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Director, Global Commercial Development Forecasting - Allergan Aesthetics- Irvine, CA

Employer
AbbVie
Location
Irvine, CA
Start date
Aug 21, 2024
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Discipline
Marketing, Sales & Service
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
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Job Details


Company Description

At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit https://global.allerganaesthetics.com/. Follow Allergan Aesthetics on LinkedIn.
Allergan Aesthetics | An AbbVie Company


Job Description

The GCD Forecasting Lead is responsible for all aspects of forecasting for pipeline programs across all five global Allergan Aesthetics franchises: neurotoxins, fillers, plastic & regenerative medicine, body contouring, and skincare. The individual will lead a team to develop and deliver robust forecasts to support strategic decision making and long-term planning for the global aesthetics business.

The GCD Forecasting Lead will leverage strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to lead the team to develop the optimal forecasting approach that delivers the appropriate level of rigor for different forecasting needs. They will be responsible for forecasts that will be used to evaluate funding of new pipeline programs, strategic trade-off and stage gate evaluations, product positioning decisions, and long-range business planning. The individual will take lead responsibility for all pipeline components of the annual financial long-range planning process.

They will be required to leverage their understanding of the global market landscape and analytic problem solving to guide the team in shaping data requirements and market research needs, then combining disparate data sources to drive to conclusions. This individual will look across franchises to provide strategic oversight, ensure a consistent forecasting approach and identify interdependencies, such as consumer share of wallet.

The role demands strong leadership and close collaboration with global, cross-functional colleagues, including Finance, Market Research, R&D, Operations, US and International Consumer and Customer Marketing, and Area and Affiliate level delivery teams.

  • Acts as the accountable owner of global aesthetics pipeline forecasting
  • Builds and leads a high-performing team to define required insights, combine data sources, and deliver robust forecasts
  • Lead key forecasting processes, including the financial long range planning for pipeline products; working cross-functionally to optimize processes for efficiency and impact
  • Support the team to employ appropriate modelling techniques to meet the business need with an appropriate level of rigour against the speed of response required
  • Quality control forecasting work undertaken by the team and third party partners, ensuring all deliverables have sound accuracy and well understood methodology
  • Ensures strong cross functional and leadership alignment on pipeline forecasts
  • Develops close working relationship with leaders across GCD, finance, marketing, market research, R&D, and operations
  • Navigates competing priorities to optimize workload across the team
  • Maintains sound understanding of competitor insights and associated forecasting impacts for the Allergan Aesthetics portfolio
  • Owns budget and proactively partners with Finance to ensure timely review of and management of financial resources

OTHER REQUIREMENTS (e.g., travel):

Ability to travel up to 20%, including overnight stays

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Exceptional analytic thinking, with a proven ability to develop robust forecasts across complex portfolios
  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with an ability to consider interdependencies and draw together disparate information sources
  • Able to pivot between high-level, top-down forecasting approach and detailed bottoms up forecasts to deliver the appropriate level of rigour for different forecasting needs
  • Proven track record integrating market data and manipulating large, complex multiple sources to support business decisions
  • Extensive experience in using a variety of mainstream secondary data sources
  • Demonstrated track record of leading a diverse team through a compelling shared vision, nurturing and developing key talent
  • Proven ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally, leveraging strong interpersonal skills to successfully driven consensus in a matrixed organization
  • Strong communicator, with excellent oral, written, and presentation skills; proven ability to interact directly with and influence Senior Management, communicating complex forecasts in an easily understandable way


Qualifications
  • Undergraduate degree within a relevant course of study
  • MBA, PhD, or other advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Medicine, Sciences, etc.) strongly preferred
  • Minimum of 5 years experience in pharmaceuticals or medical devices, with experience in medical aesthetics strongly preferred
  • Minimum of 10 years people leadership experience
  • Global experience preferred
  • Experienced and comfortable working in a highly matrixed organization

Additional Information

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

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.To learn more, visithttps://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html(US & Puerto Rico only)

Company

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stock Symbol: ABBV

Stock Exchange: NYSE

Company info
Website
Phone
1-800-255-5162
Location
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
US

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