DEMAND PLANNER Resume Oak Brook, Illinois - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Inventive strategist focused on delivering highest - quality inventory oversight and management.
Resourceful merchandising expert proficient in utilizing industry tools to analyze, predict, diagnose, and oversee multimillion-dollar budgets.
Skilled at implementing innovative inventory control and supply chain protocols with 15+ years buying, planning, and strategizing.
Proven initiative developing techniques to streamline processes, instructing department teams in their successful application.
Adept at negotiating with suppliers and vendors to maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Oak Brook, Illinois

DEMAND PLANNER

Responsibilities:

JDA SCPO Blue Yonder - Responsible for Functional testing, Integration testing, configuration and assisting with Deployment and Support of the JDA WMS. Act as a liaison to Client business users and with IT team to ensure demand team has the required information to perform their tasks, including problem identification and resolution.
Perform integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of system components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results. Perform integration tasks for in-house developed of JDA SCPO Blue Yonder.
Drive and support the development of the demand forecast that rolls-up to an overall sales forecast. Responsible for improving forecast performance, cross-functional communication, and integrated planning. Manage all customers demand streams that drive operations.
Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to assess the potential impact of market trends and demand drivers. Make decisions based upon expected impact to the business and adjust the forecast accordingly. Proactively seek data insights to improve sales forecast accuracy. Support demand inputs within ERP planning tools that drive planning, operational and procurement process.

Confidential, Rosemont, Illinois

DEMAND PLANNER

Responsibilities:

Generated complex statistical model forecast of seasonal pattern for 10,000 SKUs.
Created demand planning dashboard to consolidate KPIs (key performance indicators) daily, resulting in 40% increase in weekly productivity.
Effected 10% reduction in spoiled inventory.
Attained 15% improvement in fresh to frozen process by initiating cycle count and FILO (first in, last out) protocols.