Regional Demand Manager, APAC

Abbott Laboratories; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an APAC Regional Demand Planning Manager to lead the demand planning cycle across Asia Pacific, coordinating with country teams, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Global Operations to produce high-quality forecasts that drive commercial decisions.

You will analyze market drivers, develop scenarios, and build governance across APAC while coaching stakeholders on forecasting best practices and continuous process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, finance, engineering, analytics, or related discipline.
• 7–10+ years of relevant experience in demand planning, S&OP/IBP, supply chain planning, or business analytics.
• Regional or multi-country planning experience strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical capability combined with demonstrated commercial understanding.
• Advanced Excel skills; Power BI or similar analytics experience preferred.
• Healthcare, diagnostics, medical device, pharmaceutical, or other complex multi-market industry experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the APAC demand planning cycle across markets and product portfolios.
• Consolidate and critically review country forecasts with clear assumptions, data, and drivers.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, perform root-cause analyses, and drive actions.
• Identify demand trends, risks and opportunities and provide insights to regional leadership.
• Develop scenarios to support decision-making when market or supply conditions change.
• Partner with country commercial teams to translate market intelligence into demand implications.

Skills

Demand planning

S&OP/IBP

Forecasting

Analytical thinking

Excel

Power BI

Cross-functional

Stakeholder management

Multi-country experience

Communications

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

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.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world's greatest healthcare challenges.

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

As the APAC Regional Demand Planning Manager, the APAC Regional Demand Planning Manager leads the demand planning process across Asia Pacific, ensuring high-quality, fact-based forecasts that support commercial decision‑making, supply planning, inventory management, and business performance.

Working closely with country commercial teams, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Global Operations, the role goes beyond forecast consolidation to understand business drivers, challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and translate market insights into a robust regional demand outlook.

What You'll Do

• Lead the APAC demand planning cycle across markets and product portfolios.
• Consolidate and critically review country forecasts, ensuring changes are supported by clear assumptions, data, and business drivers.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, conduct root‑cause analysis of significant variances, and drive corrective actions.
• Identify demand trends, risks, and opportunities and provide clear insights to regional leadership.
• Develop scenarios to support decision‑making when market or supply conditions change.
• Build a strong understanding of market dynamics, customers, tenders, competition, product lifecycle, and commercial strategies.
• Partner with country commercial teams to translate market intelligence and sales activities into demand implications.
• Constructively challenge forecasts and assumptions where they are inconsistent with data or business fundamentals.
• Partner with Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations to align demand, financial, inventory, and supply plans.
• Lead the regional demand review and represent APAC demand planning within the global Demand Planning review process.
• Clearly communicate key forecast changes, assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
• Establish consistent demand planning standards and governance across APAC.
• Coach country stakeholders on forecasting, analytical thinking, and demand planning best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, tools, reporting, and data visibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, Analytics, or related discipline.
• 7-10+ years of relevant experience in demand planning, S&OP/IBP, supply chain planning, commercial planning, or business analytics.
• Regional or multi‑country planning experience strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical capability combined with demonstrated commercial understanding.
• Advanced Excel skills; Power BI or similar analytics experience preferred.
• Healthcare, diagnostics, medical device, pharmaceutical, or other complex multi‑market industry experience is advantageous.

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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