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MANAGER - NORTH AMERICAN STRATEGIC PLANNING Job
Date: Feb 22, 2012
Location: Princeton, NJ, US
Requisition ID 5537BR
Title MANAGER - NORTH AMERICAN STRATEGIC PLANNING
Job Category Commercial Effectiveness
Job Description The Manager, North American Planning supports the oversight and execution of the North American planning process. This includes significant interaction with senior leadership and brand teams to develop and communicate strategy. S/he will be involved in direct support and leadership of the short, medium and long-term planning process for specific brands, portfolio and other strategic initiatives across North American therapeutic franchises. The Manager will be responsible for the coordination, facilitation, effective delivery and alignment of strategic planning for portfolio, brands and select COEs. This requires integration with other essential processes including Strategic Planning Process (SPP), Anchor Budget (AB), Rolling Estimate (RE) budgeting, brand plans, regional business plans, internal and external identified scenarios and risk management plans. This person will also deliver key executive communications (Business Review Meetings, Board of Directors Meetings and update memoranda, and various US presentations) and be involved with the collection of materials from cross-functional stakeholders and the generation of new written materials. In addition, based on business need, the Manager will provide on an ad hoc basis, accurate data and information to customers to help them make informed decisions, which impact company performance and the bottom line.
RELATIONSHIPS:
The Manager reports to the Director of North American Planning and Competitive Intelligence. This position interacts with senior leadership (Corporate Vice Presidents, VPs, all levels of Director) and works closely with other Managers, professionals, and Administrators across North America (Commercial Effectiveness (CE), Diabetes Marketing, BioPharm, Communications, Human Resources) and will serve as the “point person” for many processes. This position also works with related functions within Commercial Effectiveness to ensure coordination in both business planning and executive deliverables and interacts with Global Marketing to ensure coordination in strategic planning.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
BUSINESS PLANNING: Assist in the development of the Novo Nordisk strategic plan, as well as those for specific therapeutic areas, brands, and imperatives.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Defines and administers planning process for specific brands, functions, or ad hoc projects (calendar, deadlines, roles and responsibilities, format and alignment on deliverables) with minimal oversight.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Create communications (slides, email, oral) to ensure process clarity and set stakeholder expectations.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Facilitate small working groups at planning sessions (5 year and 1 year), ensuring process consistency and also influencing content where necessary.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Lead working group meetings before and after sessions to ensure clear communication and follow-through on process and deliverables.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Helps identify, assess and build various scenarios deemed most impactful to organizational operations due to potential impact on revenue streams, profitability, etc.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Incorporates and aligns into strategic and tactical planning process various internal and external scenarios that have been identified as having potential for significant business impact on NNI. Guides integration of scenario planning workstreams into North American planning at the brand, COE and portfolio levels
BUSINESS PLANNING: Coordinates progress on plans’ development and tracking with stakeholders on a regular basis. Partners with stakeholders in identifying and resolving issues/barriers and provides support as needed.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Coordinates effective integration of sales business plans and brand planning processes across the diabetes and biopharmaceuticals franchises in the US and Canada, where appropriate.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Coordinate with Commercial Effectiveness teams to incorporate aspirational opportunities in short-, medium- and long-term planning processes. Drafts robust framework to evaluate, compare, and prioritize opportunities from different therapeutic areas.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Ensure alignment of tactical planning process with US business strategy
BUSINESS PLANNING: Provides proactive support to key stakeholders in ensuring that plans are adjusted and properly communicated as organizational priorities change
BUSINESS PLANNING: Manages vendors to facilitate tactics and operationalize strategy in line with cost, output and value expectations
BUSINESS PLANNING: Provide constructive feedback on strategies in development through basic working
knowledge of NN product therapeutic areas
BUSINESS PLANNING: Provide logistical support (material creation and delivery, on-site activities) for working sessions supported by North American Planning.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Manages/leads special projects as assigned
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Define and communicate roles and responsibilities to collect and assimilate data for executive communications, including ownership and strict adherence to timelines and deliverable quality control
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Gather data from various data sources, and assimilate it as necessary in order to deliver consistent communications and analyses.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Create new written materials (PowerPoint slides, graphics, text) to support executive presentations.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: May propose appropriate presentation topics for regular executive communications (Board memos, POA presentations) and align them with relevant stakeholders.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Perform analyses, including complex modeling and forecasting, in order to provide recommendations to management.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Provide logistical support for presentation printing, delivery, and on-site presentations as needed to ensure success for leadership.
COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION: Develop and sustain close working relationships with key stakeholders, across brand marketing, CMR, sales operations and relevant NNAS departments.
COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION: Develop presentations with insight-driven recommendations and clear storylines to communicate key conclusions and recommendations.
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: Champion the Triple Bottom Line in Business Planning
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: May coach or mentor junior level staff on Business Planning and Executive Communication development
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: Pro-actively seek process improvement opportunities by challenging existing processes, proposing solutions, and driving approved implementation plan
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: Strive to maintain awareness of 'best practices' in business planning across industries by maintaining a current familiarity with process flows, alignment and integration methods, efficiency models, etc.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Approximately 0-10% overnight travel
DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE:
Not Applicable
Additional Information KEY SUCCESS FACTORS: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Science, or related field with a minimum of 6 years professional experience, including 3 years in the health care industry required; at least 4 years in analytics, finance, strategy plus at least 2 years experience in marketing or management consulting, OR a M.B.A, M.P.H., or Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field with a minimum of 4 years professional experience in the health care industry required; at least 3 years in analytics, finance, strategy, marketing or management consulting preferred Ability to prioritize, multi-task and manage time effectively.
Ability to collect complex information - making it relevant, understandable, and actionable for stakeholders.
Solid critical thinking and creative problem solving skills. Ability to understand project needs and take a logical approach to planning projects, organizing work and communicating results.
Work independently – Gather input about needs from stakeholders and set own direction accordingly.
Basic working knowledge of therapeutic areas (diabetes, hemostasis, growth hormone deficiency, atrophic vaginitis).
Facilitation experience and/or strong demonstration of interpersonal skills, especially the ability to influence constructively across levels (senior leadership, line management, brand team membership, administrative staff).
Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Project planning and communication experience.
Quantitative analysis skills.
Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
Department CE - NORTH AMERICAN PLANNING
Position Location US - Princeton, NJ
City Princeton, NJ
State/Provinces US - NJ
Degree Required Bachelor's Degree Required
Percent Travel 0 - 10%
Title MANAGER - NORTH AMERICAN STRATEGIC PLANNING
Job Category Commercial Effectiveness
Job Description The Manager, North American Planning supports the oversight and execution of the North American planning process. This includes significant interaction with senior leadership and brand teams to develop and communicate strategy. S/he will be involved in direct support and leadership of the short, medium and long-term planning process for specific brands, portfolio and other strategic initiatives across North American therapeutic franchises. The Manager will be responsible for the coordination, facilitation, effective delivery and alignment of strategic planning for portfolio, brands and select COEs. This requires integration with other essential processes including Strategic Planning Process (SPP), Anchor Budget (AB), Rolling Estimate (RE) budgeting, brand plans, regional business plans, internal and external identified scenarios and risk management plans. This person will also deliver key executive communications (Business Review Meetings, Board of Directors Meetings and update memoranda, and various US presentations) and be involved with the collection of materials from cross-functional stakeholders and the generation of new written materials. In addition, based on business need, the Manager will provide on an ad hoc basis, accurate data and information to customers to help them make informed decisions, which impact company performance and the bottom line.
RELATIONSHIPS:
The Manager reports to the Director of North American Planning and Competitive Intelligence. This position interacts with senior leadership (Corporate Vice Presidents, VPs, all levels of Director) and works closely with other Managers, professionals, and Administrators across North America (Commercial Effectiveness (CE), Diabetes Marketing, BioPharm, Communications, Human Resources) and will serve as the “point person” for many processes. This position also works with related functions within Commercial Effectiveness to ensure coordination in both business planning and executive deliverables and interacts with Global Marketing to ensure coordination in strategic planning.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
BUSINESS PLANNING: Assist in the development of the Novo Nordisk strategic plan, as well as those for specific therapeutic areas, brands, and imperatives.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Defines and administers planning process for specific brands, functions, or ad hoc projects (calendar, deadlines, roles and responsibilities, format and alignment on deliverables) with minimal oversight.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Create communications (slides, email, oral) to ensure process clarity and set stakeholder expectations.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Facilitate small working groups at planning sessions (5 year and 1 year), ensuring process consistency and also influencing content where necessary.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Lead working group meetings before and after sessions to ensure clear communication and follow-through on process and deliverables.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Helps identify, assess and build various scenarios deemed most impactful to organizational operations due to potential impact on revenue streams, profitability, etc.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Incorporates and aligns into strategic and tactical planning process various internal and external scenarios that have been identified as having potential for significant business impact on NNI. Guides integration of scenario planning workstreams into North American planning at the brand, COE and portfolio levels
BUSINESS PLANNING: Coordinates progress on plans’ development and tracking with stakeholders on a regular basis. Partners with stakeholders in identifying and resolving issues/barriers and provides support as needed.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Coordinates effective integration of sales business plans and brand planning processes across the diabetes and biopharmaceuticals franchises in the US and Canada, where appropriate.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Coordinate with Commercial Effectiveness teams to incorporate aspirational opportunities in short-, medium- and long-term planning processes. Drafts robust framework to evaluate, compare, and prioritize opportunities from different therapeutic areas.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Ensure alignment of tactical planning process with US business strategy
BUSINESS PLANNING: Provides proactive support to key stakeholders in ensuring that plans are adjusted and properly communicated as organizational priorities change
BUSINESS PLANNING: Manages vendors to facilitate tactics and operationalize strategy in line with cost, output and value expectations
BUSINESS PLANNING: Provide constructive feedback on strategies in development through basic working
knowledge of NN product therapeutic areas
BUSINESS PLANNING: Provide logistical support (material creation and delivery, on-site activities) for working sessions supported by North American Planning.
BUSINESS PLANNING: Manages/leads special projects as assigned
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Define and communicate roles and responsibilities to collect and assimilate data for executive communications, including ownership and strict adherence to timelines and deliverable quality control
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Gather data from various data sources, and assimilate it as necessary in order to deliver consistent communications and analyses.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Create new written materials (PowerPoint slides, graphics, text) to support executive presentations.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: May propose appropriate presentation topics for regular executive communications (Board memos, POA presentations) and align them with relevant stakeholders.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Perform analyses, including complex modeling and forecasting, in order to provide recommendations to management.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: Provide logistical support for presentation printing, delivery, and on-site presentations as needed to ensure success for leadership.
COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION: Develop and sustain close working relationships with key stakeholders, across brand marketing, CMR, sales operations and relevant NNAS departments.
COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION: Develop presentations with insight-driven recommendations and clear storylines to communicate key conclusions and recommendations.
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: Champion the Triple Bottom Line in Business Planning
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: May coach or mentor junior level staff on Business Planning and Executive Communication development
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: Pro-actively seek process improvement opportunities by challenging existing processes, proposing solutions, and driving approved implementation plan
LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: Strive to maintain awareness of 'best practices' in business planning across industries by maintaining a current familiarity with process flows, alignment and integration methods, efficiency models, etc.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Approximately 0-10% overnight travel
DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE:
Not Applicable
Additional Information KEY SUCCESS FACTORS: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Science, or related field with a minimum of 6 years professional experience, including 3 years in the health care industry required; at least 4 years in analytics, finance, strategy plus at least 2 years experience in marketing or management consulting, OR a M.B.A, M.P.H., or Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field with a minimum of 4 years professional experience in the health care industry required; at least 3 years in analytics, finance, strategy, marketing or management consulting preferred Ability to prioritize, multi-task and manage time effectively.
Ability to collect complex information - making it relevant, understandable, and actionable for stakeholders.
Solid critical thinking and creative problem solving skills. Ability to understand project needs and take a logical approach to planning projects, organizing work and communicating results.
Work independently – Gather input about needs from stakeholders and set own direction accordingly.
Basic working knowledge of therapeutic areas (diabetes, hemostasis, growth hormone deficiency, atrophic vaginitis).
Facilitation experience and/or strong demonstration of interpersonal skills, especially the ability to influence constructively across levels (senior leadership, line management, brand team membership, administrative staff).
Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Project planning and communication experience.
Quantitative analysis skills.
Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
Department CE - NORTH AMERICAN PLANNING
Position Location US - Princeton, NJ
City Princeton, NJ
State/Provinces US - NJ
Degree Required Bachelor's Degree Required
Percent Travel 0 - 10%
Nearest Major Market: New Jersey
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