forecast manager

Forecast managers have a deep understanding of the operations of the company, the inventory levels, production batches, requirements and costs of production per product, and trends in the demand levels. They use all that information in combination with forecasting software in order to define production orders aiming for the most efficient production combinations.

The most in-demand skills for this role include financial forecasting, corporate social responsibility, supply chain principles, supply chain management, supplier management, manage supplies. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives forecast manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.