Global Planning Strategist

5 days ago


Ireland Bausch & Lomb Ireland Full time

**About Us**

Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health company, is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people worldwide. Our mission is simple yet powerful: helping you see better, live better.

We have a significant global research, development, manufacturing, and commercial footprint with approximately 13,000 employees in around 100 countries. We've long been associated with many significant advances in eye health and believe we're well-positioned to continue leading the advancement of eye health in the future.

**Job Description**

The Global Planning Director will be a senior leader on our Global Supply Chain Leadership team, responsible for driving the strategic direction, execution, and continuous improvement of our 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 Global Planning Director will ensure alignment across the value chain, effectively balancing supply and demand across the business unit.

**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.

**Responsibilities**

The Global Planning Director will oversee the design of scalable, integrated planning processes that accommodate global market complexities and regional nuances. They will drive cross-functional collaboration to align the planning strategy with marketing, sales, operations, finance, and product development teams.

This individual will also support annual and strategic planning and direction setting for the Planning and Supply Chain function. They will build and oversee robust demand planning processes to create accurate, data-driven forecasts over short, medium, and long-term time horizons.

The Global Planning Director will lead global supply planning efforts to ensure alignment with demand forecasts while optimizing production, procurement, and distribution strategies. They will oversee capacity planning to balance supply chain flexibility with cost-efficiency across global manufacturing and sourcing networks.

This person will define and implement global inventory strategies to optimize working capital, minimize excess inventory, and reduce stockouts. They will ensure alignment with business priorities, including service, product life cycles, and regional requirements.

**Requirements**

The ideal candidate will have a graduate or equivalent professional qualification and 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.

This individual will have comprehensive knowledge of Planning/Scheduling/Inventory Management with a detailed understanding of all other Supply Chain functions. They will have experience with advanced planning systems and advanced problem-solving and data analysis capabilities.

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.


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