Francois Reydon

• Managed open-to-buy budgets, ensuring that financial targets. Identify risk and opportunity related to Retailer Inventory Level
• Collaborate with Order management team on approving orders and provide adjustments as needed for any shortages or allocations (newness & promos)
• Lead inventory meetings with retailers
• Prepared and analyzed reports to track inventory and purchasing trends.
• Collaborate with Sales Teams to develop a 12months horizon forecast for New Products & Transitions

· Develop and Maintain an 18-months operational forecasts by families, SKU and account levels (500 skus / 4 regions) to achieve continuous improvement in the accuracy of the demand forecasts.

· Assemble and analyze all data pertinent to creating the forecast (historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions) and produce ad hoc analysis using pivot tables and building charts to support business needs.

· Lead Monthly Forecast meetings with Product Managers, reviewing recommended sales forecasts (emphasis on brand transitions, new product introduction, and promotions).

· Participate in Sales and Operations meetings to assess performance and forecast and formulate any necessary corrective actions.

· Prepare, report, and communicate forecast measurements to management (forecast accuracy, Demand plan vs. targets, Promotions, NPI Launches).

· Support cross-functional activities with Field, Sales, Finance and Supply Chain to reconcile significant forecast and consumption variances and articulate to business partners root causes

· Studied movement of goods to identify gaps in efficiency and other areas needing improvement.

· Developed new Business Process to ensure the alignment of the Planning Horizons in SAP APO.

· Built and maintained detailed reporting to measure Capacity availability and Capacity consumption.

· Drove Key Performance Indicators to improve the overall effectiveness of the supply chain.

· Developed project management tool for Supply Risk Analysis.

· Scheduled production plans according to customer needs and supply availability.

· Directed product flow throughout company.

· Monitored inventory and kept sales team up to date with changes in current daily inventory at each USA warehouse.

· Communicated with a diverse set of clients to ensure a positive client relationship regarding orders, deliveries, repair services, and invoicing.

· Improved, standardized, and documented planning and scheduling processes.

• Responsible for End-to-End planning families of products

• Led collaboration with Sales and Marketing to improve customer metrics and resolve availability issues and support sales events

• Managed material readiness for New Product Launches. Worked along NPI team, Engineering and Marketing to launch new products from planning perspective

• Key contributor in EOL and transition to limit excess and obsolescence

• Optimized inventory to ensure good trade-off between inventory turns, product availability and period cost (low air freight)

• Reviewed forecasting and escalate forecast issues

• Coordinated with other Operation group (warehouse, purchasing, logistics) to ensure proper handoff from planning to execution and end to end delivery

• Maintained planning parameters in system and assist in data quality management

• Developed close relationships with ODMs and key vendors to be very responsive to change despite Leadtime and other challenges