Sr. Manager, Production Planning Management

Alcon
flex time
United States, California, Irvine
15800 Alton Parkway (Show on map)
Apr 30, 2025
Sr. Manager, Production Planning Management At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you'll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Sr. Manager, Production Planning Management supporting Production Planning team, you will be trusted to be a strategic cross-functional partner delivering expertise based on your experience and knowledge of end to end supply chain. This will include oversight our site's buyer/planner team working across with commodities across various medical and device/diagnostic platforms and managing the site's Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process for manufacturing in liaison with our global teams at our Irvine, CA location. In this role, a typical day will include: Develop, communicate, and manage Master Production Schedules and related planning activities. Proactively manage risks and opportunities to ensure critical targets are met. Negotiate supplier schedules, manufacturing constraints and logistics/transportation issues. Manage finished goods inventory levels to support sales goals, attain customer service level goals, minimize backorders, and optimize inventory investment. Initiate, approve, and manage purchase orders for inventory and projects, ensuring accurate costs, delivery instructions, and delivery dates. Establish and lead regular and ad hoc teams and meetings involving representatives from suppliers and multiple disciplines within Alcon to ensure focus and provide direction. Organize, facilitate, and lead multidiscipline teams to launch new products, facilitate changes to Bill of Materials, specs, artwork for existing products and support business goals related to 3rd party suppliers and Alcon affiliates. Recommend and manage manufacturing site changes, capacity requirements changes, and capital investments to support strategic goals. Champion and automate systems & processes to allow the Supply Chain to scale new products without adding infrastructure. Support related materials activities for technology transfer in support of new product transfer and/or process enhancements. Manage Analytics team translating user requirements into value-add metrics, dashboards and reports. Partner with Finance, Operations and Engineering organizations on development/alignment on long term strategic plans. Manage various budgets and create projects to attain targets on Inventory, PPV, Excess/Obsolete. Act as a talent partner to engage and develop the materials team and enhance our culture of collaboration WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +15 yrs.; Assoc.+11 yrs.; M.S.+4 yrs.; PhD+3 yrs.) The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English 7 Years of Relevant Experience 5 Years of Demonstrated Leadership ADDITIONAL PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Provide a fulfilling work experience that engages associates and enables strong performance. Analytical/Data driven decision making, good communicator, interpersonal skills, tactical/strategic thinker Technical Skills - Knowledge of SAP, BI, OBP, MES is a plus Ability to translate user specifications into metrics, dashboards Business modeling for scenario planning such as Long-Term-Planning Experience working at a manufacturing site Project management experience Strong business acumen Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills High learning agility Develop and communicate annual budgets for each product and supplier. Hire, train, coach, develop and evaluate associates HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON: See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career! Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more! Alcon Careers See your impact at alcon.com/careers ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site. Find Jobs for Employees Find Jobs for Contingent Worker Total Rewards Alcon's Total Rewards programs are designed to align to incentives with business goals, encourage the right values and behaviors, and deliver long-term value. The first layer of our rewards program is compensation. We offer a combination of fixed pay and variable pay, which includes short-term incentives, and long-term incentives for eligible population. Our benefits program provides security for life events through life and disability insurance, supports savings for retirement, promotes good health and well-being and supports associates and their families during times of illness. To learn more about Alcon's Corporate Social Responsibility including our Total Rewards, click here Pay Range $126,240.00 - $189,360.00 Pay Frequency Annual Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.