Prior Roles
- Plan for Demand: Practice Manager of Supply Chain Planning for clients including Diageo, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Foster Farms, Cabot Industries and American Girl
- Cadbury
- Kraft Foods
- Unisys
- Snapple
- Numetrix
- Atrion International: Vice President of R&D
Award
- IBF Award for Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning
Prior Roles
- Escalade Sports: Director of Demand Planning
- Berry Plastics: Director of Demand Planning
- Tempura Sealy International: Director of Demand Planning & S&OP
Industry Involvement
- Frequent speaker and panelist for many executive forums and professional conferences
- Written numerous articles in publications including The Journal of Business Forecasting and APICS Magazine
- Author of the books Cultural Cycles and Predictive Analytics for Business Forecasting & Planning
Award
- IBF Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning
Certification
- IBF Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF)
Matt Hoffman is the Customer Success Leader at John Galt Solutions. Matt has led countless successful software implementations utilizing best in class supply chain planning platform Atlas Planning. He has saved companies hundreds of millions in inventory cost through both transformational and tactical projects delivered across distributors, manufacturers and retailers.
Matt has worked with a wide range of clients in manufacturing, distribution, and retail. While he is a subject matter expert when it comes to implementing solutions across numerous ERP and Planning packages, he is adamant that the process has to drive the tools in order to foster adoption and deliver superior, measurable results.
Matt is currently working with key John Galt clients to adjust their process and technology to fit the new challenges brought on by the global health crisis.
Life has changed and so have consumer habits – which has big implications for your forecasting and demand planning. Make no mistake, it’s no longer business as usual.
In this virtual town hall sponsored by John Galt Solutions, we will answer all your questions and concerns and discuss how planning and forecasting has already changed and what to expect when Covid-19 subsides.
We’ll paint a picture of the ‘new normal’ from a demand planner’s perspective and discuss how things will evolve. We have 3 special guest panelists who have lived through multiple economic downturns and recessions who will draw on their experience to share advice on what to expect and how to react going forward.
Get your questions ready for our panel.
- What steady state demand may look like going forward
- How things have already changed over the past month in demand planning
- What techniques and data should you be looking at now
- How we manage demand month by month before it stabilizes
- Tips to change from planning in monthly buckets to a shorter period
- How to deliver bad news to the C-suite