Merck & Co, Inc

Spécialiste principal(e), Gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement / Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Management

Merck & Co, Inc • $98K — $147K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, Economics, Health Economics, Statistics, Epidemiology, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
  • 3+ years of experience in pharmaceutical forecasting or market analytics, focusing on the Canadian market.
  • Strong communication skills with a proven ability to turn insights into actionable proposals.
  • Proficient in developing analytical tools (e.g., advanced Excel modeling, BI tools).
  • Fluency in French is mandatory.
  • Experience in health economic modeling, especially budget impact modeling, or consulting roles.
  • Hands-on familiarity with forecasting models.

Responsibilities

  • Design and continuously refine Canadian forecasting models and tools.
  • Lead scenario planning for major events and launches, quantifying risks and opportunities.
  • Collaborate with brand leads and analysts to integrate market dynamics into Canadian models.
  • Provide insightful analyses for brand strategy and executive decision-making.
  • Align patient forecasts with financial forecasts in collaboration with Finance.
  • Work with global forecasting teams to incorporate Canadian needs into global models.
  • Share Canadian best practices with other regional markets and leverage global expertise.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for a discretionary short-term incentive plan fostering a pay-for-performance culture.
  • Comprehensive rewards and benefits programs beyond traditional health and retirement plans.
  • Supports a flexible and inclusive workplace to enhance employee well-being and development.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Dans ce rôle, vous mettrez votre expertise à profit afin d'avoir une incidence importante sur les processus mondiaux et locaux de prévision. La personne retenue transformera les dynamiques complexes d'accès des patients, les parcours de remboursement, les événements du marché et les données probantes en contexte réel en prévisions exploitables et en perspectives stratégiques qui appuient la prise de décisions d'affaires.

Responsabilités
  • Concevoir et améliorer continuellement des modèles et des outils de prévision propres au Canada afin de faciliter le rapprochement des résultats avec les exigences des modèles mondiaux.
  • Diriger la planification de scénarios pour les événements et lancements majeurs, en explorant plusieurs parcours d'accès et d'adoption et en quantifiant les risques et les occasions pour les prévisions et le rendement de l'entreprise.
  • Collaborer avec les responsables de marques et les analystes des perspectives d'affaires, et soutenir le processus de prévision en intégrant aux modèles propres au Canada les principales dynamiques du marché et des marques, le portefeuille de produits et la concurrence, la stratégie d'affaires ainsi que les plus récentes données sur le rendement.
  • Fournir des analyses éclairantes, présentées sous forme narrative, pour la stratégie de marque et la planification tactique, les revues de préparation au lancement et la prise de décisions de la haute direction.
  • Collaborer avec les équipes de la Planification de la demande et des Finances afin d'harmoniser les prévisions relatives aux patients et aux volumes avec les prévisions financières et de rapprocher les écarts.
  • Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les centres d'excellence mondiaux en prévisions stratégiques et en données et analytique afin de promouvoir l'intégration des besoins canadiens dans les modèles mondiaux.
  • Partager les pratiques exemplaires et les outils canadiens susceptibles d'éclairer d'autres marchés régionaux, et mettre l'expertise mondiale à profit au Canada.


Qualifications

  • Baccalauréat en administration des affaires, en économie, en économie de la santé, en statistique, en épidémiologie ou dans un domaine connexe. Une maîtrise constitue un atout.
  • Au moins trois ans d'expérience en prévisions pharmaceutiques, en analytique de marché ou dans un domaine connexe de l'analytique commerciale ou de l'accès au marché, avec une expérience canadienne substantielle.
  • Excellentes compétences en communication et capacité démontrée à traduire les analyses en propositions concrètes.
  • Maîtrise du développement d'outils analytiques (p. ex., Excel et modélisation avancée, outils d'intelligence d'affaires, système Rapid Response, ClearSight).
  • La maîtrise du français est requise.
  • Expérience en modélisation économique de la santé, plus particulièrement en modélisation de l'impact budgétaire, ou en services-conseils.
  • Expérience pratique des modèles de prévision.
  • Expérience démontrée dans la création ou l'amélioration de cadres de prévision ou d'outils analytiques.


La fourchette salariale de base prévue pour ce poste est de $ 98,560à $147,840.

Chez nous, nous mettons l'humain au cœur de nos priorités. Ce poste donne droit à notre programme incitatif à court terme discrétionnaire, lequel favorise une culture de rémunération au rendement. De plus, nos programmes de rémunération globale et d'avantages sociaux vont au-delà des régimes traditionnels (médicaux et retraite) afin de créer un milieu de travail flexible et inclusif, propice au bien-être, au développement et à la réussite à long terme des employés.

Nous pouvons avoir recours à l'intelligence artificielle et à des outils automatisés pour soutenir notre processus de recrutement. Ces outils sont utilisés pour appuyer, et non remplacer, le jugement humain. Toutes les décisions d'embauche sont prises par nos gestionnaires responsables de l'embauche.

Required Skills:
Adaptability, Analytical Thinking, Business Insights, Business Recommendations, Data Analysis, Data Modeling Techniques, Demand Forecasting, Detail-Oriented, Economics, Forecasting Models, Market Forecasts, Market Opportunity Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Scenario Modeling, Statistical Models, Teamwork

Preferred Skills:

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In this role, you will bring your expertise to make a significant impact on global and local forecasting processes. The successful candidate will transform complex patient access dynamics, reimbursement pathways, market events, and real-world evidence into actionable forecasts and strategic insights that support business decision-making.

Responsibilities
  • Design and continuously refine Canada-specific forecasting models and tools to facilitate reconciliation of outputs with global model requirements.
  • Lead scenario planning for major events and launches, exploring multiple access and uptake pathways and quantifying risks and opportunities for forecasts and business performance.
  • Partner with brand leads and business insights analysts and support the forecasting process by incorporating key market & brand dynamics, pipeline & competition, business strategy, and latest performance insights into Canadian-specific models.
  • Provide insightful, story-driven outputs for brand strategy and tactical planning, launch readiness reviews, and executive decision making.
  • Partner with Demand Planning and Finance to align patient and volume forecasts with financial forecasts and reconcile differences.
  • Work closely with the Global Strategic Forecasting and Data & Analytics CoEs to advocate for the incorporation of Canadian needs in global models.
  • Share Canadian best practices and tools that could inform other regional markets and bring global expertise into Canada.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, Economics, Health Economics, Statistics, Epidemiology, or related field. Master's degree an asset.
  • 3+ years experience in pharmaceutical forecasting, market analytics, or related commercial/market access analytics, with substantial Canadian exposure.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the proven ability to translate insights into concrete proposals
  • Proficiency in analytical tools development (e.g., Excel/advanced modelling, BI tools, Rapid Response system, ClearSight).
  • French language proficiency is required.
  • Health economic modelling (specifically budget impact modelling) or consulting.
  • Hands-on experience with forecasting models.
  • Demonstrated experience building or enhancing forecasting frameworks or analytic tools.


This job posting is for an existing vacancy position.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $98,560 to $147,840 CAD.

At our Company, we lead with people. This role includes eligibility to our discretionary short-term-incentive plan which fosters a pay-for-performance culture. Also, our contemporary rewards and benefit programs go beyond traditional medical plans and retirement programs, to create a flexible, inclusive workplace to support employee well-being, development and long-term success.

We may use artificial intelligence and automated tools to support our recruitment process. AI tools are used to support, but not replace, human judgment. All hiring decisions are made by our hiring managers.

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid

Shift:
1st - Day

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
NA

Job Posting End Date:
10/10/2026
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

About Merck & Co, Inc

Schering-Plough Corporation is a major U.S.-based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. It operates in three segments: Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Animal Health, and Consumer Health Care. Schering-Plough develops products targeting on allergy, cancer, hepatitis, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory system, and more.  It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG in Germany. Schering-Plough manufactured several pharmaceutical drugs, the most well-known of which were the allergy drugs Claritin and Clarinex, an anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin, and a brain tumor drug Temodar. It also developed drugs targeting on central nervous system and the respiratory system. Schering Plough also owned and operated the major foot care brand name Dr. Scholl's and the skin care line Coppertone. These also became a part of the new company. Schering-Plough was a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), a membership which is also maintained by the new Merck.

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Size
68,000 employees
Market Cap
$282.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$7 billion
Founded
1668
5 Year Trend
+4.1%
Revenue
$47.9 billion
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