Sr. Manager Strategic External Supplier planning and pricing

Alcon; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

Alcon in Fort Worth, TX, seeks a Senior Manager to lead strategic external supplier planning and pricing, guiding teams and partnering with senior leadership to improve processes and outcomes.

This role owns planning, pricing, budgeting, and cross‑functional governance across external manufacturers, CMOs, and suppliers, with emphasis on risk management, cost optimization, and delivering value to patients and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and broad experience in supply planning.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in supply planning or pricing.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead external supply planning across demand, capacity, and supply commitments with strategic partners.
• Manage external supplier pricing, analyze drivers, and support negotiations.
• Develop forecasts, analytics, and reports to inform external supply decisions.
• Oversee annual budgeting and long-term strategy planning with P&L ownership.
• Coordinate with MSAs with strategic manufacturers and CMOs.
• Lead cross-functional transfers and governance for external manufacturing projects.
• Drive business process improvements to optimize external supply operations.
• Collaborate with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Finance.

Skills

Leadership

Relevant Experience

English Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Job description

At Alcon, we’re passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. Sr. Manager Strategic External Supplier planning and pricing is primarily responsible for leading business process improvements, driving high-impact initiatives, and aligning outcomes with organizational goals by guiding and developing teams and collaborating with senior leadership

In this role, a typical day will include:

Planning & pricing

• Lead external supply planning — aligning demand, capacity, and supply commitments across strategic external partners
• Manage external supplier pricing and cost — analyzing cost drivers, developing cost models, and supporting negotiations to ensure pricing aligns with agreements and business objectives
• Develop forecasts, analytics, and reporting to inform external supply, cost, and pricing decisions
• Lead annual budgeting, long-term strategy planning and forecasting
• P&L ownership

Strategic supplier & agreement management

• Support and advance key Master Supply Agreement (MSA) initiatives with strategic manufacturing partners
• Serve as a primary point of coordination between Alcon and external manufacturing partners, building strong, collaborative relationships and driving supplier performance
• Partner with strategic CMOs on supply commitments, capacity, quality, and continuous improvement

Project leadership & transfer execution

• Lead the planning, coordination, insourcing contract-manufacturer (CMO) transfer activities— owning financial, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and cross-functional dependencies end to end
• Serve as the dedicated resource governing complex external manufacturing projects across the External Supply Organization (ESO)
• Establish project governance, stage‑gate reviews, and risk‑management routines for external manufacturing transfers and initiatives
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks to schedule, cost, quality, and supply continuity throughout the transfer lifecycle

Business process development & improvement

• Develop, document, and manage business processes that support the objectives of the External Supply Organization
• Identify and create standardized processes that strengthen the planning, coordination, and governance of external manufacturing
• Implement and manage cross‑departmental business process improvements to increase efficiency, consistency, and control

Cross‑functional collaboration & governance

• Partner cross‑functionally with Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Finance to execute transfers and initiatives
• Communicate project status, risks, and key decisions to senior leadership and stakeholders
• Ensure external manufacturing activities meet applicable quality, regulatory (GxP), and compliance requirements

What You’ll Bring to Alcon:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English
• 7 Years of Relevant Experience
• 5 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

How You Can Thrive at Alcon:

• See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities
• Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
• Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more!

ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY

Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.