MSD Associate Director - Forecasting 

India, Maharashtra 

510852821

Job Description

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for collaborating with internal teams to define the future state of forecasting, which includes articulating vision, strategy, tools and platforms globally.
• Build and drive the execution of business processes and systems that deal with forecasting and CoE wide strategic initiatives.
• Responsible for managing the team delivering forecasting solutions / forecasts / analytics (3-5 brands at a time which are relatively complex to forecast) for Top 10 countries and additional 10-20 countries, at the level of country, Regional and Global. These forecasts are generated in collaboration with Global Marketing Leads, Regional / Country Marketing leads, which influence & inform revenue forecasts viz. PP, EA & 5YP.
• This involves, understanding the needs of the business, customer, and the brand, which are most often not stated, descriptive or ambiguous.
• Collaborate across stakeholders – our Manufacturing Division, Human Health, Finance, Research, Country, and senior leadership within the region – to build and robust assumptions, ensuring forecast accuracy improves over time to support decision making
• Work closely with other business teams to evolve current offerings through standardization/ automation efforts and implement best practices within teams.
• Thought leadership to drive unstructured problems and drive innovation & automation to bring in robustness and efficiency gains in forecasting/process; incorporate best-in-class statistical forecasting methods to improve the accuracy
• Communicate effectively across stakeholders and proactively identify and resolve conflicts by engaging with relevant stakeholders
• Responsible for managing team and delivery of forecasts in a timely manner with allocated resources
• Participate in the selection process, manage resources, track, monitor, review and guide performance.
• Provide developmental feedback, suggest training programs and facilitate the developmental process for own team in order to achieve the objectives through an engaged team.

Qualification and skills:

• Engineering / Management / Pharma post-graduates with 12+ years of experience in the relevant roles; with at least 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical strategic forecasting or analytics
• Oncology experience will be an added advantage
• Demonstrated leadership and management in driving innovation and automation leveraging advanced statistical and analytical techniques
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across large and diverse functions and stakeholders
• Ability to manage ambiguous environments, and to adapt to changing needs of business
• Strong analytical skills; an aptitude for problem solving and strategic thinking
• Hands on experience on Monte Carlo simulations and range forecasting would be preferred.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear and actionable insights
• Proven ability to communicate effectively across all levels of stakeholders
• Solid understanding of pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, supply chain and marketing functions

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