Commercial Forecasting Business Partner

Laboratoire Guerbet • Princeton, IN

24d

About The Position

The Commercial Forecasting Business Partner acts as the key interface between Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain to build a market‑driven, assumption‑based, and event‑validated demand forecast. This role focuses on business insights, market understanding, scenario building, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Master's degree in business, Economics, Marketing, Supply Chain or related.
• 5+ years in commercial analytics or forecasting.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Deep business acumen.
• Ability to challenge constructively.
• Expertise forecasting methods.
• Proficiency with analytics and planning tools: Excel, Power BI, SAP, AZAP (or any other APS system).

Nice To Haves

• Experience in pharmaceuticals or regulated industries is a plus.
• Familiarity with S&OP/IBP.
• Other language as French is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead the collection, validation, and consolidation of commercial assumptions driving the forecast.
• Challenge and refine assumptions from Marketing and Sales.
• Monitor key market indicators.
• Facilitate structured discussions to build the demand outlook.
• Collaborate with the Demand Planner to integrate qualitative inputs.
• Participate in the elaboration of the consensus forecast.
• Align with Finance on budgets and revenue expectations.
• Drive the enrichment of the forecast based on events, pricing, launches, etc.
• Build impact scenarios (best/base/worst case).
• Provide visibility on risks and opportunities.
• Analyze forecast performance and deviations.
• Provide insights into trends in Sales, Marketing, and Finance.
• Build dashboards and reports highlighting demand drivers and risks.
• Contribute to the IBP step 2 Demand process/review.
• Contribute the construction of the consensus forecast.
• Ensure transparency and traceability of assumptions.
• Support ownership of forecast commitments.

Benefits

• Continued personal development
• Choosing a global leader with recognized expertise in diagnostic and interventional imaging
• Joining our 2820 collaborators who are committed every day to offering innovative solutions to improve quality of patient’s life all over the world
• Joining a company where we value diversity of talents coming from various horizon

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees