia

Job Summary:

Demand Planning Specialist helps the business to ensure and maintain sufficient stock and inventory levels to fulfill customer demand based on pre-established sales forecasts with reducing losses, costs, and expiries.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Creating demand and sales forecasts reports.
• Conducting biweekly S&OP meetings and coordinating for the demand and supply plans.
• Monitoring and reporting sales forecast accuracy.
• Developing plans for maintaining efficient inventory levels, stock coverage and availability especially for the medical supplies, consumables and reagents based on different forecasts.
• Analyzing sales data, trends, and customer demands to create inventory forecasts.
• Maintaining Product Information Management and Items Master Management.
• Conducting detailed reports on inventory (Inventory Management Reports, Expiries Management Report, …).

EXPERIENCE, Skills & Knowledge.

Bachelor's degree in business administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, …

Experience

1 -2 years' experience in Demand Planning or Supply Chain Planning.

(Preferably to have experience in Medical or Pharmaceutical Company).

Competencies

• Product knowledge
• Analytical Skills
• Forecasting Skills
• ERP Systems knowledge
• Reporting Skills
• Excel and PowerPoint knowledge
• Computer skills
• Quality of work
• Public relations
• Communication skills
• Customer service
• Team player

About the Company
Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 70 million customers, and built a platform for the region's best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

About The Team
The Groceries team is on a mission to reinvent how people shop for everyday essentials across the region. Within this team, the Fresh & Ultra Fresh vertical plays a pivotal role in driving selection, availability, and service experience for perishable goods. We are passionate about delivering high-quality produce and perishables with speed, accuracy, and reliability.

About The Role
As a Demand Planning Lead for Fresh & Ultra Fresh, you will play a critical role in enabling our grocery operations through accurate demand forecasting, inventory planning, and data-driven decision making. This role requires a blend of analytical acumen, operational understanding, and collaboration across cross-functional teams including supply chain, commercial, and warehouse operations.

What You'll Do

• Build, manage, and refine demand forecasts for Fresh & Ultra Fresh categories across multiple cities
• Ensure inventory levels align with sales demand to minimize wastage and maximize availability
• Lead the weekly and monthly demand planning cycles with inputs from Commercial and Supply Chain
• Drive improvements in forecast accuracy through analysis and tools development
• Collaborate closely with warehouse and commercial teams to align on promotions, assortment, and replenishment
• Provide insights into performance drivers, highlighting risks and opportunities
• Develop dashboards and reports to drive visibility and alignment on planning KPIs
• Own and evolve planning tools, models, and processes to support business growth

What You'll Need

• 3–5 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain analytics — ideally in groceries, FMCG, or perishables
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel/Google Sheets capability
• Familiarity with demand planning tools and platforms (e.g. SAP IBP, Oracle, etc.) is a plus
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and align on data-driven decisions
• Detail-oriented mindset with a focus on execution and continuous improvement
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field; Master's is a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English (Arabic is a plus)

What We'll Provide You
We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:

• Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
• Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
• Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.

Arthur Lawrence is urgently looking for a Senior Specialist – Demand Planning for a client in Riyadh, KSA. Kindly review the job requirements below. Your immediate application will enable us to place you successfully.

• 5+ years of experience with demand planning & project management in the banking sector
• Experience in developing demand forecasting, preparing annual portfolio plans for EPMO projects, and implementing scope duplication mechanisms
• Proficiency in governance, project monitoring, reporting, and stakeholder collaboration
• Familiarity with project management tools and MS Office
• Good English & Arabic speaking skills

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Finance, Engineering, or Business Administration
• PMP, CAPM, or related certifications preferred

Arthur Lawrence is a management and technology consulting firm providing enterprise-wide business transformation and application implementation services. Our technical expertise and experience with top companies help organizations develop strategies and cost-effective solutions.

We are an UN Women Empowerment Principal Signatory and certified by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

• Winner of Entrepreneur 360 Award (2019)
• IAOP Award; ranked in the top 100 internationally
• Ranked within the Inc 5000 twice in 2016 and 2017 as one of the fastest-growing companies in America
• Named one of the top ten fastest-growing businesses in Houston in 2016
• Ranked 25th in the HBJ Fast 100 Private Companies Award in 2017

We rely on seven core values: Education, Integrity, Value Creation, Collaboration, Best Client, Best People, and Stewardship. Adhering to these values has driven our success beyond expectations.

ملخص الوظيفة

مسؤول عن دراسة وتحليل متطلبات المشروع وتحديد الفجوات والفرص في العمليات الحالية وتقديم توصيات مبينة على البيانات لدعم اتخاذ القرار وتحقيق أهداف المشروع

المهام الوظيفية

• قيادة مبادرات التحول وتحليل الاحتياجات
• فهم أهداف المشروع وتحديد نطاق العمل بدقة
• جمع وتحليل متطلبات الأعمال من أصحاب المصلحة المعنين
• المساهمة في تصميم الحلول المقترحة بالتعاون مع الفرق المعنية
• دعم عملية اختيار الحلول من خلال مراجعة السينورهات
• توثيق النتائح والمخرجات

المهارات

• مهارات عالية في التواصل مع أصحاب المصلحة
• قدرة ممتازة على التحليل وحل المشكلات
• إجادة توثيق وتحليل المتطلبات بشكل احترافي
• إجادة استخدام أدوات تحليل الأعمال مثل : babok m togaf

Job description:

الأدوار والمسؤوليات التخصصية:
- تحليل وتوثيق متطلبات بيانات الأعمال بالتعاون مع ملاك الأعمال وأصحاب المصلحة، لضمان شموليتها ومواءمتها مع احتياجات . المنتجات والمنصات الحالية والمستقبلية . - تقييم أثر المتطلبات الجديدة على التقارير ولوحات البيانات الحالية، وتقديم تحليلات وتوصيات دقيقة للفرق الفنية المعنية لضمان . التوافق التشغيلي والتحليلي . - تشخيص الفجوات في متطلبات بيانات الأعمال من خلال دراسة المتطلبات وتقييم مدى اكتمالها قبل إعداد وثيقة الاعتماد . . مراجعة توافق متطلبات البيانات مع سياسات ومعايير حوكمة البيانات، والتأكد من مواءمتها مع الإرشادات التنظيمية قبل المضي . في اعتمادها. - تحليل التداخل بين متطلبات البيانات والأنظمة المصدرية، وتقديم مقترحات فنية لتحسين التكامل وتدفق البيانات بالتنسيق مع . الفرق التقنية . - المشاركة في إعداد وتنفيذ اختبارات القبول الخاصة بخدمات ومنتجات البيانات وذكاء الأعمال، وتطوير سيناريوهات تحقق فعالة . تدعم جودة المخرجات النهائية. - دعم التواصل الفني مع أصحاب المصلحة عبر تقديم تفسيرات واضحة لاستفساراتهم المرتبطة بالخدمات والمنتجات وتحليل . متطلباتهم من منظور بيانات الأعمال. - دراسة وتقييم الطلبات الجديدة لمتطلبات البيانات ومراجعتها وفق الأطر المعتمدة لحوكمة البيانات، والمشاركة في مراجعتها داخل . لجان الطلبات المتخصصة. - المشاركة الفاعلة في ورش العمل والمبادرات الجديدة لتحليل المتطلبات من مؤشرات ولوحات بيانات وضمان جاهزيتها للتنفيذ . الفني . - تحليل أسباب المشكلات التشغيلية المتعلقة بالبيانات في بيئة الإنتاج، وربطها بالمصادر وتحليل أثرها واقتراح الحلول المناسبة . بالتعاون مع فرق التشغيل والجودة. - إجراء مراجعات دورية مع أصحاب المصلحة الخارجيين لفهم مستهدفاتهم من البيانات وضمان توافق مخرجات المنصات مع . توقعاتهم التشغيلية والتحليلية .
المؤهلات والخبرات للوظيفة
- درجة البكالوريوس أو الماجستير في علوم الحاسب، ادارة البيانات أو ما يعادلها. - خبرة عملية لا تقل عن 4 سنوات - الشهادات المهنية مثل: CAP، CDMP - اجادة اللغة الانجليزية

Purpose of Job
Jobholders at this level may be regarded as a source of expertise and are responsible for developing frameworks, policies and operational plans. They also analyze complex issues, understand business needs, bring together multiple concepts and translate them into tangible actions and support to enhance performance of the function.

Job Responsibilities

• Communicate and collaborate with departments and end users, build mutual relationships, and facilitate the cooperation and the flow of information
• Interact with business users on regular basis, capture and analyze requirements for new business solutions or enhancements received across the business to assess priorities, and coordinate demand planning activities
• Consolidate all interpreted analysis and results, provide input to IT Planning and Support and IT Enterprise Architecture, and accordingly highlight requirements that are deemed strategic and major in nature
• Gather Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), conduct deep review and analysis, align with functional needs to ensure proper understanding and documentation, and circulate the BRDs for reviews by end users and key stakeholders in order to facilitate approval and sign-off
• Receive and analyse IT systems change requests, provide recommendations for Senior team on the implementation of accepted requests and translate business requirements into technical specifications; or formulate appropriate responses on rejected requests
• Assess IT projects (e.g. Business Value, Risk) in collaboration with IT Planning and Management, recommend initiatives to optimize and rationalize the IT spending and the utilization of IT resources, and accordingly develop the definition and prioritization of the projects' portfolio
• Interviewing business users to understand the As-Is detailed workflows of ZATCA activities, understand their business needs, interpret and analyze all data, and accordingly suggest improvements or process modifications
• Collect business requirements of ZATCA new services and change requests, assess the requests, and provide needed inputs to relevant functions to develop the new / updated business processes
• Observe the introduction of new technologies and solutions at ZATCA, evaluate the performance business processes to ensure alignment with IT systems and business requirements, and recommend needed adjustments and improvements to the developed business processes
• Support in the documentation of new services, solutions, and technologies, contribute in the preparation of user manuals and training material and contribute in conducting training to ZATCA's employees to improve their knowledge
• Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
• Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner
• Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases are closed
• Perform other duties as requested
• Train junior staff on the different job activities to ensure transfer of know-how
• Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility, and monitor the workflow of subordinates/ junior staff
• Support junior staff or direct reports in order to execute their duties according to set policies and processes

Job Details
Communication and Contacs
Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent is required
• Master's degree in Information Technology Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, or equivalent is preferred

Experience
An minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Competencies
Collaboration and Communication - Developing

Solutions Requirements Planning and Articulation - Advanced

Professionalism - Proficient

Project Management - Proficient

IT Compliance - Proficient

IT Change Management - Proficient

Results Oriented - Proficient

Business Solutions Testing and Quality Control - Advanced

Customer Focus - Proficient

Enablement of Change and Innovation - Developing