(Senior) International Forecasting Advisor

(Senior) International Forecasting Advisor

The Position

Most strategic decisions require a sales forecast. Global Forecasters are at the crossroad of Asset teams, Regions, local affiliates, Senior Management, and Supply, helping the organization shape the future of Boehringer, healthcare, and patients. Reliable, ambitious, business decision enablers.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• This position of (Senior) International Forecast Manager will focus on both strategic forecasting and global operational/demand forecasting. You will be responsible for providing insights to shape strategy with internal stakeholders and translating strategy into sales forecasts. You will act as a leader of the ambition working with global and local stakeholders. This role will require strong experience in the demand forecasting process to provide guidance and training to local demand forecasters and manage consolidation and tracking of global demand plans in collaboration with our supply division.
• Key activities of your new role as (Senior) International Forecast Manager include:
• Within a certain Therapeutic Area:
• Leading the forecast creation, updates, and coordination for pipeline, pre-launch, and launch assets, as well as assessment of investment opportunities.
• Responsibility for all forecast-related communications with internal stakeholders (mainly asset teams, regions office, local affiliates, and senior management).
• Providing forecasting guidance to affiliates, and reviewing affiliates\‘ forecasts to foster insightful discussions between global and local stakeholders while ensuring substantiation, ambition, and actionability of the forecasts.
• Standardization, consolidation, and documentation of forecasting assumptions.
• Ensuring that the forecast process is aligned within and across the product portfolio.
• Demand forecasting: own the global demand forecasting process and governance across the entire human pharma portfolio.

As Senior International Forecast Manager you additionally have the following responsibilities:

• Participating in the development of appropriate forecasting tools/approaches to answer key business questions throughout the product lifecycle, including leading tool development projects.
• Supporting the Team Leader through proactive contribution to the development of the Junior International Forecast Managers and International Forecast Managers through the dissemination of best practices.

Requirements

• Master\’s degree in Business Administration/Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or other quantitative-focused area; MBA preferred.
• Few years of professional experience in the pharmaceuticals industry in functions closely related to forecasting (consulting, marketing, customer insights, market access/pricing, HEOR, finance).
• Few years of previous experience in forecasting in the pharma or healthcare industry.
• Pharma consulting and/or brand marketing experience regarded as a serious plus.
• International experience or affiliate experience advantageous.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to drive and influence business decisions – leadership without authority.
• Ability to translate strategy into numbers.
• Ability to engage with senior managers and committees.
• Basic knowledge of primary and secondary data as sources of forecasting assumptions.
• Being a team player while determining own priorities with a sense of urgency and delivering independently.
• Solution orientation and ability to solve complex problems.
• Command of the English language is required (written and spoken).

Further requirements for the Senior International Forecast Manager:

• Several years of professional experience in the pharmaceuticals industry in functions closely related to forecasting (consulting, marketing, customer insights, market access/pricing, HEOR, finance).
• Several years of forecasting experience in the pharma or healthcare industry required.
• Ability to become the primary contact person with certain senior managers and committees.
• Record of leadership without authority, i.e., excellent communication skills and ability to drive and influence business decisions without direct line management.
• Good knowledge of primary and secondary data as sources of forecasting assumptions.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (including overnight travel).

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