Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .
Job Description
The Demand Planning Manager is responsible for analyzing demands, assessing forecast trends, forecast error and bias, and applying statistical forecasting models to develop both short and long-term forecast models. The Demand Planning Manager serves as a communication leader between Operations, Supply Chain Brand Teams, Marketing and Finance including but not limited to market insights, forecasting issues, and Approved Demand Statement (ADS) alignment, and product launch timing. The Demand Planning Manager supports the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process and is responsible for understanding and communicating drivers related to forecast variability.
Responsibilities:
Analyze demands, assess forecast trends, and evaluate forecast error and bias at a Demand Forecasting Unit (DFU) level
Provide statistical forecasting models and or Supply Chain demand recommendations to affiliate finance for short and long-term forecasts
Support Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process
Develop and maintain comments/drivers for any Demand Forecasting Unit (DFU) exceeding established targets
Support Brand's strategic decisions and ensure forecasts are aligned to strategy
Serve as a liaison between Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Brand Teams and Operations
Provide training and drive continuous improvement for S&OP, Demand Management, and Statistical Forecasting Processes
Influence others and act as a credible and respected role model among peers for onboarding/training of new employees
Support LOE, discontinuation, and Life Cycle Management strategies
Participate in Affiliate Demand Review, Supply Chain Brand S&OP, and Area S&OP meetings
Qualifications
Minimum Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Science
7 or more years of experience in Operations, Supply Chain Management, and or Financial Management
Experienced with formal Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes and system experience across SAP, JDA and QlikSense
Proven experience in managing effective teams and fostering collaboration across organizational boundaries
Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication skills are required
Proven ability to possess strong problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Results & process oriented, focusing on process improvements to drive higher levels of performance
Significant cross-functional leadership capabilities - ability to lead, collaborate and influence without authority; uses informal structure, dynamics, and culture to get things done
Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills are required
**Flexibility on collaborating with global teams may be requested as per different time zones.
Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8-hour day)
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ????
The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.??
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.??
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ??
??Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ?
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie's policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
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AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie's policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
Salary: $106,500 - $202,500
