Gary Griffith Email & Phone Number

Stow, OH, US

Denver, Colorado, United States

Spinnaker SCA, a Publicis Sapient company, is a premier supply chain services consulting firm that provides end-to-end supply chain strategy, planning, and execution management consulting. Specializing in designing and building agile supply chains optimized for the complexities of the modern world, we create value by holistically unlocking people.

Provide supply chain planning thought leadership for sales support, client delivery and project management activities. Mentor consultants by providing tips to improve client facing skills and a structured approach to delivery. Demand planning across multiple platforms and project management capabilities remain strongest assets (20+ years)

Project manager or functional lead on several implementations involving demand and supply planning across multiple platforms (e.g. APO, JDA & Oracle). Functional expert in demand planning including process, organizational setup and alignment, statistical forecasting and all associated analytics (e.g. Promotional Analysis).

Developing an analytical approach for identifying market share gain opportunities. Developing Business Intelligence roadmap to align strategies and capabilities with the Greeting Card 5 year plan that focuses on growth through improved category management and consumer loyalty.

Managed group of category analysts and managers.Partnered with sales and marketing to build product category forecasts including leading and supporting a "test and learn" environment aimed at managing revision costs.Provided industry and competitive insights to Target buyers to help shape future growth strategies.Provided trusted leadership and counsel to.

Managed group of statistical analysts and internal operations specialists.Provided key insights and methodology for Everyday and Seasonal Card product performance to all levels of management via reports, rated samples and formal presentations resulting in improved retail productivity. Developed analytical approach for product pre-testing that resulted in.

Continued responsibilities assumed as Principal Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Team lead on global demand and supply planning implementation demonstrating expertise in project management, demand planning processes and technology, and analytical proficiency. Further leadership experience gained as project manager for supply chain planning.

Team lead on global demand and supply planning implementation demonstrating expertise in project management, demand planning processes and technology, and analytical proficiency.Further leadership experience gained as project manager for supply chain planning implementation where project responsibilities included managing an aggressive workplan on time and.

Spearheaded a full cycle forecasting implementation including analysis, design, construction and implementation of the appropriate processes and software.Additional responsibilities included managing data analysis tasks and junior staff to complete a supply chain diagnostic study.Deliverables included complete documentation of existing and proposed.

Responsible for improving forecast accuracy for all Stouffer frozen food products that resulted in annual savings of $1MM.Implemented use of tracking signals to determine forecast bias.Determined appropriate tables and graphs so that Marketing could easily understand forecasting issues.Active participant in consensus meetings with Sales and.

Instrumental in development and implementation of supply chain management system.Responsible for developing and updating statistical forecasting models for all retail products.Responsible for baseline forecasts for all ECR customers.Appointed to a task force that evaluated past promotional effectiveness at top and bottom accounts/markets in order to.

Provided full technical support for Nestle Promotional Planning System, including statistical modeling of syndicated data, regular turn business estimation from factory shipments and statistical consulting during implementation phase of project.

Duties and responsibilities included consumer research guidance testing; design and analysis of experiments (including mixture designs); sample survey design; process capability studies for operations; consultant for personnel in product development and market research; and site representative for SAS.

Master Of Science, Statistics

Activities and Societies: Member of Pi Mu Epsilon

Bachelor Of Science, Applied Mathematics; Business Administration