Global Sales Forecasting Excellence Manager (m/w/d)
The Position
Join Boehringer Ingelheim’s Animal Health organization as a key expert driving the transformation of regional forecasting and demand planning processes. In this role, you will contribute to excellence in forecast performance, process efficiency, and system adoption while collaborating closely with cross‑functional partners to support strategic business needs.
Tasks & responsibilities
- In this role, you will lead regional demand forecasting by orchestrating, validating, and continuously improving statistically robust forecasts, integrating market intelligence, commercial insights, and local risks and opportunities in line with global standards.
- Within your area of responsibility, you will own the monthly demand forecasting cadence, ensuring strong governance, high data quality, and clear documentation of assumptions and rationale.
- By analyzing forecast performance, you will drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and bias through targeted corrective actions.
- As part of the regional organization, you will act as the forecasting business partner for commercial, finance, marketing, and supply chain stakeholders, ensuring transparent communication on assumptions, risks, scenarios, and opportunities.
- When supporting Regional and Global Demand Reviews, you will challenge inputs, highlight deviations, and escalate key risks where required.
- With a strong focus on data integrity, you will govern data quality, reporting, and insights, ensuring reliable master and transactional data within forecasting systems.
- By delivering executive‑level insights, you will ensure consistent KPI logic within the “Measure What Matters” framework and provide reporting via SAC and Power BI.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field.
- Several years of professional experience in forecasting, demand planning, or supply chain management, ideally within bio‑pharmaceutical, animal health, or FMCG environments.
- Advanced expertise in forecasting technologies such as SAP‑IBP, Kinaxis, or JDA, combined with strong knowledge of statistical modeling and predictive analytics.
- The ability to clearly communicate complex, data‑driven strategies to senior leaders and top management in global, cross‑cultural settings.
- Proven experience in leading and governing end‑to‑end S&OP or IBP processes at regional or global scale, translating analytical insights into business recommendations with impact on regional P&L.
- Fluency in English is required; German language skills and professional certifications such as APICS or IBF are considered an advantage.
Applications from persons with severe disabilities are warmly welcomed. In cases of equal qualifications, such applicants will be given preferential consideration in the selection process.
Ready to contact us?
If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team, Tel: +49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail: hr.de@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Recruitment process:
Step 1: Online application - The job posting is presumably online until "June 16th, 2026". We reserve the right to take the posting offline beforehand. Applications up to "June 3rd, 2026" are guaranteed to be considered.
Step 2: Virtual meeting in the period from beginning till mid of June
Step 3: On-site interviews mid/end of June
Please submit your application documents in English.