Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions 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, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Demand & Inventory Analyst

• Reporting to the Demand Manager.

• Based form our offices in Maidenhead with flexible working options.

• Competitive salary, Bonus and benefits.

Key responsibilities:

• As an integral part of the Commercial Operations team, reporting to the Demand Manager, the individual will be responsible for:

• Monthly review of forecasted demand by sku, aligned to the Demand Review and S&OP process timelines.

• Review of projected demand, stock, and replenishments to identify risks of stock shortage or obsolescence in advance. Work with the supply planners to adjust replenishments as necessary to reduce such risks.

• A weekly review of current stock holding to identify any slow-moving inventory, possible expiry date risk and stock shortages.

• Prepare and manage Request of Changes to Master Arrival Schedule and get corresponding approvals (formal RCMAS process).

• Prepare and review forecast accuracy reports, KPI reports and other reports for discussion at Demand Reviews, highlighting the main messages for the commercial and finance teams

• Perform stock reconciliation activities on a regular basis to ensure stock holding is reported accurately in SAP

• Ongoing review, maintenance, and submission of the affiliate’s Material Master Data

• Reporting of actual and potential back orders for the affiliate through the back-order tool

• Preparation and review of the stock provision accrual, based on current stock holding, forecasted demand and expiry/artwork changes

• Support the 3PL with the smooth processing of inbound shipments and support as necessary

• Analyse the 3PL monthly stock counts to ensure that all inventory is counted as per policy

• Ad-hoc analysis where demand is consistently ahead of forecast to ensure a thorough understanding is gained of what the drivers are

• Support the use of the Statistical Forecasting process, ensuring that the forecast is accurate and support the correct stock levels

• Provide monthly reporting on inventory, summarised by brand

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

• Highly analytical with a desire and ability to learn quickly

• Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines.

• Highly results driven. Comfortable working in a fast-moving, multi-tasking environment and able to cope with high degrees of uncertainty

• High attention to detail and accuracy

• Strong inter-personal skills to enable the smooth implementation of changes

• Good commercial acumen

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

Additional Information

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s 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.