What’s the Role:
As Little Spoon’s Associate Manager, Demand Forecasting, you will play a pivotal role in refining and advancing our demand forecasting tools and processes for a rapidly-growing portfolio of products. You will support strategic decision-making by providing accurate data-driven insights. This role will encompass a wide breadth of responsibilities, expand your analytical and strategic thinking, and provide exposure in a fast-growing startup environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop accurate and reliable demand forecast models based on historical sales data, customer ordering behavior, and market trends across direct to consumer and alternate distribution verticals
- Drive continuous improvements by identifying and implementing model optimizations to improve accuracy and efficiency
- Analyze data to discern customer behavior patterns, recognize business trends, and formulate recommendations to improve the Little Spoon experience
- Design, automate, and continuously refine essential reporting for company leadership and cross-functional teams
- Partner with Business Strategy and Analytics, Operations, Finance, and Marketing teams to drive company goals
Who You Are:
- 2-4 years of experience in forecasting or financial modeling role at a direct-to-consumer company
- Startup, investment banking, or management consulting experience
- Strong ability to develop complicated models and analyses in Excel and Google Sheets that exhibit a strong attention to detail
- Proven ability to generate hypotheses, gather and interpret data resourcefully, execute comprehensive analyses, and present key findings to stakeholders
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex findings into actionable insights
- Self-starter that thrives in an unstructured and fast-paced environment
- You value diversity of thoughts, perspectives, and expression and believe that a diverse team makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results
How You’ll Stand Out:
- Experience at a subscription-based company
- High-growth startup experience is a plus
- SQL knowledge is a plus
- Experience with subscription startups – namely in food – is a plus
About Us:
Little Spoon is the leading direct-to-consumer brand on a mission to make parents’ lives easier through high quality, healthy meal + snack-time solutions for babies, toddlers + big kids that conveniently deliver right to parents’ doors. Little Spoon sets children up for a lifetime of health, from a baby’s very first bites through to their big kid years, with a portfolio of freshly-made baby food, early finger foods, toddler + big kid meals and snacks. Since launch, the company has delivered more than 55 million meals, helping to simplify the lives of hundreds of thousands of parents across the US. Little Spoon and its community platform, Is This Normal, are here to disrupt the +$100B children’s health and wellness market, offering modern solutions, trusted resources, and a new way to connect with a network of parents. Learn more at LittleSpoon.com and IsThisNormal.co, or find Little Spoon on Instagram at @LittleSpoon.
We are fully committed to building a safe and inclusive workplace – a place where our team can think differently, challenge the status quo and have a little fun in the process. We have zero tolerance for harassment or discrimination. We do not discriminate and will not make any hiring decisions on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.