IBF Video S&OP Unplugged: Impact of COVID – 19 Forecasting and Planning

Impact of COVID-19 / Forecasting & Planning
S&OE / Tactical Execution
S&OP/ IBP /Internal Collaboration
Leadership / Engagement & Strategy
Supplier S&OP / External Collaboration
Demand Planner / Role Going Forward
Different People / Similar Challenges
Continual Learning / Ongoing
IBF Conference Take-Aways / Panelist Nuggets

Misty Eldridge

Sr. DT Manager, Planning and Fulfillment Systems

GE Appliances

Prior Roles

Several leadership roles in multiple industries ranging from food and packaging to CPG companies. She has a wide area of expertise including S&OP, demand planning, inventory, and supply planning

Education

University of Illinois

Award

Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning award from IBF

Steven Hainey, CPSM, CPIM, CPF, MCIPS, C.P.M.

Senior Operating Director - IBP/S&OP/SIOP, Supply Chain & Operations

Beckway

Steve specializes in implementing new S&OP/IBP processes and advancing existing ones for a variety of Fortune 500 Companies, Private Equity (PE) held corporations, and multi-billion-dollar family-run organizations. Within his current role as Senior Operating Director at Beckway Group, Steve works with the Beckway’s Trailblazer Team to advance IBP/S&OP and Supply Chain & Operations processes. Over the last 2 decades, Steve has led senior leadership positions at Newell Brands, Honeywell, Ashley Furniture and more. Steve is an IBF Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF) since 2014.

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)

Debbie Climer

Director of Integrated Business Planning

Cummins Inc.

Debbie has spent more than 20 years working in a variety of roles in manufacturing and quality across different business units at Cummins Inc. For the last 8 years, she has led Integrated Business Planning across the enterprise, responsible for deployment, assessment, education and improvements across all business segments. Debbie previously led the IBP process in the Engine business segment facilitating both the MBR and IR steps of the process. Prior to Cummins, she was an officer in the US Navy. Debbie holds a degree in Business Administration from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and an MBA from Ball State University.

Jason Breault

Managing Director

LifeWork Search

Prior Roles

Worked with leading soft goods, hard goods, and food and beverage companies—ranging in size from $50 million to $20 billion—to identify top talent in areas like demand planning, supply planning, operations planning, production planning, and S&OP
AMR Research (Gartner):Focus on supply chain best practices and leveraging applications to help cut costs and increase revenues

Industry Involvement

Board member of the New England chapter of IBF
Spoken at several APICS and IBF events and appeared in several SupplyChainBrain.com videos on the subject of talent management

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