Finance Supervisor, Demand Planning

The objective of the US Demand Planning team is to monitor and maintain the stability of AbbVie product in the U.S. supply channel, ensure the equitable allocation of product to customers and provide business insights on product purchase trends across AbbVie's key brands. The primary areas of focus for the Demand Planning organization are to get along with key partners involved in both the production and order fulfillment of product in the AbbVie supply chain, coordinate Wholesaler Distribution Service Agreements, and provide wholesaler purchase trend insights on "to-market" brand performance.

The Finance Supervisor, Demand Planning is responsible for reviewing wholesaler product orders and analyze vs. historical trends of product purchased and sold to downstream customers - ensuring the accurate allocation of product into the marketplace and the corresponding inventory days on-hand held at the respective wholesaler. The Supervisor will need to develop strong knowledge of the business across his/her area of responsibility and must objectively determine the impact of changing business conditions on the order fulfillment process. The Supervisor must have the ability to communicate concisely and enthusiastically, while establishing effective cross functional relationships with Trade, Customer Service, Transportation, Warehousing, Forecasting and Operations.
Key Responsibilities Include:

1. Wholesaler Order Fulfillment: Perform review of product orders vs. historical customer purchase trends, customer inventory DOH levels of the brand and internal availability of product. The process may involve communication with Customer Service, Trade, Warehousing or Transportation before product is prepared for shipment and subsequently delivered. Must possess the ability to quickly build great relationships with partners, build consensus and execute under tight timelines.
2. Support the Administration of Wholesaler Distribution Service Agreements (DSA): Per contract terms, assist in calculating wholesaler business performance in the categories of purchase stability behavior, inventory DOH levels, order fulfillment rates to downstream pharmacy customers and timely submissions/accuracy of product movement data submitted via EDI. Actual performance vs. these defined metrics are computed weekly and presented to the wholesaler monthly in a prepared presentation package. Communication of performance must be clear and concise with full command of the subject matter and data used in calculating performance.
3. Reporting and Analytics: This position will be responsible for creating and maintaining reporting tools used to monitor and track daily and weekly submissions of product movement data submitted via EDI by the wholesalers for all Immunology products. These reports will provide insights of "to-market" sales performance to Management and will be essential in assisting Trade in ensuring product availability across the wholesale distribution channel. The incumbent would be encouraged to analyze and interpret the data, quickly identifying trends that may impact the business.

Basic:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or general business is required
• 5-8 years overall business experience, preferably in a pharmaceutical environment, to include commercial finance, cost accounting, auditing, financial reporting or financial planning and analysis
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, SAP/TM1, forecast modeling/scenario planning experience, data presentation skills and previous experience with PowerPoint is preferred
• Problem solving and integrity are key proficiencies of this position
• Clear analytical thinking combined with experienced judgment
• Ability to develop clear conclusions and recommendations regarding business opportunities and challenges
• Ability to learn & understand the distribution channel is important in addition to working across various functional areas to develop action plans and execute
• Knowledge of financial problem solving & analysis and translation of data into actionable business recommendations are critical to success in this position