Bausch + Lomb is a leading global eye health company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world from the moment of birth through every phase of life.
Our mission is simple, yet powerful: helping you see better, to live better.
We have a comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products that are fully integrated and built to serve our customers across the full spectrum of their eye health needs throughout their lives.
Our iconic brand is built on the deep trust and loyalty of our customers established over our 170-year history.
We have a significant global research, development, manufacturing and commercial footprint of approximately 13,000 employees and a presence in approximately 100 countries, extending our reach to billions of potential customers across the globe.
We have long been associated with many of the most significant advances in eye health, and we believe we are well positioned to continue leading the advancement of eye health in the future.
Job Title: Global Planning Director
The Global Planning Director is a senior leader, a member of the Global Supply Chain Leadership team, responsible for driving the strategic direction, execution, and continuous improvement of the organization's global Contact Lens planning function.
This role ensures seamless integration of demand, supply, and inventory planning processes to meet business objectives, optimize operational performance, and support profitable growth.
The role is instrumental in achieving key organizational goals, including maximizing customer satisfaction, optimizing revenue, reducing costs, enhancing supply chain agility, and enabling data-driven decision-making.
Key Objectives: Optimize Demand-Supply Balance: Achieve high levels of service and cost-efficiency through effective planning strategies across S&OE (Control Tower), S&OP and Long-Range Planning time horizons.
Improve Forecast Accuracy: Drive continuous improvement in forecasting processes to reduce errors and enhance responsiveness.
Enhance Inventory Turnover: Minimize excess inventory while ensuring availability to meet customer demands.
Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate alignment between planning and other key business functions.
Deliver Operational Excellence: Achieve industry-leading performance metrics in planning efficiency, cost control, and agility.
Responsibilities: Develop and execute the global supply chain planning strategy to support corporate objectives such as revenue growth, cost optimization, working capital management and sustainability goals.
Design scalable, integrated planning processes that accommodate global market complexities and regional nuances (S&OP, Control Tower, LRP) Development, ownership and successful delivery of an integrated Planning Maturity Roadmap to drive sustainable improvements across the end-to-end planning operating model.
Drive cross-functional collaboration to align the planning strategy with marketing, sales, operations, finance, and product development teams.
Skill Requirements: Graduate or equivalent professional qualification e.g. A.P.I.C.S Certification Career experience gained within the Medical or Pharmaceuticals industry in a senior leadership role with a proven track record in managing global or multi-regional planning operations.
Comprehensive knowledge of Planning/Scheduling/Inventory Management with a detailed understanding of all other Supply Chain functions Experience with advanced planning systems.
Advanced problem-solving and data analysis capabilities, ability to use reporting tools (e.g. Power BI) A strong emphasis on achievements with a proven track record on delivering objectives.
Focused on Customer Service and delivering Key Operational Measurements.
Strong communication and influencing skills. Ability to act as a Team player, or independently, and with multiple activities. Attention to detail and sense of urgency with high drive / enthusiasm.