David Murphy Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

Hillingdon, England, United Kingdom

• Leading the analysis & interrogation of the Sales forecast.• Present regularly to key stakeholders (Incl. Senior Leadership).• Managing the IT project support resource for the Northern European business cluster. > Clearly defining new requirements, prioritizing it against resource commitments already made and facilitating the execution.• SAP Power user (incl. Training & Issue Solving/Escalation).•… Show more • Leading the analysis & interrogation of the Sales forecast.• Present regularly to key stakeholders (Incl. Senior Leadership).• Managing the IT project support resource for the Northern European business cluster. > Clearly defining new requirements, prioritizing it against resource commitments already made and facilitating the execution.• SAP Power user (incl. Training & Issue Solving/Escalation).• Led & participated in workstreams to improve various Ways of Working within Demand Planning team– most notably involved in the rollout of Statistical Forecasting. Show less

Responsible for analysing & interrogating latest sales forecast to ensure robustness and confidence in our demand submission. Present regularly to key stakeholders about the latest insights & findings from analysis with aim of aligning on actions required. Also responsible for managing the IT project support resource for the Northern European business cluster, specifically around any development/enhancements required. This involves understanding requirement, prioritizing it against resource… Show more Responsible for analysing & interrogating latest sales forecast to ensure robustness and confidence in our demand submission. Present regularly to key stakeholders about the latest insights & findings from analysis with aim of aligning on actions required. Also responsible for managing the IT project support resource for the Northern European business cluster, specifically around any development/enhancements required. This involves understanding requirement, prioritizing it against resource commitments already made and building it into the project roadmap.SAP/FuturMaster Power user responsible for training new starters on the systems, as well as being point person in case of any issues/queries.Member of workstream to improve various Ways of Working within Demand Planning team– most notably involved in a taskforce aimed at improving Diversity & Inclusion. Show less

Uxbridge

Responsible for analysing & interrogating latest sales forecast to ensure robustness and confidence in our demand submission. Present regularly to key stakeholders about the latest insights & findings from analysis with aim of aligning on actions required. SAP/FuturMaster Power user responsible for training new starters on the systems, as well as being point person in case of any issues/queries.

Uxbridge/Tilbury/Dublin/Paris

• Acting as the market lead for Supply Planning within this global project to launch business on to SAP system.• Identified business requirements and collaborated closely with developers to ensure system was built to meet these needs.• Conducted system testing and flag any problems through issue logs.• Provided training and post Go-Live support (both on issues & change management) to end users ensuring no unplanned business disruption.• Provide regular and clear… Show more • Acting as the market lead for Supply Planning within this global project to launch business on to SAP system.• Identified business requirements and collaborated closely with developers to ensure system was built to meet these needs.• Conducted system testing and flag any problems through issue logs.• Provided training and post Go-Live support (both on issues & change management) to end users ensuring no unplanned business disruption.• Provide regular and clear progress updates to project leads to make sure project was on track. • Ad-hoc tasks as needed including responding to queries from central project team as well as being flexible to travel to various sites at short notice to provide support. Show less

Uxbridge, Greater London, United Kingdom

• Managing the Supply & Replenishment processes for the Yoplait brands.• Ensuring maximum product availability at minimum cost.• Coordinating between factories, demand planners & sales to understand the requirements, the ability to meet these requirements and providing clear & concise information to the stakeholders on the outcome of this analysis and planning.

Uxbridge, Greater London, United Kingdom

Supporting with reporting, building excel tools and other tasks as required.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

A scheme aimed at developing links between the university and local schools to promoteopportunities that exist for pupils going into further education. After a selection process, Iwas chosen for this important role which involved going into a local school and doing the following:> Answering pupil’s queries, both about their work and university life.> Assisting the teacher and helping maintain good behaviour in the classroom.> Leading some or all of a lesson… Show more A scheme aimed at developing links between the university and local schools to promoteopportunities that exist for pupils going into further education. After a selection process, Iwas chosen for this important role which involved going into a local school and doing the following:> Answering pupil’s queries, both about their work and university life.> Assisting the teacher and helping maintain good behaviour in the classroom.> Leading some or all of a lesson, including working with a small group of pupils.> Preparing material for the lessons, tailoring to students’ various requirements> Assessing my performance by writing an End of Placement Report, as well asgiving a presentation to my peers at university.At the end of my placement, I received very good feedback from the teachers at theschool which contributed positively towards my final degree classification. Show less

London, United Kingdom

I completed an 8 week summer internship at Capita's Gresham Street offices, in the Employee Benefits Division focusing on Pensions.Some of the tasks that were expected of me were:> Complete Valuation Runs, specifically focusing on Liabilities of pensions using software packages such as SuperVal & PFaroe.> Check these runs by completing test calculations by hand.>Aid in the completion of a Technical Provisions assumption survey.>Update the… Show more I completed an 8 week summer internship at Capita's Gresham Street offices, in the Employee Benefits Division focusing on Pensions.Some of the tasks that were expected of me were:> Complete Valuation Runs, specifically focusing on Liabilities of pensions using software packages such as SuperVal & PFaroe.> Check these runs by completing test calculations by hand.>Aid in the completion of a Technical Provisions assumption survey.>Update the Central Statistics Database which is used by the company for values provided by institutions such as the Bank of England.>Using and interpreting Mortality Tables for various calculations.>Gather information for use in Post Code Mortality>Writing up instructive internal documents for info on various processes/calculations.>Aiding in the completion of Annual Funding Updates by gathering data from different sources.>Checking data for clients was valid and highlighting any possible discrepancies to check with HR before proceeding with valuations using that data.>Reporting on movements in assets concerning investments made in pension schemes.I also completed several CBTs (Computer Based Training) as part of my Induction. Show less

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mathematics, 1St Class (Honours)

Education record

Activities and Societies: Head Boy A-Level: Mathematics (A*), Further Mathematics (A*), Biology (A) AS-Level: History (B), Religious.