The Demand Forecasting Manager drives a single number mindset by coordinating Demand Planning activities with Commercial, Finance and Supply teams.   Also drives initiatives for process simplification, automation and compliance in areas of Demand Planning.

Your Responsibilities:     

This role gives YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, the main of these are:

• Operates the volume forecasting process within the Supply Chain Operating Model supporting the Core Commercial Cycle (CCC) for entire Rx portfolio.

• Responsible for historical data cleansing (liaising with the commercial teams) as input for statistical forecast performed by Demand CoE.

• Supports Demand Forecasting Planners (Global Demand CoE) with Market Intelligence for statistical forecast models definition.

• Provide strong business partnering and work across functions (LOC Marketing and Finance Teams) to lead monthly meetings to discuss baseline forecasts volume and agree any forecast adjustments along with their assumptions covering entire Rx portfolio capturing the Unconstrained and constrained Volume.

• Ensure system compliance, maintaining the Market Intelligence data and timely release of the forecast volume data to finance/commercial and supply chain teams.

• Work with the Supply chain Process and Capability champion to drive the future improvements and process simplification in Demand Forecasting.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these characteristics to achieve our goals:

• Engineering bachelor´s degree.

• Experience in Demand planning with extensive knowledge of Supply chain disciplines (supply planning, distribution planning, inventory management and procurement)

• MS Excel and Power BI proficiency

• English proficiency.

Preferred Experience:

However, if you have the following, it would be a plus:

• Pharma or FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) experience.

• Certified APICS (Association for Supply Chain Management)

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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