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 objective of the US Demand Planning team is to monitor and maintain the stability of Abbvie products in the U.S. supply channel, ensure the equitable allocation of product to customers and provide business insights on product purchase trends across key brands. The primary areas of focus for the Demand Planning organization are to interact with key stakeholders involved in both the production and order fulfillment of product in the supply chain, administer applicable Wholesaler Distribution Service Agreements, manage wholesaler data for sales analytics, and provide wholesaler purchase trend insights on "to-market" brand performance.
This position will primarily support Abbvie's specialty brands and one of the Big 3 wholesalers. The Finance Lead, Demand Planning is responsible for reviewing product orders and analyze vs. historical trends of product purchased and sold to downstream customers - ensuring the proper allocation of product into the marketplace and the corresponding inventory days on-hand held at the respective distributor. The Finance Lead will need to develop strong knowledge of the business across their area of responsibility and must objectively determine the impact of changing business conditions on the order fulfillment process. The Finance Lead must have the ability to communicate concisely and proactively, while establishing effective cross functional relationships with Trade, Customer Service, Transportation, Warehousing, Forecasting and Operations.
Major Responsibilities:
I. Wholesaler Order Fulfillment: Perform review of product orders vs. historical customer purchase trends, customer inventory DOH levels of the brand and internal availability of product. Must possess the ability to quickly reach out to stakeholders, build consensus and execute under tight timelines.
II. Support the Administration of Wholesale Distribution Service Agreements (DSA): Per contract terms, calculate wholesaler business performance in the categories of purchase stability behavior, inventory DOH levels, order fulfillment rates to downstream pharmacy customers and timely submissions/accuracy of product movement data submitted via EDI. Actual performance vs. these defined metrics is computed weekly and presented to the wholesaler monthly in a prepared presentation package. Communication of performance must be clear and concise with full command of the subject matter and data used in calculating performance. In addition, this position will support the payment process of performance fees earned & payable to wholesale as defined per contract.
III. Reporting and Analytics: This position will be responsible for independently developing and maintaining reporting tools used to monitor and track daily and weekly submissions of product movement data submitted via EDI by distributors for all US products. These reports will provide insights of "to-market" sales performance and will be critical in assisting Trade in ensuring product availability across the distribution channel.
IV. Allocation Reviews: This position will be responsible for reviewing the weekly/monthly Allocation (Purchase) Limits that are set at the specialty distributors for their customers. Such Allocations Limits provide stability in the purchasing patterns & help avoid speculative purchases resulting in a more stable supply/availability of AbbVie products
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or general business is required.
Background:
5-7 years overall business experience, preferably in a pharmaceutical environment, to include commercial finance, cost accounting, auditing, financial reporting or financial planning and analysis.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills, SAP/BPC, forecast modeling/scenario planning experience, data presentation skills and previous experience with PowerPoint is preferred.
Problem solving and integrity are key competencies of this position.
Work independently and have the ability to shift priorities quickly.
Clear analytical thinking combined with experienced judgment.
Ability to learn & understand the distribution channel is critical in addition to working across various functional areas to develop action plans and execute.
Knowledge of financial problem solving & analysis and translation of data into actionable business recommendations are essential to success in this position.
Additional Information
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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. ?
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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 anybonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's soleand 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 and serving our community.? Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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Salary: $94,000 - $178,500
