Performance & Forecasting Manager

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The application deadline is 8.05.2026. We encourage you to apply before this date.

Performance & Forecasting Manager

Position Purpose:

Performance & Forecasting Manager provides support to the RRP and Digital teams alongside close collaboration across Marketing, Sales, Finance and other departments. The aim is to proactively provide real consumer, brand and trade data and insights, generate hypotheses and connect and translate these into strategies to help drive the business.

Responsibilities:

As the Performance & Forecasting Manager, you will:

• Drive consumer multicategory/omnichannel insights and sharing: cross-functional collaboration to lead the development and refinement of the market’s KPIs, understanding CEM, CX and journey designed omnichannel and multichannel environment. Leverage best practices and insights from other countries and proactively instigate market best practices.
• Collaborate across departments: Work in close collaboration with respective managers of Digital, Brand management, Consumer activation, Trade marketing and Key Accounts in order to understand the underlying strategic questions and ensure subsequent focus on answering these via insights and intelligence. Consolidate and analyze online and offline sales data to build robust forecasting models and drive business performance.
• Monitor and communicate market trends: Monitor the emerging medium to long-term trends among target RRP smokers, selected channels and the omnichannel environment. Generate insights and intelligence for the future strategies decisions on existing and potential new brands/products or trade/channel strategies.
• Connect the dots: Manage the large range of RRP data sources within Marketing function and external sources to ensure SI brings forward the holistic picture.
• Advise the business: Act in the "Trusted Business Advisor" method, while in parallel continuously learn and leverage data from digital touchpoints to develop automated workflows for real-time insights and reporting.

Requirements:

• University degree in Business Economics, Business Administration or similar; MBA or equivalent are desirable
• Solid in FMCG within data analytics, marketing or marketing research function. Solid background in qualitative and quantitative marketing research techniques and latest digital measurement tools at consumer & trade level. Strengths in handling data analytics, future trends, digital data,  data mining, and honed experience in integrating findings across the organisation.
• Computer skills: MS Office, PowerBI, SQL or any Database Administration
• Fluent English, both written and spoken

We offer...

• an equal opportunity environment
• a variety of challenging projects to develop skills
• the freedom to express yourself
• hard work but in a flexible and fun working environment
• modern working space in the center of Milan & smart working opportunities

Are you ready to join us? Build your success story at JTI. Apply now!

Next Steps:

After applying, if selected, please anticipate the following within 1-3 weeks of the job posting closure: Phone screening with Talent Advisor > Assessment tests > Interviews > Offer. Each step is eliminatory and may vary by role type.

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