Manager, Sales Planning & Forecasting - Home Entertainment

Company Profile:Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. The company's labels include Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies and DreamWorks Studios. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studios and Worldwide Television Distribution.Description:Responsibilities to include, but not limited to:The Manager, Sales Planning & Forecasting position is responsible for planning, forecasting, reporting, and analyzing performance of Paramount Home Entertainment and its distributed Home Entertainment product lines. This cross functional position acts as a decision support resource for the areas of sales, marketing, planning, and finance. Using retail and market analytics, this role will assist in shaping recommendations and providing input on strategies to further all of Paramount distributed home entertainment brands. Responsibilities to include, but not limited to:* Works closely with Director to generate initial consumer demand forecasts based on comparable title and/or theatrical box office indicators* Validates and distributes new release sales performance reports on a daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly basis to management * Oversees the assembly, validation, and distribution of all industry category metrics (e.g. Industry/Class of Trade Dashboards), US and Canadian Rental Dashboards, maintenance and publication of the PHE Filmography, POS Statistical reporting and all Partner Reporting* Through standard reporting, monitors sales trends compared to plans of consumer demand, competitive growth and declines, as well as pricing and promotions communicating summarized results to management* Works with marketing to determine optimal street date rational and strategies for upcoming releases and programs* Working with Sales, acts as a retail pricing forecasting specialist identifying titles and price points to help in obtaining annual volume targets* Working with Finance, provides title level forecasts used to quantify returns exposure by title* Performs on-going reporting and analytical projects of varying nature as required* Limited travel to National and/or Regional Sales Meetings, Retailer Meetings * This position is expected to manage spending within the assigned departmental budget for his/her travel and entertainment, general and administrative expendituresQualifications:Basic qualifications:* Minimum 3 years of category management, sales planning, demand forecasting, field sales, or retail marketing experience in the entertainment or consumer packaged goods industry required* Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Access, Excel, Word and PowerPoint are a must* Proficiency in Microstrategies, Cognos as well as SAP with an expectation of some work within several internal and external proprietary data systems (EVMI V5, Retail Link, Info Retriever, Work Bench, etc.) * Bachelor's degree requiredDesired skills:* The ideal candidate must be highly organized and detailed oriented* Able to multi-task and handle heavy workload in a faced-paced, deadline-oriented environment* Able to demonstrate highly developed analytical and mathematical skills to understand complex data* Excellent written and verbal communication skills* Able to work in a cross functional, team environment* Ability to process and summarize large amounts of data into concise and meaningful reports and/or presentations in a timely manner that will be presented to a variety of audiences* An ideal candidate will be customer service oriented and have ability to anticipate needs/demand of senior management as conditions change* Strong understanding of design and function of operational information systems* Proficient with varied syndicated data sources/systems such as AC Nielsen or MRI is required* Experience with demographics/research databases and/or database marketing sales is desired* Experience in designing and implementing custom reports, statistical models and analytical tools using multiple data sources a plusEligibility requirements:* Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered * Must be willing to submit to a background investigation* Must be able to show eligibility to work in the United StatesParamount Pictures is an Equal Opportunity EmployerJob ID # 1340Salary/Benefits: Salary commensurate with experienceJob Location: Hollywood, CAJob Number: 5189Company URL: http://www.paramount.com/careers