BC SECTOR Lifescience Pharma forcasting Senior-Gig

Pharma Forecasting Specialist-Senior

About Global Delivery Services

Global Delivery Services refers to EYs worldwide network of service delivery centers. The GDS team plays an important role in EYs strategy by ensuring effective support to EYs growth agenda.

Our journey started in 2002 with approximately 200 people. Today we stand at 80000 professionals in ten locations around the world. We operate in Argentina China Hungary India Philippines Poland Sri Lanka Mexico Spain and the United Kingdom.

Client service is focused on providing Consulting Assurance Tax Strategy & Transactions and Knowledge support to our clients around the world. The teams enable account teams worldwide to provide seamless high-quality value-added support helping deliver exceptional client service.

Enablement Services provides cost-effective high-skilled and innovative services to support EYs global and local enablement teams. Markets BMC AWS Finance and Accounting Risk Management Procurement People Shared Services IT Service Delivery and IT Global Infrastructure services are among the services offered by Enablement Services.

Our innovation specialists serve the GDS Client Service and Enablement Services teams along with Service Lines Core Business Services and Sectors. The team brings the desired environment technologies and skilled teams together for facilitation rapid prototyping and innovative thinking. The competencies offered include analytics digital user experience mobile technology infrastructure Microsoft technologies and open innovation.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Pharma Forecasting Specialist to join our team. This role involves being a key stakeholder in a cross-functional team responsible for forecasting at global country and region levels based on need. The ideal candidate will have strong forecasting skills of around 5-8 years therapeutic area (TA) and pharma experience and the ability to recommend assumptions create concept notes and develop presentations. Basic Python coding skills are also required

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop brand volume forecasts for both short-term and long-term strategic and operational planning.
• Conduct strategic long-term brand and franchise forecasting providing guidance based on franchise insights.
• Solve regional and brand-level analytical challenges using quantitative approaches. Perform sensitivity analyses to identify opportunities and manage risks enhancing forecast accuracy.
• Collaborate as a key stakeholder in cross-functional teams (marketing finance MMD HHI RCL) for global country and regional forecasting needs.
• Create and maintain accurate forecasts using advanced analytical and forecasting techniques.
• Recommend assumptions and methodologies for forecasting models.
• Prepare concept notes and presentations to effectively communicate findings and recommendations.
• Perform comprehensive business analysis including requirement elicitation data management and change management.
• Apply Python coding skills to automate and improve forecasting processes.
• Collaborate with global teams (marketing finance RCLs HHI MMD market access) to gather requirements and deliver insights.
• Analyze historical data and market trends to inform forecasting models.
• Develop and maintain detailed reports and dashboards for forecasting purposes.
• Present findings and recommendations to internal stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Continuously optimize forecasting processes and methodologies.
• Stay updated with the latest tools technologies and best practices in forecasting and analytics.

Skills and attributes for success

Required Skills:

• Strong business analysis skills with experience in requirement elicitation data management change management and presentation.
• Knowledge of Long Range Forecasting process.
• Excellent communication facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Therapeutic area-specific knowledge and pharma experience.
• Basic Python coding skills.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience in business analysis and forecasting within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong knowledge of one or more pharma therapeutic area such as Oncology Vaccines etc.
• Proven track record in developing and maintaining accurate forecasts.
• Advanced proficiency in business analysis and forecasting tools.
• Basic proficiency in Python coding.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage tasks independently and proactively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience in business analysis and forecasting within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong knowledge of one or more pharma therapeutic area such as Oncology Vaccines etc.
• Proven track record in developing and maintaining accurate forecasts.
• Advanced proficiency in business analysis and forecasting tools.
• Basic proficiency in Python coding.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage tasks independently and proactively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with relevant work experience in Business Administration Data Science Applied Mathematics Pharmaceutical Sciences Business Analytics Computer Science Information Systems or other Quantitative field.
• Experience with tools and techniques like SQL Tableau Alteryx and data processing.
• Familiarity with Machine Learning/Statistical Learning and AI and their application cases is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant analytical experience in Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Experience in developing and maintaining forecasting models in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Expertise in business analysis and forecasting tools.
• Basic proficiency in Python coding.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactiveness and passion to tackle new challenges.
• Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results in demanding situations.