Manager Forecasting

Job Description Summary

- -Explore, develop, implement and evaluate Digital innovation solutions that address customer needs. Co-create with key stakeholders to build partnerships and collaborations -Leads the delivery of multiple projects across a variety of creative and marketing channels, including print and digital media. Develop and coordinate project plans across the design, development and production stages of a project to support the successful delivery within set KPI's. -Works in collaboration with brand teams, technical teams and all functions to maximize value. -Provides consultancy, advice and assistance on strategy for commercialization of products, and influence marketing/Marketing Sales Operation team on decision making on Sales Force resource allocation in most optimal ways, through delivery of proven analytics based projects. -Provide analytics support to Novartis internal customers

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

• Planning and management, gather requirements to develop detailed Project plans and Project estimations to task level.

• Proactively assist the Business to identify upcoming conflicts and resource gaps.

• Serve as interface with the global and local Brand teams on Project Planning and delivery management.

• Leads and delivers projects for Regional and global teams, ensuring adherence to time-lines and quality objectives.

• Ensures delivery of efficient and high-quality deliverables.

• Manages an efficient and high-quality team that promotes synergy and best practice sharing among resources, drives collaboration with Country Organizations in managing high standards of communication and delivering best in class services.

• Provide guidance on training requirements in relation to Commercial processes -Takes initiative to drive standardization of reports across brands

Essential Requirements:

• Education: Pharma / Science /Engineering /Math / Statistics with post-graduation. Experience: 5.5 to 8.5 Years.

• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint is must. Business Intelligence Tools/ VBA/ Python/ R/ JS good to have. Basic knowledge of statistics and its use in forecasting. Forecasting Experience : Epi based Forecasting for Inline, Pipeline and BD&L Products/ Brands. Trend Based Forecasting Experience,

• Experience supporting multiple markets including Global, Region and countries. Deeper understanding disease and Therapy Area and its application to forecast

• Experience in managing data and drive quantitative analytics to generate insights. Application of [ US, EU5, China] Market Access, Healthcare and Pricing policies

• Deep understanding of Secondary Research support / validate assumptions. Expertise in handling datasets - IQVIA, Evaluate, IPD, Kantar, DRG et al.

Desirable Requirement:

• Effective forecast story boarding, capturing key insights backed by relevant. Data and Quantitative Analytics, Business Analysis and Analog Analysis

• Supporting team in proposal writing and managing complex business problems. Train / mentor / guide junior members in the team

• Cross Cultural Experience.

• Project Management.

• Operations Management and Execution.

Why Novartis? Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Skills Desired

Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Building Constructions, Business Analytics, Cross-Functional Work, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Media Campaigns, Sales, Speed and Agility Training, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Waterfall Project Management