IBF Video S&OP Unplugged: Predictive Analytics / Uses in Demand Planning
Leaders in demand planning, forecasting, and S&OP discuss the opportunities and challenges they're facing today.
- Predictive Analytics / Uses in Demand Planning
- Building Talent / Demand Planning & Forecasting
- Getting into the Demand Planning Role / Career Journey
- Encouraging Women / Demand Planning
- Why is Demand Planning Great? / Value of the Profession
- Where Demand Planning Belongs? / Organizational Design
- Success in S&OP / The Magic of People
Alan Rozendaal
Director, Demand Planning, Emerging Markets
Nike
Charity Lopez, CPF
Marketing Forecasting Manager
Mondelēz International
Erin Marchant
Director, Aftermarket Planning and Strategy
Collins Aerospace
Erin Marchant is the Director, Aftermarket Planning and Strategy at Collins Aerospace, located outside of Dayton, OH. She has over a decade of varied experience in Supply Chain, from strategic sourcing to material planning, production scheduling to her favorite area, demand management. Erin holds a B.S. in Economics from Heidelberg University, an MBA from Ashland University and a M.S. in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management from Kent State University.
Patrick Bower
Sr. Director of Supply Chain
Actylis
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
Eric Wilson, ACPF
Director – Thought Leadership
Institute of 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)