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　　Demand Planning Analyst

　　Build and maintain relationship with key people in the private hospital & maternity units in the territory

　　Design appropriate strategies to achieve sales goals and targets in the assigned territory.

　　Achieve market share, volume growth and sales target in assigned territories by calling

　　About Abbott

　　Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

　　Working at Abbott

　　At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

　　Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

　　A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

　　A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

　　The Opportunity

　　This position works out of our South Africa affiliate in the rapid diagnostics division based in Woodmead . In this division our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories and clinics around the globe.

　　As the Demand planning analyst EEMEA , you’ll have the chance to gathering and consolidating the future demand and needs to understand today’s and future business requirements. demand, variances, unplanned needs and help with articulation and definition of requirements as needed.

　　What You’ll Do

　　The role is an integral part of the Demand Planning for Africa and will focus on:

　　Understanding all the various activities that occur during the Forecast & Demand Management activities for all subregions in EEMEA.

　　The Analyst is responsible for interpreting raw data and identifying any patterns in it to provide clarity to the non-technical audience.

　　The objective of this role is to assist the EEMEA Demand Director in determining any major discrepancy between the forecasted and the actual (ordered) demand, allowing a reliable forecast.

　　Assist Demand Planning team in developing sales forecast by SKU over a 24 month period

　　Leveraging simulation / modelling & statistical tools

　　Track and record forecast KPI measures

　　Track changes during the global monthly Product Add/Remove process

　　Highlight any discrepancies with Master Data

　　Provide support with technical writing and editing as required

　　Assist in developing analytics to identify trend lines across several data sources within the organization

　　Support in developing analytics to identify trend lines across several data sources within the organization

　　Assist the demand planning team to develop routine and ad-hoc demand related reports and demand models for senior management in various business units

　　Support Demand Director in improving the Demand Validation Process

　　Required Qualifications

　　Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in one of the following areas:

　　Business, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Supply Chain Management, and/or related field or relevant business experience

　　Preferred Experience

　　Candidate must have a strong data modelling acumen i.e advanced excel – be able to build models and macros etc .

　　Experience on SQL is essential

　　Must have experience with POWER BI

　　Excellent communication skills (written & verbal across cultures)

　　Demonstration of strong influencing skills at all levels of the organization

　　Works horizontally across regional BU functions to inform demand forecasting and planning

　　Highly numerate with an aptitude for analysis

　　Strong project management skills across multiple priorities

　　People management skills

　　Ability to lead meetings (by phone, video conference and face to face) to drive results and build relationships

　　Working in a small team developing an environment of trust and effective team work is essential Long Term Strategic Planning

　　Continual improvement of global S&OP process to meet the changing business requirements as it develops and grows.

　　Identify & follow through regional demand planning improvement projects as opportunities arise

　　Apply Now

　　Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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　　Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

　　We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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