Manager Supply Chain Planning - Global Process Owner

Alcon Research•Fort Worth, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is part of Alcon's Supply Chain function, a team that manages logistics, inventory management, and supply chain analytics for Alcon's leading industry to ensure products are delivered efficiently and effectively so that people can see brilliantly at our Manufacturing Facility in Fort Worth, TX. The Manager Supply Chain Planning - Global Process Owner will partner with Global S&OP and Manufacturing planning teams to optimize end-to-end supply planning execution, measure organizational performance, and maintain strategy, process, and systems in alignment with the needs of the Alcon Surgical and Aseptic S&OP Franchises. This role involves global alignment of business requirements, processes, governance, and planning system configuration, and provides leadership to incorporate standards and implement network supply-planning governance across the Alcon Supply Chain. The individual will identify new features/functionality for supply planning systems, evaluate system upgrades with software vendors and IT COE, and serve as a subject matter expert for integrating planning systems with other internal systems like SAP ECC. Collaboration with surgical and vision care franchises and intercompany stakeholders is key to assessing improvements in strategic, tactical, and operational supply planning, including unconstrained heuristics/constrained optimization, deployment/allocation, and planning simulation. The role also partners with S&OP and manufacturing teams to prioritize business process improvements and enable advanced planning system functionalities, Analytics, and Future system AI/decision intelligence capabilities. Additionally, the position involves reviewing and recommending manufacturing network strategy, configuring Supply Planning systems, reviewing and prioritizing system-related change requests, developing business cases for initiatives, defining education and training needs for global planners, coaching planning analysts, and approving User Requirement Specifications. The role also coordinates testing, provides signoff for new functionality deployment/migration, and collaborates with other Global Planning Excellence GPOs and the Global Master Data team for strategic direction. Identifying and implementing key performance indicators to assess process effectiveness is also a responsibility. This is an individual contributor role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +13 yrs; Assoc.+9 yrs; M.S.+2 yrs; PhD+0 yrs)
The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
5 Years of Relevant experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain, IT, or Engineering
Broad understanding of Supply Chain, Forecasting/Planning in Medical Device or related industry
Any advanced planning system, ex. SAP IBP, Kinaxis, OMP, technically savvy in one APS
Working with manufacturing plants is essential and global divisions preferred
Intercultural experience and ability to act in a complex and rapidly changing business environment

Responsibilities

Partner with Global S&OP and Manufacturing planning teams to optimize end to end supply planning execution
Measure organizational performance, maintain strategy, process, and systems in alignment with the needs of the Alcon Surgical and Aseptic S&OP Franchises
Global alignment of business requirements, processes, governance, and planning system configuration
Provides leadership to incorporate standards and implement network supply-planning governance across the Alcon Supply Chain
Identify new features/functionality for supply planning systems and determine impact and business value of implementing
Collaborate with software vendor and IT COE to evaluate system upgrades and conduct impact assessment
Serve as supply planning functional subject matter expert for integrating planning system with other internal system(s) like SAP ECC
Collaborate with both surgical and vision care franchises and intercompany stakeholders to assess strategic, tactical, and operational supply planning improvements, unconstrained heuristics/constrained optimization, deployment/allocation, and planning simulation (what-if analysis)
Partner with S&OP and manufacturing teams to prioritize the portfolio of business process improvements like converting product replenishment from Pull to Push, rough cut capacity planning, finite scheduling, and obsolescence management by enabling advanced planning system functionalities, Analytics and Future system AI/decision intelligence capabilities
Review and provide recommendations on manufacturing network strategy and optimal configuration of Supply Planning systems to achieve future growth and optimal utilization
Review and prioritize network supply planning system-related change requests and prepare for Change Advisory Board (CAB) review
Develop business cases for any APS initiative or enhancement
Provide inputs to leadership team to allocate/budget funds for change requests as part of budgeting process
Define education and training needs for network supply planners across the globe to upskill planners and increase supply-planning maturity
Coach, mentor, and provide guidance to planning analysts as needed
Review User Requirement Specifications (URS) for Planning system and provides final approval
Coordinate testing and provide final signoff in deployment/migration of new functionality
Collaborate with other Global Planning Excellence GPOs and Global Master Data team to provide end-to-end strategic direction for planning and planning parameters
Identify and implement key performance indicators for adoption to assess effectiveness of processes and continuously monitor