Senior Director, Planning Transformation

Bausch + Lomb•US-NJ-Bridgewater, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Planning Transformation will lead the transformation of Bausch + Lomb’s global planning capabilities across demand, supply, inventory, Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE), and Integrated Business Planning (IBP). Reporting to the VP, Global Supply Chain, this leader will translate the enterprise planning vision into an integrated roadmap that delivers measurable business results and sustained adoption. The role will establish and lead the global Planning Center of Excellence (COE) and own Supply Chain Item Master Data governance. The Senior Director will partner across business units, regions, manufacturing sites, and external supply networks to strengthen planning processes, data quality, and organizational capabilities. The position may be based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, in a hybrid work arrangement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Data, or a related discipline.
At least 12 years of progressive supply chain experience, including senior leadership responsibility in a large, complex, global, multi-business organization.
Proven experience leading a multi-year planning transformation from vision and business case through design, deployment, adoption, and benefits realization.
Deep expertise in demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, S&OE, and IBP.
Experience establishing or leading a Planning COE, including global process ownership, governance, performance management, and capability development.
Experience owning or governing item or material master data, including stewardship, data quality, controls, and cross-system alignment.
Strong understanding of advanced planning systems, master data management, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support, with experience defining business requirements and partnering with IT on related implementations, including cloud-based solutions.
Demonstrated expertise in transformation leadership, program governance, and organizational change, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and across functions.
Experience managing external partners and transferring knowledge and capabilities to internal teams.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; the company is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
Experience in the pharmaceutical, medical device, life sciences, or other regulated industry preferred.
Manufacturing planning or scheduling experience preferred.
A recognized qualification in planning, continuous improvement, project management, or change leadership is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the global planning transformation roadmap, with accountability for priorities, business case, milestones, dependencies, risks, and executive reporting.
Design and deploy standardized, end-to-end planning processes, decision rights, roles, governance, and escalation paths across business units and functions.
Own business requirements and design authority for planning solutions, ensuring technology supports the future operating model rather than replicating existing workarounds.
Establish performance baselines, outcome measures, and benefits tracking tied to service, inventory, cost, productivity, and revenue objectives.
Establish and lead the Planning COE, including its organization, service model, governance, global standards, key performance indicators, analytics, training, certification, maturity assessments, and continuous improvement.
Own the Supply Chain Item Master Data domain, including policies, stewardship, workflows, controls, data quality, timeliness, issue resolution, and consistency across source and consuming systems.
Partner with IT, Data, and AI leaders to create a trusted planning data foundation, common definitions, and scalable analytics and AI-enabled decision support.
Lead stakeholder alignment, communications, training, and change adoption to prepare leaders and planners to operate effectively in the new model.
Collaborate with Commercial, Finance, Customer Service, Manufacturing, External Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory, and Trade Compliance stakeholders to align planning capabilities with business needs.
Direct internal teams and external technology and transformation partners, ensuring deliverable quality, effective knowledge transfer, and sustainable internal capabilities.
Attract, develop, and lead a global team spanning the Planning COE, transformation, and Item Master Data, with analytics and planning performance resources as defined in the final organization design; define future planning skill requirements.

Benefits

Short-term and/or long-term incentives may be available to U.S.-based employees.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Disability insurance.
Life insurance.
401(k) plan and company match.
Tuition reimbursement program for select degrees.
Company holidays.
Well-being benefits.
Sick time.
Floating holidays.
Paid vacation.