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John Kennedy

Kerry,LS

Summary

Thorough Demand Planner offering seven and a half years of comprehensive experience estimating future product demands by employing analytical, sales data. Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Management Information Systems paired with in-depth knowledge of finance and 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

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Demand Planner

Apple
02.2024 - Current
  • Delivered exceptional execution of demand planning for the iPhone 16 launch, achieving a 8% YoY growth on retail store sales by the middle FY25Q1.
  • Facilitated clear and impactful communication by aligning cross-functional teams, including RFO, SDM, Worldwide RFO, through regular updates and data-driven insights, ensuring shared understanding and execution of the demand plan.
  • Consistently drove forecasting accuracy and fulfillment efficiency, reducing forecast errors to just 1.7% within the first two weeks of a new iPhone 16 launch. Simultaneously ensured forecasts remained aligned with trends for sustaining iPhone programs, maintaining a bias of only 2.6% during the critical product launch period.
  • Utilized data-driven analysis of prior sales trends and market dynamics to refine country mix allocations, resulting in an improvement in forecast accuracy and optimized inventory distribution across regions.
  • Generated actionable insights through deep dive analysis into historical sales patterns, identifying opportunities to align inventory levels with regional demand and mitigating potential supply chain disruptions.
  • Developed and maintained ship-from-store packaging forecasts, ensuring accurate planning to meet fulfillment needs and reduce delays. Authored detailed business requirements for scaling this fulfillment type to additional countries, enabling seamless international rollouts.
  • Communicated packaging requirements and business priorities to cross-functional teams, aligning stakeholders to support the successful expansion of the ship-from-store initiative to new markets.
  • Generated accurate trade-in forecasts by analyzing historical data and trends, collaborating with logistics teams to align packaging requirements and streamline operations.
  • Provided regular updates on Turkiye demand forecasts, delivering insights to senior leadership on the impact of currency fluctuations, including lira volatility, and the impact that it is having on Apple product sales both in retail and online.


Management Consultant

Propeller
03.2022 - 10.2023
  • Work in close collaboration with the CEO & CGO, providing strategic recommendations derived from an in-depth analysis of the business deal lifecycle, which led to heightened efficiency and revenue growth.
  • Serve as a strategic thought partner, enhancing Salesforce implementations by tailoring user access and visibility. For instance, I streamlined the sales process by customizing data visibility per user roles, boosting decision-making efficacy.
  • Introduced new products for a Fortune 500 retail company where demand sensors indicated potential sales opportunities for those products. Initiative brought in $10 million of incremental revenue for the firm.
  • Executed over 1,000 recommendations on product placement to new stores and analysed key data points and reported on allocation distribution and customer buying behaviour.
  • Worked cross functionally with data scientists and product managers to support the initial launch and testing of the new platform.

Senior Consultant

KPMG
03.2020 - 03.2022
  • Manage work streams such as quality assurance and document collation re-porting as part of projects relating to pillar banks deleveraging their assets off their balance sheets to the sum of $5 billion.
  • Utilized SQL to identify relevant customers and transactions; led data testing or correct interest rates on the Irish Government's $20 billion National Asset Management Agency's commercial loans.
  • Integrated risk management techniques in underwriting SME loans up to $1 million as part of the state's Covid-19 business stimulus initiative for the largest state bank in Ireland.
  • As an agent for a bank's customer portfolio of 25,000 people, provided risk-advised guidance on banking queries, especially on maintaining mortgage repayments due to the systemic impact Covid-19 had on the business climate.

Assistant Manager

KPMG
06.2017 - 03.2020
  • Promoted less than a year at KPMG where I managed 20% of the servicing of a bank’s non -performing loan book, whilst building a high performing team and delivery of an exceptional client service.
  • Conducted AML, KYC, and GDPR compliance analysis for a bank's loan sale, ensuring regulatory adherence and mitigating risks during the transaction process.
  • Reviewed key financial and commercial implications of selling a bank’s non-performing loan book which sold at $700 million.
  • Supervised and trained a team of 13 junior staff, helping them execute a variety of qualitative and quantitative tasks as part of an enrichment exercise which analysed a segment of a bank’s loan portfolio which sold for $750 million as part of a bank loan sale.

Education

Accounting (Currently Completed 9/14 Modules)

ACCA Ireland
09-2026

Scrum Master Certificate

Scrum Alliance
San Francisco
02-2023

Leadership & Demystifying Ambiguity

Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Stanford
11-2022

SME Credit Management (Risk)

The Institute of Banking & UCD
Dublin, Ireland
06-2020

Qualified Financial Advisor in Financial Planning

The Institute of Banking & UCD
Dublin
06-2019

MBA - Business Management

Australian Catholic University
Melbourne, Australia
01-2016

Bachelor of Arts - Mathematical Studies And Geography

University College Cork
Cork, Ireland
06-2014

Skills

  • Scenario planning
  • Collaborative planning
  • Data interpretation
  • Project Management
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Trend forecasting
  • Quantitative analysis
  • Presentation skills
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Interests

Passionate about sports of all kinds, with a particular love for football and regularly attending matches, including Kerry games and local club fixtures Enjoy staying active through gym workouts and engaging in various athletic pursuits

Timeline

Demand Planner

Apple
02.2024 - Current

Management Consultant

Propeller
03.2022 - 10.2023

Senior Consultant

KPMG
03.2020 - 03.2022

Assistant Manager

KPMG
06.2017 - 03.2020

Accounting (Currently Completed 9/14 Modules)

ACCA Ireland

Scrum Master Certificate

Scrum Alliance

Leadership & Demystifying Ambiguity

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

SME Credit Management (Risk)

The Institute of Banking & UCD

Qualified Financial Advisor in Financial Planning

The Institute of Banking & UCD

MBA - Business Management

Australian Catholic University

Bachelor of Arts - Mathematical Studies And Geography

University College Cork

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