IE Dublin Senior Director, Planning Transformation

Bausch + Lomb (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) 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.

Our comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products is 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. 

Bausch + Lomb (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) 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.

 

Our comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products is 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.

 

Bausch + Lomb is seeking a high-performing Senior Director, Planning Transformation who will act as the senior business lead for Planning Transformation, translating the enterprise planning vision into an integrated roadmap, measurable business outcomes and sustained adoption across Bausch + Lomb. The successful applicant will lead the redesign and deployment of end-to-end planning capabilities across demand, supply, inventory, S&OE and IBP as well as establish and lead a global Planning Centre of Excellence responsible for standards, governance, capability building, performance management and continuous improvement. They will also have full ownership of the Supply Chain Item Master Data domain, including governance, stewardship, data quality, timeliness and cross-system consistency.

 

This role is global, working across all business units, regions, manufacturing sites and external supply networks and may require travel where necessary. The role leads through direct reports, matrixed business resources and external partners.

 

This role can be based in Ireland, Amsterdam or the US

 

Responsibilities: 

 

• Serve as the single accountable business owner for Planning Transformation, owning the roadmap, priorities, value case, milestones, dependencies, risks and executive reporting.
• Define and deploy standard global planning processes, decision rights, governance, roles and escalation paths across business units and functions.
• Own business requirements and design authority for the planning solution landscape, ensuring technology enables the target operating model rather than replicating current workarounds.
• Establish baselines, outcome measures and value tracking linked to service, inventory, cost, productivity and revenue objectives.
• Design the Planning COE mandate, organization, service model and governance; lead standards, KPI definitions, analytics, training, certification, maturity assessment and continuous improvement.
• Own the Supply Chain Item domain, including policy, governance, stewardship, workflow, controls, data quality, issue remediation and alignment 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 capabilities.
• Lead stakeholder alignment, communications, capability building and adoption so leaders and planners are prepared to operate in the new model.
• Direct internal teams and external partners, manage deliverable quality and knowledge transfer, and build the internal capability required to sustain the transformation.
• Attract, develop and lead a high-performing global team; define future planning skills 

 

Direct Reports:

• Planning COE team, including global process owners and planning capability leads.
• Planning Transformation business resources.
• Supply Chain Item Master Data team.
• Data analytics and planning performance resources, as defined in the final organization design.

 

Key Relationships: 

 

Internal:

Ability to influence across all levels of the organization is critical to ensure success.

• Global Planning Leads
• IT, Data and AI leaders
• Commercial, Finance and Customer Service stakeholders
• Manufacturing, External Manufacturing and Procurement leaders
• Quality, Regulatory and Trade Compliance stakeholders
• Planning Transformation executive sponsors and steering committee

 

External:

Planning technology providers, systems integrators, transformation partners, data and AI partners and relevant professional networks.

 

Qualifications/Training and Experience: 

 

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Data or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in end-to-end planning, transformation leadership, program governance and organizational change.
• Recognized planning, continuous improvement, project management or change leadership qualification is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of advanced planning systems, master data management, analytics and AI-enabled decision support.
• 12+ years of progressive supply chain experience, including senior leadership responsibility in a large, complex, multi-business and global environment.
• Proven record leading a multi-year planning transformation from vision and business case through design, deployment, adoption and benefits realization.
• Deep functional experience across demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, S&OE and IBP; manufacturing planning or scheduling experience is advantageous.
• Experience establishing or leading a Planning COE with global process ownership, governance, performance management and capability development responsibilities.
• Experience owning or governing item / material master data, including stewardship, data quality, controls and cross-system alignment.
• Experience defining business requirements and partnering with IT on APS, cloud, data, analytics or AI-enabled planning implementations.
• Experience managing external partners and ensuring effective knowledge transfer to internal teams.

 

 

 

 

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