We have an opening for Sr. Manager - Forecasting role for our Global Forecasting Center based out of Pune. We are looking out for candidates with exposure to commercial forecasting, advance analytics, statistics in pharma background.
Interested candidates can share their profiles on di************n@me**k.com
Job Description
This role is responsible for commercial forecasting, data analytics and project people management for our products by applying various statistical techniques, communicating therapy area knowledge and market dynamics to development team and managing stakeholder.
Our Marketing team are passionate about bringing our medicines and vaccines to our customers around the world. Through digital listening and patient analytics, we are able to understand our customers needs and strive to provide solutions to meet them.
Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Responsibilities:
Project planning and management
Responsible for managing the teams delivering forecasting solutions / forecasts / analytics, using both strategic as well as statistical techniques
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders at various levels across country, regional and global to collect and validate information for periodic forecasts, run sensitivities and ad hoc analyses and socialize outputs to drive/support business decisions
Drive continuous enhancements to evolve the existing forecasting capabilities in terms of value-add, risk/ opportunity/uncertainty and efficiency - identify and elevate key forecasting levers/insights/findings to inform decision making.
Exhibit excellence in thought-leadership and problem solving - independently ideate/design/develop new approaches/methodologies to solution for unstructured/complex business questions, experiment different approaches/framework which uncover bigger issue and/or insights and actionable recommendations.
Build capabilities in the team to take on further execution of the best approach/framework
Subject matter expert and go to person for the area of specialization; consistently demonstrate critical and evidence-based thinking and challenge everyone to ensure highest level of rigor in problem solving and solution building
People Management
Supervise, develop, mentor and coach the team
Participate in the selection process, manage resources, track, monitor, review and guide performance.
Provide developmental feedback, suggest training programs and facilitate the developmental process for own team in order to achieve the objectives through an engaged team.
Communication and Collaboration
Present the synthesized insights and complex business solutions to the business stakeholders in a simplified manner
Lead the communication in global multi country / multi-cultural environment.
Build additional capabilities identified by the developed strategic plan around Therapy area management, advanced analytics, Reporting and dashboards, forecast error measurement, new forecast methods that can bring continuous improvement to CoEs deliverables
Build and advance the (brand and portfolio) analytics capability, impart knowledge and best practices across teams
In the discharge of your responsibilities, you will be required to undertake such other jobs as may be assigned to you by the Management from time to time.
Qualification and skills:
Engineers / Management / Masters in statistics/mathematics with 7+ years of experience in the relevant jobs; with at least 4 years of experience in Pharma forecasting
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in ambiguous situation
Good communication skills and engagement skills for coordinating across teams
Knowledge of advanced statistics is desirable
Our Human Health Division maintains a patient first, profits later ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.
Who we are
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as Merck in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as MSD in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicines, oncology, vaccines and animal health products.
We are driven by our purpose to develop and deliver innovative products that save and improve lives. With 69,000 employees operating in more than 140 countries, we offer state of the art laboratories, plants and offices that are designed to Inspire our employees as we learn, develop and grow in our careers. We are proud of our 125 years of service to humanity and continue to be one of the worlds biggest investors in Research & Development.
What we look for
In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.
INVENT.
IMPACT.
INSPIRE.
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one anothers thinking and approach problems collectively for the common good. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Keyskills: Data Science advanced analytics data analytics data analysis team management forecasting Statistical Modeling statistics Predictive Analytics
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as Merck in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as MSD in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicines, onco...