About us
JAKKS Pacific is a world leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of toys and fancy-dress costumes. Based in beautiful Santa Monica, with offices in the UK, Germany, Italy, and Hong Kong, we play every day by creating toys and costumes that delight and transform the lives of children.
We partner with the best and biggest entertainment companies in the world: Disney, Nintendo, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Pokémon, Sega, and more. With our products on shelves in over 60 countries, we’re proud to bring fans closer to the stories and characters they love.
Our mission is simple: to deliver fun, innovative, and high-quality toys that spark imagination and play.
Main purpose of the role
You will bridge analytics with business strategy by translating complex data into clear, impactful insights that supports driving revenue, improve forecast accuracy and identifying growth opportunities. The role is responsible for ensuring forecast timelines are followed, sales team forecasts are appropriately challenged, and actionable insights are shared through reports with leadership team.
Key duties and responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)
* Take ownership of all processes related to forecasting including making sure items are set-up, communicating with sales when to input forecast, and making sure forecasts respect lead times
* Design, automate and manage recurring reports on revenue performance, forecasts and KPIs
* Implement and uphold structured analysis by market, brand, customer & item. Comparing against various data points including historical shipments, movie or campaign related uplifts
* Highlight opportunities and risks through clear reporting, developing clear dashboards to communicate results and trends to stakeholders
* Share variance analysis using forecast vs actuals, signal where sales can chase missing orders and use to explain key drivers behind revenue performance
* Support demand planning by ensuring production is planned correctly between EU / UK split based on latest forecast demand and inventory position
* Support leadership with strategic initiatives such as pricing optimisation, range management and scenario planning to support decision making
* Collaborate with sales, marketing and operations team for alignment on assumptions and support refining our demand planning processes
* Provide recommendations to improve sales efficiency and pipeline conversations
* Undertake initiatives to drive continuous improvement supporting revenue growth, cost savings, and enhance how the business effectively uses data to deliver growth
Key performance indicators
* Process Optimisation: Deliver data driven forecast and revenue related improvement initiatives, enhance reporting and analytical capabilities to increase business visibility and performance
* Decision making: Provide accurate, complete and timely data to support data driven decisions, sharing recommendations where appropriate
* On-time task completion: Providing reports and insights in a timely manner with low error rate
Education and experience
* Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Data Analytics or a related field
* Minimum 3 years experience in forecasting, revenue analytics, business planning or relevant field
* Excellent proficiency in excel and ideally experience with data visualisation tools (Power Bi)
* Strong analytical and quantitative skills analysing large data sets
Behavioural capabilities
* High attention to detail, with ability to share concise actionable insights
* Capability to work independently and take ownership of projects
* Ability to communication and present confidently to influence decisions across departments
* Proactive by nature, using own initiative
* Thrives in a fast-paced dynamic environment, adapting to changing priorities.
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
* Ability to travel when required