Demand Analyst

Working at Watlow

Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader who provides world class engineering expertise through innovative thermal products and systems, enabling our customers to thrive. We are making a positive impact every day as our solutions enrich the lives of people everywhere. We have been providing breakthrough thermal solutions for nearly a century. Our corporate values guide us uncompromisingly to always do the right thing, continually learn and improve, respect everyone, and lead with service and humility.

About the Role

At Watlow, our Demand Analyst plays a critical role in creating trusted, consensus-driven forecasts that help guide our global supply chain and manufacturing operations.

Working within a Customer Focused Team (CFT) or business group, the Demand Analyst builds analytical models that combine customer-provided data, historical order patterns, and market insights. The output directly supports enterprise-wide material and capacity planning. This position partners closely with internal and external stakeholders to align on the most accurate forecast possible, ensuring business leaders can confidently make data-driven decisions that keep Watlow operating at world-class standards.

The ideal candidate will be based out of our global headquarters in St. Louis, MO.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Build forecasting tools: Develop and refine data analysis tools to process large customer datasets using historical orders, market trends, sales inputs, and additional factors.
• Analyze forecast trends: Detect and summarize both quantitative and qualitative insights from forecast data to create executive-ready narratives.
• Align demand across stakeholders: Participate in discussions with cross-functional teams to evaluate inputs and align on an accurate consensus demand forecast.
• Support product forecasting hierarchy: Maintain and improve SKU-level product complexity classifications to ensure forecasting accuracy at SKU, subclass, and product class levels.
• Identify inventory investment opportunities: Analyze customer and market data to discover areas where inventory should be invested or optimized.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with sales, marketing, production, product management, and supply chain teams to gather insights and align demand planning strategies.
• Drive ERP and SIOP improvements: Support Watlow's global ERP transformation and help evolve the Sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning (SIOP) process to a single enterprise business system.
• Monitor and improve forecast accuracy: Track, report on, and work to improve forecast accuracy metrics, while benchmarking performance against best-in-class standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Data Engineering, Business Analytics, Statistics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field - or equivalent relevant experience
• 3+ years of professional experience in a role focused on analyzing large datasets to drive meaningful business decisions
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, database extraction, VLOOKUPs, graphical tools)
• Have the ability to travel up to 25%

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in a supply chain, manufacturing, or production environment
• Solid understanding of supply chain management principles, inventory management, and best practices
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferably Oracle Fusion
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities across functions and organizational levels
• Experience with SQL and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI)
• Familiarity with product lifecycle management concepts and forecasting for new product launches and promotions

Benefits: The Watlow Total Compensation Plan

The health, well-being and financial stability of you and your family is a high priority to us. The Watlow Total Rewards Plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits:

• Annual Achievement Award
• 401(k) plan that includes a company match on your contribution and an annual company contribution that is tied to company performance
• Wellness incentives
• Employee Personal Assistance Program
• Dental, medical, vision and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid holidays, personal time, and vacation
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement

Diversity & Inclusion

We proactively embrace diversity in all its dimensions across our company and cultivate a culture of inclusion and forward thinking that respects and reflects each team member's individual strengths, views, and experiences. Watlow takes pride in being an inclusive equal opportunity employer and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Please let us know confidentially if you need or require any special accommodations to participate in our recruiting process by emailing us at accommodations@Watlow.com.