Supply Chain Manager

Bausch Health Companies Inc.; Bridgewater (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical (Prescription Drug)

Dental

Vision

401(k) with matching companycontrib.

Discretionary time off

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Stock purchase plan

Employee discounts

Job summary

Bausch Health Companies Inc. is seeking a Senior Supply Chain professional for its Bridgewater, NJ operations.

The role acts as the single-point operational owner for external manufacturing relationships and ensures delivery of product supply against demand, schedules, and business priorities. Responsibilities include governance, cross-functional collaboration, risk mitigation, and support for lifecycle management at external sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field; MBA preferred.
• At least 6 years in supply chain management with ERP, S&OP, and external manufacturers.
• APICS/ISM certification is a plus.
• Excellent communication, analytical, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in SAP and Power BI; strong MS Office suite skills.
• Capable of multitasking in a fast-paced, matrix environment; independent and team-oriented.
• Hybrid role based in Bridgewater, NJ with onsite Tue-Thu.

Responsibilities

• Owns operational governance for external manufacturing relationships.
• Ensures delivery of product supply against demand and schedules.
• Leads governance activities and issue resolution.
• Resolves manufacturing issues with cross-functional teams.
• Supports launch readiness and lifecycle management at external sites.
• Assesses and mitigates supply chain risk with external partners.
• Works with Procurement on contract negotiation and cost management.
• Identifies efficiency and cost-reduction opportunities.
• Lead or support capacity planning and business continuity for CMOs.
• Report supply status to Latin America teams as needed.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Multitasking

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field

MBA preferred

Tools

SAP

Power BI

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

Job Location: Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA

Job Requisition ID: 15572

Join our global diversified pharmaceutical company enriching lives through our relentless drive to deliver better health outcomes to our patients. We are all in it together to make a difference. Be a part of a culture that doesn't just wait for change but actively creates it—where your skills and values drive our collective progress and impact.

Scope & Impact

• Owns multiple marketed products, product families, and CMOs, typically of moderate to high complexity.
• Impacts patient supply continuity, and cost of goods for assigned portfolio.
• Decisions directly affect commercial supply.
• Operates across CMO regional and CMO global manufacturing sites (functions in a matrix environment, collaborates with Bausch Health Ireland Planning for certain ex-US CMOs).

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as the single‑point operational owner for assigned external manufacturing relationships.
• Accountable for delivery of product supply against agreed demand, schedules, and business priorities.
• Leads routine governance activities, including performance monitoring, issue escalation, and resolution.
• Identifies and resolves manufacturing issues through cross‑functional collaboration with Technical Operations, Quality, and Procurement.
• Supports launch readiness and lifecycle management initiatives at external sites.
• Proactively assess and mitigate risks related to supply chain disruptions, including issues with external manufacturing partners, logistics delays, or changes in market conditions.
• Works closely with Procurement to support contract negotiation, cost management, and budgeting activities for external manufacturing services.
• Identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and enhance service performance.
• Lead / support capacity planning, risk mitigation, and business continuity planning for external manufacturing partners.
• Portfolio/CMO ownership vs. single task execution
• Decision‑Making Authority.
• Recommends strategic actions (e.g., capacity changes, remediation plans, site transfers) to management.
• Escalates critical compliance, supply, or financial risks with clear analysis and recommendations.
• Leadership Expectations
• No direct people management required, however provides strong matrix leadership across functions and external partners.
• Serves as oversight management (“dotted line”) for Latin America Supply Planning (Mexico, Colombia) for reporting on supply status and any supply issue resolution.
• May serve as needed in cross-functional Project Management role to support brand to generic product launches, addition of alternate production lines, etc.
• Expected to demonstrate ownership, accountability, and a proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset.

Other Responsibilities

• Maintain / develop strong relationship with supply chain counterparts at CMOs, Bausch Health Supply Chain Planning, External Manufacturing Quality Assurance.
• Serve as backup to other SCMs for their CMO’s during vacations/absences.
• Prepare supply chain topics for discussion, supporting data, issue identification, resolution activity and areas of improvement required from CMO’s at CMO Business Review Meetings. Represent Supply Chain at relevant business reviews.
• Accountable for CMO supply chain metrics. Generation of action items to resolve performance levels below target in collaboration with Procurement.
• Review of supply forecast for significant changes with Supply Chain Planning colleagues and summarizing the impact for presentation to CMO partners to determine current and future production impact and actions.
• Submission of rolling forecasts and Purchase Orders monthly to CMOs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in SupplyChain Management, Business Administration, or related field required (MBA preferred).
• A minimum of 6 years experience in supply chain management, solid understanding of Enterprise Resource Planning systems, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, and experience managing external manufacturers (preferred).
• Certification in Supply Chain Management (e.g., APICS, ISM, or similar) is a plus.
• Excellent communication, analytical skills, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in SAP (preferred), and Power BI. Solid proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, etc.)
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to act independently, and as a team player, with excellent multi-tasking ability and attention to detail.
• Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• This is a hybrid position, based in Bridgewater, NJ and requires working onsite on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week.

The range of starting base pay for this role is 110K – 150K. Actual starting pay will be based on a wide range of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, qualifications, education and location. In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for participation in either (i) our annual bonus program or (ii) a sales incentive plan.

Benefits

• Medical (includes Prescription Drug)
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with matching company contribution
• discretionary time off
• paid sick time
• stock purchase plan
• tuition reimbursement
• parental leave
• short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance
• accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• paid holidays
• employee referral bonuses
• employee discounts

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. EOE Disability/Veteran. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates collaboration.