Jill Taylor
S&OP Demand Planner
Charlotte,NC
Summary
Thorough Demand Planner offering comprehensive experience estimating future product demands by employing analytical, sales, and marketing data. Proficient in SAP/IBP paired with in-depth knowledge of supply chain operations. Strategic and logical professional skillful in supporting in risk assessment and mitigation processes and monitoring and reporting on changes in budgets, sales forecasts, or business strategies.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Global Demand Planner (Lithium Hydroxide)
Albemarle
03.2023 - Current
- oster strong relationships and collaborate effectively with global teams, including Sales, Business, Finance, Marketing, Production, and Supply Chain, to gather information, understand market dynamics, and incorporate inputs into demand planning activities
- Develop demand forecasts utilizing a combination of historical data, market trends, and customer inputs to generate accurate and reliable demand forecasts for global lithium hydroxide portfolio
- Effectively communicate demand forecasts, decisions, and key changes to stakeholders, including senior management, sales teams, and production teams
- Collaborate with S&OP Supply Analysts to automate and improve reporting tools to better monitor and track forecast trends, accuracy, and A+B reports
- Measure and improve forecast accuracy by evaluating forecasting methods, demand drivers, underlying assumptions, and implementing appropriate enhancements and adjustments
- Demonstrate strong analytical and organizational skills
- Keep abreast of industry trends, market dynamics, and competitor activities to provide insights and recommendations in support of business strategies
- Proficient in data analysis tools such as SAP (IBP, Analysis) and Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP)
- Established optimized process through analysis of status quo and suggestion of improvements to increase efficiency
- Policy development to enhance supply chain efficiency and quality.
CHEMIST III
Albemarle
04.2019 - 03.2023
- Create innovative solutions for R&T applications, for all GBUs and globally
- Project management of a range of global products utilizing a variety of instrumental techniques
- Continuous improvement and implementation of new lab processes for enhanced analytical data contributing to priority R&T projects and streamlining efficiency
- Technical mentor for various labs globally
- Project presentations to a wide audience.
CHEMIST II
Albemarle
10.2014 - 04.2019
- Responsible for capital project purchases (~1MM summation) and lab design of new lab spaces, focusing on productivity and safety
- Developed methods for increased efficiency for Br GBU COA analyses
- Collaboration with various roles, internal and external, to exceed project goals and deadlines
- Implementation of department wide safety protocol
- Site Radiation Officer responsible for compliance with LaDEQ protocols.
CHEMIST I
Albemarle
07.2011 - 10.2014
- Led workload prioritization of group to meet production, customer, and R&D needs in a timely manner
- Streamline of process workflow to create a more efficient work environment
- High level data analysis as a way of method validation and precision
- Generation of methods for new projects, as well as method improvements on current projects
- Meticulous documentation of SOPs.
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
Albemarle
04.2009 - 07.2011
- Shift leader responsible for motivating coworkers and orderly operation of the lab
- Collaboration with Operations to perform timely analytical analyses from written methods to ensure continuous plant operations
- Maintain instrumentation to guarantee data accuracy
- Experience with ISO 9000 and Good Laboratory Practice.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Louisiana State University And A&M College
Baton Rouge, LA 08.2004 - 12.2008
Skills
Data Interpretation
undefinedTimeline
Global Demand Planner (Lithium Hydroxide)
Albemarle
03.2023 - Current
CHEMIST III
Albemarle
04.2019 - 03.2023
CHEMIST II
Albemarle
10.2014 - 04.2019
CHEMIST I
Albemarle
07.2011 - 10.2014
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
Albemarle
04.2009 - 07.2011
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Louisiana State University And A&M College
08.2004 - 12.2008