GlaxoSmithKline Hiring for Manager Forecasting, Specialty at Durham, NC  Full Time

Are you looking to increase your expertise in Forecasting and Analytics and want to be part of a World-class capability center that drives and supports Forecasting? If yes, this role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.

This role supports the US Specialty Forecasting team within U.S. Pharma Finance to establish and maintain accurate and insight driven gross sales and patient forecasts. This role requires strong analytical and methodological skills,(statistics experience preferred but not required).

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to build your expertise in commercial insights, forecasting and pharmaceutical business acumen to progress YOUR career.

These responsibilities include supporting the US Specialty Forecasting Team with the following:

• Establishing, documenting, and maintaining USP Forecast/ Latest Estimate, Long-Range Forecast, as well as Consensus forecast and Commercial forecast.
• Maintain SKU level forecasts for all Specialty brands across portfolio and support new SKUS/Brands coming to market.
• Support the Core Commercial Cycle (CCC) through the monthly LE process and CERPS loads.
• Ensure accuracy of forecasts through industry standard accuracy and bias metrics; identify corrective actions as appropriate.
• Support US financial submissions and quarterly earnings call, as needed.

This role will also provide you opportunity to:

• Collaborate with other staff within the Forecasting & Marketing Mix Analytics function to support forecast modeling scenarios and assumptions
• Collaborate with various stakeholders across the enterprise, including Marketing, Sales, Payer, Digital, SITO and Technology teams in support of forecast submissions, senior management requests and to enhance forecast tools and capabilities
• Increase your business acumen in Specialty including competitive landscape and growth drivers associated with introduction of new mechanisms and use of Biologics including IQVIA APLD, Custom Files with Predictive modeling, Data monitor and Commercial Epi.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• BS/BA degree in Statistics, Economics or Business as appropriate
• 3-5 years of analytics experience, pharma preferred.
• Experience using secondary data sources.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Strong analytical skills of data-driven models with previous expertise
• Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Strong learning agility to build business acumen and leadership capabilities required to be successful in the role.
• Ability to work effectively across a matrix environment.

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Sustaining energy and well-being.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness

#LI-GSK

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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