Job Opportunities

Quintiles is a $2B+ pharmaceutical services provider that is in the business of helping to speed life saving medicines to patients around the globe. We are currently seeking an Executive Director, Commercial Analytics based out of our Research Triangle Park office in North Carolina. In this position, you will act as a Commercial Analytics resource to support the assessment, contracting and execution of pharmaceutical risk based partnership opportunities.  Specifically, you will contribute to the development of best practice processes for due diligence on investment opportunities, in particular, the commercial analytics and evaluation component. You will also integrate due diligence team input with primary and secondary market research to perform a quantitative evaluation of an opportunity, usually in the form of a sales forecast.    Additionally, the Director will work with operational groups and Alliance Management to ensure that appropriate analytics support is being provided to drive operational excellence and to maximize the investment return.  This position requires a Bachelors degree with a science or mathematics major, approximately 5-10 years experience within the US pharmaceutical industry and direct experience of new product forecasting and in-market product forecasting.   Please visit www.quintiles.com/careers for more specific job responsibilities and to learn more about an exciting and rewarding career with Quintiles.   It's work worth doing!

Walt Disney World Theme Parks & Resorts
SENIOR FORECASTING ANALYST

Walt Disney World Theme Parks & Resorts is seeking an experienced (5+ years) forecasting professional to conduct quantitative analysis regarding revenue generation using regression, econometric, and other statistical tools and techniques.  The successful candidate will assist with developing and maintaining models that explain food and beverage and/or merchandise spending in terms of key business performance drivers by segments for both theme parks and resorts.

This individual will also be responsible for planning, forecasting, and ad hoc analyses of revenue, including monthly long term forecasts, annual operating plans and five year planning.  This analyst will evaluate business performance drivers to provide objective and analytically backed insights to key operating partners.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Finance, or Engineering; or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.  A Master’s degree in a quantitative field is preferred.  Minimum qualifications include a strong proficiency and desire to work with regression modeling, financial forecasting, and statistical analysis, advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, strong attention to detail, data accuracy and inquisitiveness for variance explanations.  Ability and experience with statistical software packages such as SAS, SPSS, or EViews is preferred.  Effective verbal and written communication skills, as well as a team-oriented attitude, are essential. Permanent US work authorization is required.  To express formal interest, please send cover letter, salary requirements and resume to .

Amazon.com
Research Scientist-PhD-Forecasting
Seattle, WA
Requisition #031611

Amazon.com is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join the Demand Forecasting Team to develop advanced forecasting techniques to accurately predict demand for the millions of products we sell worldwide.

The Demand Forecasting Team is responsible for predicting customer demand for over 10,000,000 products that Amazon.com provides to its customers around the world — ranging from books to digital cameras, from table saws to size 11W running shoes.  We are looking for a world renowned expert to help us create and refine our forecasting algorithms using years of customer ordering patterns, website promotions, and sales data.  You will have an opportunity to work on an incredibly complex mathematical problem, with a large element of unpredictability. You will develop new sophisticated algorithms and improve existing approaches based on time-series analysis and modern machine learning methods  to account for seasonality, promotional events, price changes, and product turn over.

You will be responsible for independently researching, developing, analyzing forecasting strategies and mathematical models, and then proposing them to Amazon’s senior leadership. You will work with a team of quantitative software engineers and statisticians to define and implement the next generation of Amazon’s forecasting algorithms.  You will have a major and direct impact on the core retail business of Amazon.com, from ensuring product availability on the website to reducing operational costs in our supply chain.  

Qualifications:

We are looking for a high-energy, talented, individual who can drive innovation to improve accuracy, scalability and robustness in this high visibility position, and effectively communicate the impact of these changes to senior management.

• A Ph.D. in Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Mining or related fields
• Five or more years of industry experience (or experience consulting to industry) in consumer demand forecasting in retail or a similar field
• A track record of high quality publications in refereed journals and established contacts with other industry and academic experts through research conferences, symposia and invited talks
• Excellent written/verbal communication, presentation, and listening skills, with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
• A track record of communicating well with executives and non-technical leaders.

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Forecast Analyst
Dallas, TX
Requisition #139719

The Forecasting Analyst ensures the creation of a highly accurate baseline forecast at a Sales Center and SKU level using historical trends, secondary data sources and field information. They will assure that changing local market dynamics and market trends are modeled and incorporated into the forecast, ensuring that the key input into the Supply Chain (volumetric) and Financial forecast (entire price waterfall from Wholesale to Dead Net Gross Profit) requires only minimal localization by each Sales Center within their span of control (i.e 20 Sales Center’s & 80mm cases).

The analyst will also act as a key liaison between Key Accounts, Supply Chain and the Sales Center’s and will seek to proactively resolve any issues that may arise with their key contacts. In particular the analyst will be expected to build strong, productive relationships with Sales Center Manager’s and Market Unit V.P’s in each Business Unit.

The job holder will be expected to leverage their professional expertise in forecasting to implement “best-in-breed” approaches in predictive statistics that seek to minimize the absolute and standard deviation of error. Included in this will be the introduction of Regression and Exponential forecasting Smoothing techniques. In doing this they will be required to employ methodologies and processes that ensure that these techniques are implemented appropriately and deliver maximum benefit.

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Forecast Analyst
Atlanta, GA
Requisition #135803

The Forecasting Analyst ensures the creation of a highly accurate baseline forecast at a Sales Center and SKU level using historical trends, secondary data sources and field information. They will assure that changing local market dynamics and market trends are modeled and incorporated into the forecast, ensuring that the key input into the Supply Chain (volumetric) and Financial forecast (entire price waterfall from Wholesale to Dead Net Gross Profit) requires only minimal localization by each Sales Center within their span of control (i.e 20 Sales Center’s & 80mm cases).

The analyst will also act as a key liaison between Key Accounts, Supply Chain and the Sales Center’s and will seek to proactively resolve any issues that may arise with their key contacts. In particular the analyst will be expected to build strong, productive relationships with Sales Center Manager’s and Market Unit V.P’s in each Business Unit.

The job holder will be expected to leverage their professional expertise in forecasting to implement “best-in-breed” approaches in predictive statistics that seek to minimize the absolute and standard deviation of error. Included in this will be the introduction of Regression and Exponential forecasting Smoothing techniques. In doing this they will be required to employ methodologies and processes that ensure that these techniques are implemented appropriately and deliver maximum benefit.