Career Category

Sales & Marketing Operations

Job Description

The Amgen Capability Center in Lisbon, Portugal (ACCP) will be home to over 300 multi-national and multi-cultural employees, representing a broad range of cross functional capabilities, including Commercial, General and Administrative, Research and Development and more. The ACCP will offer rich career growth and development opportunities, regional and global exposure, and the opportunity to LIVE, WIN and THRIVE in one of Europe’s most attractive cities.  

Our ACCP Office is located at Maleo – Sete Rios, Av. José Malhoa 19, 1070-040 Lisbon, in the vibrant city center of Lisbon.

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that read over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Demand Forecasting Sr Associate

LIVE

What you will do

The forecasting team at Amgen plays a pivotal role as a strategic partner to Commercial leadership, offering data-backed insights crucial for driving commercial success. As a Demand Forecasting Sr Associate, you will contribute to the brands, executing and managing discussions with global brand leads.

The individual in this role will need to skillfully influence and challenge a diverse set of stakeholders from Marketing, Commercial, R&D, Medical, Finance, Access, and Pricing/Contracting, while proficiently understanding the nuances of the disease area of interest and markets they support.

You, as our Demand Forecasting Sr Associate, plays a pivotal role as a strategic partner to Commercial leadership, offering data-backed insights crucial for driving commercial success. You will contribute to the global inline/pipeline assets, executing and managing discussions with global brand leads, and supporting wider Business Units within the ACCP.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Build detailed and advanced forecast model (patient, Rx, sales, Rx Based, etc.) projecting units and revenue for Amgen products by indication/regions.
• Supporting business planning and decision making through financial analysis.
• Analyze competitors and market dynamics to inform forecasting models and strategic decisions.
• Develop and deliver transparent presentations that articulate key variables in the forecast, ensuring comprehensive understanding for decision-makers.
• Act as the point of contact for global brand leads, engaging them in forecasting deliverables.
• Collaborate with the broader CD&A (Commercial Data & Analytics) organization to integrate comprehensive insights and analytics.
• Supporting ACCP continuous improvement activities.
• Supporting wider business units on an ad hoc basis (Finance/Marketing/Business Enablement).

WIN

What we expect of you

Our ideal candidate is a team player with customer focus. He/she is problem solving and result oriented and has time and process management skills and can compile data.

Proven experience and skills needed:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Pharma/Biotech forecasting, demand planning, and supply chain management,

OR Master’s degree and 3 years of forecasting experience,

OR Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of forecasting experience.

• University Degree in commerce, finance, economics, mathematics, healthcare or related field.
• Fluency in English, both in written and oral communication.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint knowledge.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in the Pharmaceutical industry and working with internal and secondary data sources.
• Proficiency in advanced forecasting techniques, statistical modeling, and data analysis.
• Highly skilled in working collaboratively in a team-based environment and gaining alignment across an organization.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex data and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a service-minded attitude.

THRIVE

What you can expect from us

• Vast opportunities to learn, develop, and move up and across our global organization.
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table, take risks, and act.
• Generous Amgen Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare, finance, wealth and career benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements.

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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