Senior Director, Planning Transformation

Bausch & Lomb GmbH; Bridgewater Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Bausch + Lomb is seeking a Senior Director, Planning Transformation to lead the global planning transformation across demand, supply, inventory, S&OE, and IBP. The role reports to the VP, Global Supply Chain and will create a unified roadmap, establish a Planning COE, and drive data governance across sites and external networks.

The position requires deep expertise in planning disciplines, cross-functional leadership, and a track record of delivering measurable benefits in a large, regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, data, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive supply chain experience with senior leadership in a global organization.
• Experience in pharma, medical devices, life sciences, or other regulated industries preferred.
• Proven experience leading multi-year planning transformation from vision to benefits realization.
• Deep expertise in demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, S&OE, and IBP.
• Experience establishing or leading a Planning COE with global process ownership and governance.
• Experience owning or governing item/material master data with cross-system alignment.
• Strong understanding of advanced planning systems, master data management, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support.
• Transformation leadership, program governance, and organizational change capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global planning transformation roadmap with accountability for priorities, business case, milestones, dependencies, risks, and executive reporting.
• Design and deploy standardized end-to-end planning processes, decision rights, governance, and escalation paths across units.
• Own business requirements and design authority for planning solutions and future operating model.
• Establish performance baselines, outcome measures, and benefits tracking tied to service, inventory, cost, productivity, and revenue.
• Lead the Planning COE, including organization, service model, governance, standards, KPIs, analytics, training, and maturity assessments.
• Own the Supply Chain Item Master Data domain, including policies, workflows, and data quality across systems.
• Partner with IT, Data, and AI leaders to create a trusted planning data foundation and scalable analytics.
• Lead stakeholder alignment, training, and change adoption for the new model.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Finance, Customer Service, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory, and Trade Compliance.
• Direct internal teams and external partners, ensuring quality and knowledge transfer.
• Attract, develop, and lead a global team spanning Planning COE, transformation, and Item Master Data.

Skills

Demand planning

Supply planning

Inventory optimization

S&OE

IBP

Planning COE

Data governance

AI-enabled decision support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Data, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.

Job description

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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.

The Senior Director, Planning Transformation will lead the transformation of Bausch + Lomb’s global planning capabilities across demand, supply, inventory, Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE), and Integrated Business Planning (IBP). Reporting to the VP, Global Supply Chain, this leader will translate the enterprise planning vision into an integrated roadmap that delivers measurable business results and sustained adoption. The role will establish and lead the global Planning Center of Excellence (COE) and own Supply Chain Item Master Data governance, partnering across business units, regions, manufacturing sites, and external supply networks to strengthen planning processes, data quality, and organizational capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global planning transformation roadmap, with accountability for priorities, business case, milestones, dependencies, risks, and executive reporting.
• Design and deploy standardized, end-to-end planning processes, decision rights, roles, governance, and escalation paths across business units and functions.
• Own business requirements and design authority for planning solutions, ensuring technology supports the future operating model rather than replicating existing workarounds.
• Establish performance baselines, outcome measures, and benefits tracking tied to service, inventory, cost, productivity, and revenue objectives.
• Establish and lead the Planning COE, including its organization, service model, governance, global standards, key performance indicators, analytics, training, certification, maturity assessments, and continuous improvement.
• Own the Supply Chain Item Master Data domain, including policies, stewardship, workflows, controls, data quality, timeliness, issue resolution, and consistency 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-enabled decision support.
• Lead stakeholder alignment, communications, training, and change adoption to prepare leaders and planners to operate effectively in the new model.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Finance, Customer Service, Manufacturing, External Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory, and Trade Compliance stakeholders to align planning capabilities with business needs.
• Direct internal teams and external technology and transformation partners, ensuring deliverable quality, effective knowledge transfer, and sustainable internal capabilities.
• Attract, develop, and lead a global team spanning the Planning COE, transformation, and Item Master Data, with analytics and planning performance resources as defined in the final organization design; define future planning skill requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Data, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• At least 12 years of progressive supply chain experience, including senior leadership responsibility in a large, complex, global, multi-business organization.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical, medical device, life sciences, or other regulated industry is preferred.
• Proven experience leading a multi-year planning transformation from vision and business case through design, deployment, adoption, and benefits realization.
• Deep expertise in demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, S&OE, and IBP; manufacturing planning or scheduling experience preferred.
• Experience establishing or leading a Planning COE, including global process ownership, governance, performance management, and capability development.
• Experience owning or governing item or material master data, including stewardship, data quality, controls, and cross-system alignment.
• Strong understanding of advanced planning systems, master data management, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support, with experience defining business requirements and partnering with IT on related implementations, including cloud-based solutions.
• Demonstrated expertise in transformation leadership, program governance, and organizational change, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and across functions.
• Experience managing external partners and transferring knowledge and capabilities to internal teams.
• A recognized qualification in planning, continuous improvement, project management, or change leadership is preferred.

This position may be available in the following location(s): Bridgewater, NJ - hybrid

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.

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting pay for this role is between $220,000 and $245,000. The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives. They may also be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, disability and life insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, a tuition reimbursement program (select degrees), company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive sick time, floating holidays and paid vacation.

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