The Soft Skills Required For The Demand Planning Of Tomorrow

Sponsored by Arkieva, your One-Plan S&OP software. Find out about Arkieva's approach to demand planning: https://bit.ly/3hCcw62Benchmark your company's S&OP maturity with IBF's free-to-use S&OP maturity model. Get recommendations to improve specific areas of your process and progress to the next stage in your S&OP evolution. Try it now for free: https://bit.ly/33BiLSE02:00 What skills are companies prioritizing for the next 5 years?05:00 Introducing Jessica Lackey, Demand Planning Director and Life Coach06:25 Core competencies of a demand planner07:20 Can soft skills be taught?08:00 Getting data to show demand planners that lack of soft skills increases forecast error.11:00 Developing teams based on core competencies12:10 Book club for learning and shared language14:45 Myers Briggs/strength finding 16:34 Top 3 skills in 5 years time18:15 Stop being a victim and take ownership of how to live your life21:10 How forecasts can get more influence in the organization24:25 Top 3 core competencies in demand planning from IBF researchSupport the showTo sign up for regular updates and the latest research, events, articles, podcasts and more from the Institute of Business Forecasting & Training, visit www.ibf.org

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The forecasting, demand planning and S&OP podcast designed for practitioners in the field. Brought to you by the Institute of Business Forecasting with your host Eric Wilson, ACPF.