Irene Zhou

Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning
Grifols Diagnostics Solutions

Irene Zhou is a Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning, at Grifols Diagnostics Solutions based in Emeryville, CA. Irene has over 24 years of experience in planning, forecasting and S&OP management. Prior to joining Grifols (formerly Novartis and Chiron) 15 years ago in the US, Irene worked at DuPont China for over 9 years as a Supply Chain Manager. Her responsibilities included: leading the planning, forecasting and customer service teams to support business and customer growth in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

During Irene’s 15 years at Grifols, she has led the planning team and S&OP process, and been the key Supply Chain lead on the successful launch of multiple global products.

Irene earned the undergraduate degree from Shanghai University of Engineering Science in China, and APIC CPIM certified.

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Saturday, January 7th, 2017

14:30 Panel Discussion | Advancing Demand Planning and Achieving Greater Forecasting Accuracy

Many companies continue to struggle with over forecasting and in some cases, products don’t move as well as anticipated. How can you better forecast manufacturing with what sales actually does? What kinds of metrics will allow you to measure the health of your forecast?
Panelists will discuss:
• Forecast metrics and standardization across the business
• Opportunities from people and process perspectives to mature demand planning
• The latest forecasting tips and tricks to mature the program and increase accuracy