Manager, Supply Chain Demand Planning, Hybrid

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.

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 Area S&OP meetings

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Science
• 7 or more years of experience in Operations, Supply Chain Management, and or Financial Management
• Experienced with formal Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes and system experience across SAP, JDA and QlikSense
• Proven experience in managing effective teams and fostering collaboration across organizational boundaries
• Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication skills are required
• Proven ability to possess strong problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Results & process oriented, focusing on process improvements to drive higher levels of performance
• Significant cross-functional leadership capabilities – ability to lead, collaborate and influence without authority; uses informal structure, dynamics, and culture to get things done
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills are required

**Flexibility on collaborating with global teams may be requested as per different time zones. 

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

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• 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. ​​

​​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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