Forecasting & Commercial Planning Analyst

Nature and Scope

The Forecasting Analyst leads the Demand Planning component of the Companys Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and develops executive-level materials to communicate forecast assumptions risks opportunities and recommendations to senior leadership. This role partners with Trade Sales Operations Supply Chain Finance and Commercial Leadership to support demand and prioritization planning. The Forecasting Analyst also monitors in-line product performance and leads analytical workstreams that optimize the effectiveness of Commercial programs and tactics. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and quantitative skills with strategic business acumen excellent communication and the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations and drive portfolio performance.

This is a hybrid position based in Shirley NY offering the flexibility to work both remotely and onsite.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Develop and maintain forecasts for the full in-line product portfolio including forecasting methodology statistical trends key assumptions risks and opportunities product performance and supply constraints. Provide recommendations on demand inventory shortage risk and safety stock priorities and communicate forecast performance tracking metrics and key insights to relevant stakeholders.

Collaborate with Supply Chain team to prepare and present S&OP materials for in-line commercial product portfolio clearly communicating forecast outputs assumptions performance metrics and recommendations to key stakeholders.

Partner with Trade Supply Chain and Commercial Leadership to support prioritization planning across products customers and channels incorporating demand signals inventory availability market dynamics and business impact.

Update demand ex-factory shipments market performance and chargeback data for American Regents product portfolio throughout the year based on information gathered from both internal and external data sources.

Monitor competitive landscape and proactively identifying and modeling events which may have an impact on in-line product portfolio forecasts.

Drive integration of forecasting efforts with primary research competitive intelligence and analytics insights to enhance business impact of the Commercial function.

Monitor and report of Key Performance Indicators for the entire in-line product portfolio to track launch performance and bridge leading indicators to business outcomes.

Serve as a cross-functional forecasting and planning partner to Trade Sales Operations Supply Chain Finance Product Management and Commercial Leadership to ensure business decisions are supported by consistent data aligned assumptions and timely analytics.

We all must embrace the QUALITY culture.

Perform any other tasks/duties as assigned by management.

Education Requirements and Qualifications

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required.

Bachelors degree in a quantitative discipline (statistics/finance/economics) or similar field required.

Minimum 2 yearsof experience inforecasting business analytics supply chain planning or a relatedrole highly preferred.

Analytical experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred; generics experience preferred.

Strong ability to synthesize complex data into clear concise executive-level presentations and recommendations.

Demonstrated ability to use advanced analytical competencies (regression analysis etc.) to analyze/leverage data from internal and external sources and persuasively present findings.

Experience with pharmaceutical data helpful including IQVIA.

Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required.

Experience with relevant business intelligence and analytical systems including Alteryx and Cognos preferred.

Familiarity with forecasting analytics data visualization or planning tools is a plus.

Exposure to forecasting applications a plus (IBM Planning Analytics/TM1 Kinaxis Blue Yonder etc.) preferred.

Expected Salary Range:

$79900 - $84000

The salary range displayed is the minimum and maximum annual salary range of compensation for the role that the employer in good faith believes to be accurate at the time of the posting of an advertisement for the role. Actual compensation for the role will be based on a number of different factors including but not limited to the candidates qualifications education knowledge skills and experience.

American Regent also offers a competitive total rewards package which includes healthcare life insurance profit sharing paid time off matching 401k as well as a wide range of other benefits.

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