Senior Planner

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. 

Objectives:

The Senior Planner’s main objectives are:

• Maintaining schedules for all the lines assigned to them and assure its doability by checking for material and tool availability.
• Managing the order activity to allow product to flow from Rochester to all the locations who should directly receive our product. They should work with the shipping department to make sure the physical flow aligns with the information flow. 
• Manage inventory and capacity as agreed in the Supply Agreement meeting and with the Manager/Leader.
• Manage and reduce backorders for all Rochester produced products through scheduling, priorities where needed, and suggesting or realigning capacity.

Plans are based upon agreed inventory targets, global sales data and manufacturing capacity plans and will be aligned with the Sales and Operations Planning process. As part of this the Senior Planner is responsible for managing and monitoring inventory levels of all Rochester manufactured lenses in the Rochester Plant, in transit to and in inventory at all global distribution centers and for communicating to the Planning Manager any potential shortfalls or excesses in manufacturing capacity.  The Senior Planner is responsible for ensuring manufacturing schedules are driving the production of the right SKU’s in the right quantity at the right time to maximize customer service while optimizing manufacturing efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• SKU Planning.
• Plan finished lenses, mold inventory and other components as required.
• System setup of new products as required. 
• Publish backorder reports daily and update ATP information as needed.
• Maintain and monitor DC SKU inventory levels against target.
• Prioritize products as required based on information received from Customers.
• Maintain communication with Operations on backorder and low limit SKU’s.
• Maintain communication with Customer services and DC’s regarding customer queries & expected ship dates.
• Provide guidance and direction for junior team members.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• APICS membership preferred.
• Global supply chain planning experience.
• Knowledge of Manugistics (JDA) Demand Planning, Fulfillment, Master Planning.
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft desired.
• Knowledge of and experience in shipping items to various international locations.

We offer competitive salary & excellent benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, Eye Health, Disability and Life Insurance begins on your hire date.
• 401K Plan with company match and ongoing company contribution.
• Paid time off – vacation (3 weeks - prorated upon hire), floating holidays and sick time.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with company match.
• Employee Incentive Bonus.
• Tuition Reimbursement (select degrees).
• Ongoing performance feedback and annual compensation review.

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This position may be available in the following location(s): US - Rochester, NY (Plant)

As required by New York State's pay transparency bill, Bausch + Lomb provides a good faith minimum and maximum salary range of compensation for roles that can or will be performed, in New York State.  Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.  For New York State, the range of salary for this role is $75,000 - $120,000.
 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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