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Demand Planning Manager

An operations professional with a strong background in financial analytics and a reputation for being action oriented, driving timely decisions, a high aptitude for learning, cross-organizational partnership and uncompromising customer advocacy. Most recent experience included leading the planning, purchasing, and strategic sourcing of cycling footwear and components. I'm a dynamic leader and collaborator that is able to clearly convey information and effectively build strong relationships with team members, customers, management, and partners. 

Direct contact: garyleduc@gmail.com

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Associate

Partner with Merchandise Planning to translate seasonal merchandise forecasts to operational forecasts, and conduct business analyses to support TNF's business objectives utilizing preseason data, business initiatives, qualitative feedback from key business partners, and macro trends

Work closely with Supply Planning in developing buy strategies to level load production, minimize capacity constraints, and independently make inventory risk decisions during the seasonal purchasing cycle

Senior Forecasting Analyst

Partnered with product managers to strategically plan and launch new products, taking into account key market demand signals, subsidiary business needs, and product line financial goals

Successfully drove production catch up of a halo product resulting in receiving $1.6M a quarter sooner than expected

Collaborated with market demand planners to better understand sales and purchase forecasts and ensure adequate factory capacity is secured to meet needs along with expected upside

Monitored and influenced project timelines from design through development, commercialization and mass production to deliver best in class cycling products to customers and riders throughout the world

Drove supplier performance throughout the commercialization and production process by effectively communicating business needs to suppliers utilizing metrics and quarterly face to face meetings in Asia

Actively participated in strategic vendor sourcing exercises to ensure near and long term growth targets coul

Global Supply Chain Leader

Played key role in cross-functional projects, which improved the procurement process for global planning team

Collaborated with Purchasing, Product Management and Accounting teams to ensure the accuracy of the data within Oracle database

Utilized sales history and purchase forecast data to provide analytics support to purchasing and demand planning teams that was integral in creating annual purchase forecasts

Created new product item numbers in Oracle system and maintained existing product item attributes

Supply Chain Analyst

Worked proactively with teams throughout the DaVita Village to assess and model the financial and operational effects of both product and process changes in dialysis facilities through the analysis of purchasing and cost data and trends

Conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses on a broad array of issues across projects and functional areas as assigned

Managed several national agreements including medical waste services, airlines, solid waste services, rental cars, coffee, scrubs, patient charting supplies, patient scales, and document storage/shredding 

Prepared quarterly travel reporting for senior management focusing on volume and trends for all aspects of travel

Senior Financial Analyst, Strategic Sourcing

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Gary Leduc: Demand Planning Manager in Sunnyvale, CA

Gary Leduc

The North Face

Mikes Bikes

The North Face

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.

DaVita, Inc.

Santa Clara University

University of San Diego