Associate Director, Global Commercial Development, Forecasting- Allergan Aesthetics- Irvine CA or Lake County, IL

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Allergan Aesthetics forms part of the exciting integration with AbbVie, we are a high achiever, high energy environment working across multiple countries and cultures. The Global Forecasting and Analytics Lead is a new highly visible and collaborative role with scope to lead Global forecasting / analytical projects.

Role & Responsibilities:

·        A Storyteller, demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically, identify key issues, opportunities, and value drivers, and effectively translate strategic insights & data sets into appropriate forecasts to drive business decisions.

·        Solutions focused and proactive, with visibility across the Allergan Aesthetics business you will collect, analyse and interpret data to make sense of business problems and projects, spot the gaps, think of solutions, and make strategic proposals back to the business.

·        A collaborator - Partners with market research, Finance (Regional, R+D), downstream marketing and operations, to develop robust new product forecasts and to support the Long-Range Plan. Working hand in hand with Global Commercial Development (GCD) marketing to connect strategy to Financial value across all stages of the new product development cycle. Working closely with regional marketing and finance teams, understanding key challenges and opportunities in the trading environment of those countries to inform and validate assumptions.

·        Think Strategically - Supporting ongoing new product commercial and strategic analysis alongside GCD marketers across all new product development to drive overall commercial, portfolio, franchise and product strategy across all stages of the new product development cycle

·        Lead analysis of respective market and asset opportunities alongside GCD marketing; connecting key segment value drivers, growth opportunities, target product profiles and product positioning to the financial (and revenue) potential to maximize the asset

·        Discover & quantify financial impacts of marketing initiatives and competitive events using market research and business intelligence.

Significant Work Activities -Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Skills and Experience:

·        Proven combined experience in analytics, forecasting and market insights analysis

·        Solid understanding of analytical quantitative methods in information management and forecasting techniques.

·         Ability to triangulate a wide variety of data sets and analytics to inform forecasting in a clear and concise way

·        High proficiency in using Microsoft Excel

·        Demonstrated experience with strategic planning cycles

·        Work collaboratively across multiple groups towards successful outcomes.

·        Connecting commercial business strategies to financial values

·        Highly flexible, adapting to change and a fast-paced environment

·        Able to work both autonomously and in a team-based environment

·        Experience in pharmaceutical or medical device sector

·        Drive, energy, and passion to advance AbbVie’s mission.

·        Demonstrate a high degree of proactivity to maximize value-add to the business

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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