Sr. Manager, Production Planning Management

Overview

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers.

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This role is part of Alcon's Supply Chain function, a team that manages the logistics, inventory management, and supply chain analytics for Alcon's industry leading products to ensure products are delivered efficiently and effectively so that people can see brilliantly.

Senior Manager, Production Planning Management is a forward-thinking leadership role within Alcon's Supply Chain organization, responsible for logistics, supply continuity, inventory management, and supply chain analytics supporting Alcon's industry-leading products. The role balances service, capacity, and inventory decisions against financial targets, ensuring products are delivered efficiently and reliably while optimizing working capital and cost so people can see brilliantly.

• Direct production planning and buyer/planner execution by setting clear priorities, managing daily tactical workloads (POs, reschedules, shortages), and driving accountability to KPI commitments.
• Make timely, data-driven operational decisions that balance output, inventory exposure, cost, and customer service using real-time visibility and constraint-based tradeoff analysis.
• Provide hands-on functional leadership in planning systems, MRP signals, BOM accuracy, and manufacturing processes to resolve issues and ensure consistent execution.
• Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Finance, Engineering, and Supply Chain to align plans, resolve constraints, and support business objectives.
• Apply strong financial acumen to manage inventory investment, absorption, variances, and cost impacts while meeting service and compliance requirements.
• Ensure GxP-compliant execution through strict SOP adherence, accurate transactional discipline, and complete documentation practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning accuracy, schedule stability, inventory control, and buyer/planner responsiveness to demand and supply changes.
• Provide strategic and tactical leadership to develop a high-performing production planning and buyer/planner team, building capability, succession, and engagement through coaching, performance management, and continuous skills development.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +15 yrs; Associate +11 yrs; MS +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
• Location:
  
  Onsite
• Travel Requirements:
  None
• Relocation assistance:
  No
• Sponsorship available:
  No

• 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.

• Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
• Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and findings as work evolves!
• See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities!
• Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt…