Manager, Supply Chain Demand Planning, Hybrid

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Demand Planning Manager is responsible for analyzing demands, assessing forecast trends, forecast error and bias, and applying statistical forecasting models to develop both short and long-term forecast models. The Demand Planning Manager serves as a communication leader between Operations, Supply Chain Brand Teams, Marketing and Finance including but not limited to market insights, forecasting issues, and Approved Demand Statement (ADS) alignment, and product launch timing. The Demand Planning Manager supports the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process and is responsible for understanding and communicating drivers related to forecast variability.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze demands, assess forecast trends, and evaluate forecast error and bias at a Demand Forecasting Unit (DFU) level
• Provide statistical forecasting models and or Supply Chain demand recommendations to affiliate finance for short and long-term forecasts
• Support Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process
• Develop and maintain comments/drivers for any Demand Forecasting Unit (DFU) exceeding established targets
• Support Brand’s strategic decisions and ensure forecasts are aligned to strategy
• Serve as a liaison between Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Brand Teams and Operations
• Provide training and drive continuous improvement for S&OP, Demand Management, and Statistical Forecasting Processes
• Influence others and act as a credible and respected role model among peers for onboarding/training of new employees
• Support LOE, discontinuation, and Life Cycle Management strategies
• Participate in Affiliate Demand Review, Supply Chain Brand S&OP, and A