Job Description Summary
We're looking for a skilled professional with more than 5 years of hands-on experience in forecasting and data-driven decision making. Explore, develop, implement and evaluate Digital innovation solutions that address customer needs. Co-create with key stakeholders to build partnerships & collaborations.
Lead multiple projects across a variety of creative and marketing channels, including print and digital media. Develop and coordinate project plans across the design, development and production stages of a project to support the successful delivery within set KPI's. Provides consultancy, advice and assistance on strategy for commercialization of products, and influence marketing/Marketing Sales Operation team on decision making on Sales Force resource allocation in most optimal ways, through delivery of proven analytics-based projects.
This role will work directly with the Forecasting Team and reports to the Team Lead.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Create and deliver Forecasting solutions to Novartis Internal Customers as per agreed SLAs
- Support data enabled decision making by providing qualitative and quantitative analytics. Drive design and enhancement of existing services / deliverables (quality, productivity, value
- Closely Interface with customers to understand and convert business requirements into solutions.
- Provide appropriate documentation and communication throughout the delivery of services
- Support in creation and maintenance of knowledge repositories, SOPs, quality checklist
- Participate, lead and design various knowledge sharing sessions, training sessions. Build and Support in Functional and Organizational business objectives and strategy
- Comply to all Novartis operating procedures as per legal / IT / HR requirements. Adhere to Novartis values and behaviors of Inspired, Curious, Unbossed and Integrity
Essential Requirements:
- Education: Pharma / Science /Engineering /Math / Statistics with post-graduation. Experience: 5.5 to 8.5 Years.
- Advanced Excel, PowerPoint is must. Business Intelligence Tools/ VBA/ Python/ R/ JS good to have. Basic knowledge of statistics and its use in forecasting. Forecasting Experience : Epi based Forecasting for Inline, Pipeline and BD&L Products/ Brands. Trend Based Forecasting Experience,
- Experience supporting multiple markets including Global, Region and countries. Deeper understanding disease and Therapy Area and its application to forecast
- Experience in managing data and drive quantitative analytics to generate insights. Application of [ US, EU5, China] Market Access, Healthcare and Pricing policies
- Deep understanding of Secondary Research support / validate assumptions. Expertise in handling datasets - IQVIA, Evaluate, IPD, Kantar, DRG et al.
Desirable Requirement:
- Effective forecast story boarding, capturing key insights backed by relevant. Data and Quantitative Analytics, Business Analysis and Analog Analysis
- Supporting team in proposal writing and managing complex business problems. Train / mentor / guide junior members in the team
Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Skills Desired
Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Building Constructions, Business Analytics, Cross-Functional Work, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Media Campaigns, Project Management, Sales, Speed and Agility Training, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management
Top Skills
What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.
