Elton Rivera
Newnan
Summary
Senior Demand Planner with 10+ years in supply chain forecasting and S&OP alignment. Achieved over 95% forecast accuracy and enhanced inventory efficiency through expertise in Blue Yonder (JDA) and SQL. Bilingual leader skilled in cross-functional collaboration and data-driven decision-making.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
SR. DEMAND PLANNER
MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION
Chicago
10.2022 - Current
- Led multi-level demand forecasting to support raw material purchasing across multiple label decorating technologies.
- Analysis focused on year-over-year biases, seasonal gaps, and trend deviations to drive pre-demand conversations with the commercial team.
- Maintained a 24-month rolling forecast with a focus on critical forecast lags (2, 6, and 12 months) to drive timely decision-making.
- Monthly demand alignment through our S&OP and IBP process in order to meet targeted +/-5% LAG 2 forecast accuracy month-to-month and entire fiscal year.
- Optimized Blue Yonder statistical models by tuning parameters, realigning history, and cleansing data to enhance baseline forecast quality—resulting in a 10-15% improvement in baseline accuracy across key SKUs.
SR. DEMAND PLANNER
TBC CORPORATION
Palm Beach Gardens
07.2019 - 01.2022
- Granular-level demand forecast analysis for various brands using the JDA forecasting platform. platform.
- Analysis focused on inventory performance for domestic and international brands.
- Promotional demand process implementation.
- Monthly S&OP meetings to help align all business stakeholders on fiscal-year planning and execution.
- Weekly item/DC level maintenance through various exceptions and ad-hoc reports.
SR. FORECAST ANALYST/FORECAST CONSULTANT
OFFICE DEPOT / OFFICE MAX
Boca Raton
06.2016 - 07.2019
- Omni-channel inventory demand forecasting using various statistical JDA models to accurately meet sales demands across all retail locations and DCs, while also mitigating warehouse fill-rate failures.
- Analyzing algorithms, trends, seasonal patterns, and identifying outliers to better model a future forecast.
- Building a roadmap for current/future assortments with merchandising and inventory management teams.
- Post-mortem analysis to identify wins, gaps, and areas of improvement.
- Managing weekly forecasting exceptions at both the aggregate and location level.
Education
B.S. - Information System Technology
Miami Dade College
IT Professional Vocational Program
The Academy of South FL
FLSkills
- Microsoft Office 365
- Oracle SQL
- Tableau
- SharePoint
- QlikView
- Cognos
- SAP
- JDA/Blue Yonder
- Communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Leadership
- Typing
- English
- Spanish
- Demand forecasting
- Statistical modeling
- S&OP alignment
Timeline
SR. DEMAND PLANNER
MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION
10.2022 - Current
SR. DEMAND PLANNER
TBC CORPORATION
07.2019 - 01.2022
SR. FORECAST ANALYST/FORECAST CONSULTANT
OFFICE DEPOT / OFFICE MAX
06.2016 - 07.2019
B.S. - Information System Technology
Miami Dade College
IT Professional Vocational Program
The Academy of South FL
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