Naveen Kumar Gurav

About Naveen Kumar Gurav

I\'m a pharma forecasting and business insights professional with 8+ years of experience…

Experience

1. Senior Consultant Business Insights & Analytics

   PharmaACE

   Mar 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Support Middle East and Asian markets with end-to-end forecasting, reporting, and market research, collaborating with 20+ stakeholders across Marketing, Finance, R&D, and Demand Planning teams.• Manage complete forecasting cycle, from data collection and scenario planning to model development and alignment with cross-functional teams.• Build and maintain automated dashboards using Tableau, PowerBI, and MS tools to deliver actionable sales and performance insights.• Oversee market research projects through all phases, ensuring collaboration with internal and external teams across departments.• Lead and mentor a team of consultants, ensuring seamless execution of deliverables and professional growth.KEY PROJECTS:• Supported four annual forecasting cycles across therapy areas, markets, and products, ensuring data accuracy and strategic alignment.• Created monthly performance tracking reports to identify trends, challenges, and opportunities for growth.• Conducted team training sessions on topics like therapeutic area (TA) deep dives, forecasting, analytical tools, GenAI, and mental models.RECOGNITIONS:• Innovation: High-impact Data Lake automation project, streamlining data storage, management, and analysis with pre-built dashboards.• Efficiency Improvement: Designed a VBA-based CV forecasting model integrating market-specific complexities.• Best trainings and transitions.

Education

• MNR College of Pharmacy

  Bachelor’s Degree, Pharmacy

  2012 — 2016

• Sri Chaithanya Junior College

  High School

  2010 — 2012

• St Ann's High School

  High School

  2000 — 2010

• National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

  MBA (Pharm), Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing

  2016 — 2018