Area Demand and IBP Director

Abbott Laboratories, Limited. Saint Laurent, Québec, Canada; Dubai; In loco; AED 350.000 - 550.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Abbott Laboratories seeks an IBP and Demand Management leader to drive integrated planning across the MEAP and TR-CIS region, ensuring forecast accuracy, planning excellence and cross-functional alignment with affiliates, regional stakeholders and global teams.

You will lead IBP and S&OP processes, monitor forecast KPIs, coordinate inputs from Commercial Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, Regulatory and Quality, and manage NPI planning with global partners to sustain supply chain performance.

Competenze

• 10-12+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, IBP, or S&OP in a multinational environment.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• MBA or postgraduate qualification; fluent in English.

Mansioni

• Lead regional IBP and S&OP processes ensuring high-quality demand forecasting and planning across affiliates.
• Monitor forecast accuracy KPIs, identify improvement opportunities and drive corrective actions.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs from Commercial Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Quality.
• Manage New Product Introduction (NPI) planning and execution in partnership with global teams.
• Lead Influvac demand forecasting and allocation planning across the region.
• Drive Class A implementation certification readiness and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as the regional liaison between affiliates, division and global teams to resolve planning and supply challenges.
• Support adoption of new global processes, systems, dashboards and reporting tools through training and change management.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication

Presentation skills

Cross-functional teams

Formazione

MBA or postgraduate qualification

Descrizione del lavoro

Lead the Integrated Business Planning IBP and Demand Management process across the MEAP amp TR-CIS region driving forecast accuracy demand planning excellence and cross-functional alignment Partner with affiliates regional stakeholders and global teams to support S amp OP new product introductions supply planning and continuous improvement initiatives

Key Responsibilities

• Lead regional IBP and S amp OP processes ensuring high-quality demand forecasting and planning across affiliates
• Monitor forecast accuracy KPIs identify improvement opportunities and drive corrective actions
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs from Commercial Finance Marketing Supply Chain Regulatory and Quality teams
• Manage New Product Introduction NPI planning and execution in partnership with global teams
• Lead Influvac demand forecasting and allocation planning across the region
• Drive Class A implementation certification readiness and continuous improvement initiatives
• Act as the regional liaison between affiliates division and global teams to resolve planning and supply challenges
• Support adoption of new global processes systems dashboards and reporting tools through training and change management

10 12+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, IBP, or Sales & Operations Planning within a multinational environment. Strong leadership, stakeholder management, analytical, communication, and presentation skills. Experience leading cross-functional and regional teams. Advanced understanding of forecasting, S&OP, continuous improvement, and supply chain processes. MBA or postgraduate qualification preferred. Fluent in English.