JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position is responsible for leading Integrated Business Planning (IBP) within commercial processes to ensure alignment between strategic, tactical, and operational plans. The role will drive cross-functional collaboration, integrate financial and operational planning, and provide a single version of the truth for decision-making. By balancing demand and supply, supporting scenario planning, and monitoring performance against KPIs, this individual will enable a timely, targeted, and comprehensive approach to commercial execution. Working closely with the Commercial Excellence Manager, the position will streamline processes critical to promotions and business initiatives, fostering accountability and continuous improvement across the organization.

What You’ll Do

Integrated Business Planning (IBP)  Management.

Align Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Plans
Ensure that long-term strategy, mid-term plans, and short-term execution are fully integrated and consistent.

Enable Cross-Functional Collaboration
Facilitate communication and decision-making across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations.

Provide a Single Version of the Truth
Consolidate data from multiple sources into one unified plan for transparency and accuracy.

Balance Demand and Supply
Match customer demand with available supply capacity while considering financial and operational constraints.

Integrate Financial Planning
Link operational plans with financial targets to ensure profitability and cash flow alignment.

Support Scenario Planning and Risk Management
Evaluate alternative scenarios and prepare mitigation strategies for potential risks.

Drive Accountability and Performance Monitoring
Assign clear ownership for actions and track progress against agreed KPIs.

Enable Continuous Improvement
Use insights from performance reviews to refine processes and improve future planning cycles.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Major/field of study in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• Strategic thinker combined with tactical project planning and management skills. Strong, precise written and verbal communication skills. Analysis, troubleshooting and problem solving expertise. Demonstrated ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. Demonstrated ability to translate customer needs to requirements and resolutions. Solid understanding of business process and tools related to Division Global Commercial sales (CRM, Contract management, pricing etc.)
• In sales operations, help desk, service, sales, or business analyst for a commercial healthcare organization. 1+ years experience managing commercial sales projects and deployments across multiple functional areas - Sales, Marketing, Services, Partnerships. Experience with sales operations support to a distributed, global organization.

     

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Sales Support & Administration

     

DIVISION:

CRLB Core Lab

        

LOCATION:

Japan > Tokyo : Mita South Tower, Minato-ku

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Not specified

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable