Global Forecasting Manager

  Pharmacy Vacancy

Job title: Global Forecasting Manager

Company: Novo Nordisk

Job description: By continuing to use and navigate this website, you are agreeing to the use of cookies.
Accept Close

Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link

Search by Keyword

Loading…

Category

Search by Location

×

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

×

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Global Forecasting Manager

Category: Marketing and Market Access

Location:

Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

We are looking for a Global Forecasting Manager in Commercial & Corporate Affairs – Global Business Services (GBS), Bangalore, India. You can look forward to an exciting job driving different projects and engaging with multiple stakeholders at different levels.

About the department

The Commercial & Corporate Affairs – Global Business Services (GBS) unit is responsible for driving deliverables for multiple Corporate Vice President (CVP) areas within Commercial & Corporate Affairs, including Insulin, GLP-1 and Obesity Marketing, Market Access, Commercial Planning and Commercial Operations. The Commercial & Corporate Affairs unit also supports Biopharm global marketing for Haemophilia and growth disorders.

The position

As a Global Forecasting Manager, your key responsibilities are providing analytical and consulting services in designing, delivering, and executing projects related to Insights & Forecasting (I&F), ensuring superior stakeholder satisfaction by delivering high end quality support to I&F team.

You also create therapy level Long term forecasts by engaging key stakeholders to arrive at assumptions for a strong analysis, use strong quantitative and analytic abilities to integrate and analyse data, processing various data files into useful analyses for stakeholders in I&F, support in ‘sanitisation’ and ‘check’ of data file (particularly from IMS) before uploading into system & subsequent report generation, develop custom analysis tools in a variety of programming languages and applications such as Advanced Excel, VBA, Powerpoint, Access & SAP system (Business Warehouse or Business Objects) and IMS databases (MIDAS).

You conduct quality check of various reports and analysis related to I&F, develop and implement complex mathematical and statistical models that relate sales or marketing activities to financial results, ad hoc reporting activities and participation in I&F projects. You ensure documentation is recorded and maintained to deliver high quality projects, prepare presentation and participate in meetings to deliver results and make recommendations, contribute to continuous improvement of processes, independently execute tasks/projects with minimal supervision, strengthen and build Commercial & Corporate Affairs intellectual property position, develop operating manuals for the deliverables that have been assigned.

You should have good appreciation of Commercial side of business, you should be able to undertake drill down analysis of key business problems and interpret results, generate insights, and recommend strategies. You should be conceptual, analytical & tactical thinking, strategic thought process and should have strong attention to detail. You should have excellent written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop strong working relationships and effectively influence all levels of the business.

You should be able to naturally assume ownership of initiatives, requiring minimal supervision to consistently deliver outstanding results and to manage multiple stakeholders across different geographies. You should be able to conceptualize and think strategically with the ability to look beyond the data (insight generation), consult, present, influence cross-functional team and make recommendations to senior management with courage and confidence. You are expected to exhibit a high degree of flexibility as the nature & timing of the assignment of deliverables keeps changing with the ever changing business dynamics.

Qualifications

You need to have the below knowledge and skills

  • Masters’ Degree (preferably within quantitative/management discipline) from a well-recognized institute
  • Under-graduate degree in Pharma (BPharm), Science/Biotechnology (BSc), Engineering (BTech).
  • Good academic track records and grades
  • 2+ years of relevant experience in Pharma Analytics industry. Consulting experience would be a plus
  • Ability to translate business problems into most efficient and effective analysis plan
  • Execute the analysis including data pull, data preparation (sanitisation) and report generation
  • Ability to collaborate and communicate with different stakeholders, primarily with customers, vendors, consultants and project teams.
  • Strong strategic and analytical capabilities, with demonstrated experience in analysing complex situations, collecting data, effectively synthesizing the analytics/data to form a complete, cohesive picture

Technical skills:

  • Must have: Advanced level knowledge of Excel, VBA & PowerPoint.
  • Working level knowledge of IMS MIDAS database – ideally with knowledge about the diabetes therapy area, such as treatments and key market developments and dynamics
  • Preferred: Knowledge of SAP (SAP Business Warehouse proficiency, potentially also SAP Business Objects)
  • Good to have: SAS proficiency (SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Dataflux Web Studio, SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Management Console, SAS LSF, SAS Base, SAS Enterprise Guide).

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, your skills, dedication, and ambition help us change lives for the better. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development. We create value by putting patients first. Working here is not just a way to make a living, but a way to make a difference.

Contact

Please click Apply and follow the instructions.

Deadline

28 June 2022

We are looking for a Global Forecasting Manager in Commercial & Corporate Affairs – Global Business Services (GBS), Bangalore, India. You can look forward to an exciting job driving different projects and engaging with multiple stakeholders at different levels.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

Expected salary:

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Job date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 02:28:52 GMT

Apply for the job now!