Strategic Forecasting Specialist

Strategic Forecasting Specialist

Role OVO-View

Team: Fulfil POD

Salary banding: £38,000 – £43,000

Experience: Mid-level

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Forecasting Manager

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Insightful, involved, collaborative

Top 3 qualities for this role Inquisitive, communicator, problem solver

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

“If you always wanted to be part of a team that supports the whole company to understand direction, quantify expectation and inform strategy whilst being able to explore your own curiosity to enable great service and value for customers – this is the place to come!”

Where you’ll work:

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person.

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity\’s biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That\’s why we need diverse people from all gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

The Forecasting and Strategic Planning Team exists to crystalise the dreams, ambitions and capabilities of OVO’s Fulfillment Pod and Operations into clear, well defined, forecasts, plans and targets. This enables OVO to steer a course through very complex challenges.

OVO’s Fulfillment Pod and Operation works on a demand led structure where we ensure there is a field based workforce, of correctly skilled engineers, to the deliver the capacity needed to satisfy numerous energy metering worktypes from Smart meter Installations, meter maintenance through to Electric Vehicle charge point installations.

We’re hiring world class change leaders. Each role that we are hiring plays their own part in our mission; our role is to become the best in class energy provider, creating effortless customer experience built on trust and getting things right, first time. We do this through finding and working on the problems that matter most to our customers and employees.

This role in a nutshell:

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced forecaster to join our dynamic Fulfil Pod, where you will join a team of experienced forecasters and analysts.

This meaningful role offers an exciting opportunity to work on strategically vital deployment forecasts, playing a pivotal role as part of the deployment teams and feeding these in to the wider demand forecasts across Fulfillment and the Fulfillment POD.

As our Strategic Forecasting Specialist, you will play an integral role within Fulfillment, helping senior leaders and Agile POD teams understand opportunities, challenges and risks of key strategic deployments. This role will also look ahead to wider future requirements and opportunities across Fulfillment supporting scoping in a fast paced and fluid environment.

Your key outputs will be:

You’ll be a successful Forecasting Analyst at OVO if you…

You won’t like this role if you…

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £38,000 – £43,000depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal.

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer:

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more
For your wellbeing With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers
For your commute Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people – so when you join OVO, you can play a part – big or small – with any of the Networks. It\’s up to you.