The opportunity
The Associate Director of Forecasting Europe provides forecasts, analysis, and actions that lead to the achievement of strategic and financial goals for Europe. Working closely with European countries, Regional & Global teams and cross-functionally with Finance, Marketing, Sales, Insights, Supply Chain and Marketing Research. The role requires developing forecasts, long-range plans, and supply plans. In addition, the role will provide forecast support for Inline and Pipeline opportunity assessments as well as serve as the Forecasting lead on product data and reporting teams to leverage all relevant data to provide insights into forecast assumptions. The role is part of the European Business Excellence team.
How you’ll spend your day
1. Work closely with European countries and Finance, Marketing and Market Access on the development of Inline and Pipeline forecasts for 27 markets across various therapeutic areas
2. Develops models for sales trending, forecasting, business planning, and long-range planning for Specialty Products Inline and Pipeline products for the EU
3. Develop new forecasting tools and optimize existing models for the short- and long-term planning cycles. Shared and engage with the Global Forecasting COE best practices in Forecasting, tools and technology
4. Leads cross-functional teams to determine appropriate forecast model designs, formulate key assumptions, and align with business partners
5. Works with Business Development to assess new opportunities
6. Collaborates with Marketing and Market Access to ensure rebate agreement impacts, price change requests and the effect of price referencing on countries are incorporated into forecasts and plans. The results feeds into the Business Cases
7. Proactively identifies forecasting needs, develops plans, and provides input into business planning and budgeting processes for key activities
Your experience and qualifications
Qualifications
8. Minimum 5 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in inline/pipeline forecasting
9. Bachelor degree
10. Excellent analytical skills and ability to handle complex analyses. Intermediate Finance knowledge preferable
11. Strong change management skills and innovation mindset
12. Strong influencing/negotiation skills combined with business acumen
13. Team player, i.e. experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative, and multicultural environment
14. Excellent presentation skills
15. Fluent in English, other European languages a plus
16. Willingness to travel (approx. 10-20%)
Skills
17. Intellectual curiosity to go beyond the numbers/bring strategic ideas and insights
18. Strong technical skills to build forecasting tools, leverage secondary data and rollout to regions
19. Excellent analytical skills and ability to handle complex analyses. Intermediate Finance knowledge preferable
How We’ll Take Care of You
20. Competitive Salary: We offer a salary that reflects your skills and experience.
21. Bonus based on personal and company performance.
22. Flexible Working Conditions: Enjoy the benefits of our hybrid work policy.
23. Comprehensive Pension Plan: Includes occupational disability insurance and partner and orphan insurance.
24. Generous Vacation: 26 paid vacation days, plus a vabane budget of 13 days based on full-time employment
25. Parental Leave: Benefit from 9 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
26. Wellbeing Initiatives: Take advantage of our bike plan, caregiver policy and more