Job Description
The purpose of the role is to plan, coordinate and consolidate forecasting, planning and data activities between Market Operations, Supply Chain Planning & Customer Service and Controlling. The role owns regional master data governance and cross-system data integrity (Salesforce, SAP, TM1, mySIG), coordinates SAP User Acceptance Testing for regional projects, and delivers the financial and operational reporting that supports forecast cycles and month-end / year-end closing.
You bring these skills, experience & education
Our promise
About SIG
Forecast & Data Senior Analyst
Posting Start Date:
10/28/26
Main Location:
Cluj-Napoca
Requisition ID:
54265
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Forecast & Data Senior Analyst
The purpose of the role is to plan, coordinate and consolidate forecasting, planning and data activities between Market Operations, Supply Chain Planning & Customer Service and Controlling. The role owns regional master data governance and cross-system data integrity (Salesforce, SAP, TM1, mySIG), coordinates SAP User Acceptance Testing for regional projects, and delivers the financial and operational reporting that supports forecast cycles and month-end / year-end closing.
Key responsibilities
- Supports the pre-sales and contract process by creating and maintaining customers’ profiles in Live Link, ensuring data readiness for order-to-cash.
- Maintains and updates customers’ prices, Incoterms, terms of payment and bonus / rebate conditions in SAP; develops and maintains customer databases (fillers, sleeves, spouts, bonus, cylinders).
- Acts as the Supply Chain Planning / Customer Service interface towards local and regional Market Operations, Technical, Pre-print, Marketing and global master data management (customer numbers, BCM, SVS). Supports Controlling and Customer Service in rectifying SAP invoicing errors.
- Develops, maintains and distributes the databases and customer planning files required for forecasting, budgeting and OPLA (sleeves, spouts, fillers, cylinders, bonus).
- Plans, coordinates, consolidates and reconciles monthly forecasts, yearly budget and OPLA on sleeves and spouts volume & production, and risks / opportunities for fillers and cylinders; validates the forecast in SAP / SOP with Global Forecast Management.
- Consolidates, analyses and presents deviations between budget, forecast and actuals per cycle to Management, Market Operations and SCM; provides reports, analysis and presentations on any forecasting cycle or actual data as required.
- Coordinates the dunning process with Finance and Customer Service; manages bonus, machine support, marketing support and other customer-related costs in Live Link and SAP.
- Prepares month-end and year-end closing reports (volume, analysis tables, bonuses, invoicing); analyses and calculates customer bonuses and aligns findings with Management, Market Operations and Controlling to reach an approved consensus.
- Owns and manages the end-to-end regional Masterdata lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, consistency and compliance across all systems.
- Governs Material Master and Customer Master data, including validation, creation, maintenance and archiving in line with global standards; acts as the primary interface with Global Masterdata teams, driving timely resolution of data-related issues and alignment across regions.
- Performs cross-system reconciliation across Salesforce, SAP, TM1 and mySIG to ensure compatibility. Monitors and manages interface performance and data flow, proactively identifying and resolving inconsistencies or failures; ensures seamless data synchronization between interconnected systems, minimizing operational and financial discrepancies.
- Executes and coordinates UAT for region SAP enhancements and projects prior to production deployment. Validates business requirements, system functionalities and data accuracy to ensure successful implementation.
- Manages and delivers monthly financial and operational reports; oversees sales reporting for rebate and freight accruals.
- Supports month-end and year-end closing activities, including variance analysis related to pricing, rebates and volumes; ensures compliance and accuracy in ICOFR-related reporting and controls supporting internal and external audit requirements.
You bring these skills, experience & education
- Min. 2 years of experience in forecasting / planning, data analysis or financial reporting in the packaging industry or a multinational FMCG company, including hands-on master data governance and cross-system reconciliation.
- Exposure to customer service / order handling and to month-end closing
- Experience coordinating UAT for SAP enhancements are an advantage.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel (data modelling, Power Query, pivot analysis) and PowerPoint; SAP (SD / MM, SOP); TM1; Salesforce; mySIG. Working knowledge of Power BI and Power Automate an advantage.
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance, Supply Chain or related field from an accredited university.
- Professional certification in supply chain or data analytics (APICS CPIM / CSCP, IBF CPF, or equivalent) are an advantage.
- Fluency in English.
- Rigorous with numbers (percentages, discounts, commissions, statistics and their applications) and with a solid financial understanding of planning, budgeting and forecasting.
- Able to interface with employees at all levels of the organisation and to challenge data owners in Market Operations, Controlling and Global Masterdata with facts, holding the line on one reconciled set of numbers.
SIG competencies
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is 'yes', come and join us.
Our promise
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
About SIG
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it's the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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Contact
SIG Talent Acquisition Team
Phone: +49 246 279 1436
Email: recruiting@sig.biz
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Forecast & Data Senior Analyst