Finance Manager, Oncology - Demand Planning

About the role

The objective of the US Demand Planning team is to monitor and maintain the stability of Abbvie product in the U.S. supply channel, ensure the equitable allocation of product to customers and provide business insights on product purchase trends across Abbvie's 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 Abbvie supply chain, administer Distribution Service Agreements, provide forecast and wholesaler purchase trend insights on 'to-market' brand performance, continually assess wholesaler/pharmacy buying patterns & financial impacts, monitor pharmacy downstream buying behavior and assist the commercial teams by bringing quantitative context to product supply issues and distribution challenges.

Responsibilities

• Specialty Distributor & Specialty Pharmacy Order Fulfillment: Perform review of product orders vs. historical customer purchase trends, customer inventory DOH levels of the brand and internal availability of product. The process may involve communication with Customer Service, Trade, Warehousing or Transportation before product is prepared for shipment and subsequently delivered. Must possess the ability to quickly reach out to stakeholders, build consensus and execute under tight timelines.
• Administration of Specialty Distribution Service Agreements (SDSA): 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 are 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.
• Commercial Insights: This position will provide supply channel analytical support to brands sold in the U.S. and provide weekly insights to Commercial Forecasting of 'to-market' sales performance. The incumbent must be proactive in originating, informing, participating in, and executing the analyses necessary to effectively provide impactful insights to the business. The Manager must be flexible, adapt to changing priorities, demonstrate persistence in following through, and be able to make timely decisions/recommendations based on data.

Qualifications

• A degree in Accounting, Finance or general business is required and a CPA or CMA is a plus, as the incumbent is responsible for assessing the impact of business decisions and planned commercial activities.
• Knowledge of financial problem solving & analysis, translation of data into actionable business recommendations, data trending, logistics, and the wholesale/retail trade are essential to success in this position.
• 7-10 years overall business experience, preferably in a pharmaceutical environment. Overall business experience to include 6-8 years of commercial finance, cost accounting, auditing, financial reporting or financial planning and analysis is required.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, SAP/BPC/BIP, forecast modeling/scenario planning experience, data presentation skills and previous experience with PowerPoint is preferred.