Supply Chain Analyst

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate ambitiously, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you'll be recognized for your dedication and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, hardworking people to join Alcon! As a Supply Chain Analyst supporting our manufacturing site, you will be trusted with helping drive Regional Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) for the surgical franchise to achieve efficient demand management performance.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Analyze, maintain, and review manual and statistical forecasts and propose/execute changes to assign the best fit S&OP demand forecast model
• Strive for forecast automation based on historical data
• Act as Regional SME for forecasting statistical models and their best fit for different product groups, assigned business franchises, and different business scenarios (e.g. product launches, cannibalization, etc.)
• Train, mentor, and provide feedback to regional and country teams on the best forecasting methods
• Ensure, check, and challenge data for consistency and logical incorporation of known business events (e.g. coordinate the review of key planning characteristics to ensure the validity of forecast models)
• Build scenarios and backtrack against historical results to define best-fitting models
• This includes developing, maintaining, and supervising all S&OP processes in the region in alignment with global guidelines; deploying training on processes and tools, as well as supervising all legacy S&OP analytical tools and signaling maintenance requirements
• Facilitate the S&OP by supporting a monthly consensus and demand review meeting with country management
• Collaborate and understand outstanding market requirements and identify the root cause of affiliate service issues
• Acquire and analyze information regarding historical data, market trends, promotional activity, and other events, historical or current, which impact and influence customer demand
• Support unit and dollar demand forecast reviews (including revenue and samples) with regional counterparts
• Work alongside regional counterparts to align current demand forecast submissions against market activities and sales trends
• Identify gaps between current plans and financial commitments, derive possible gap-closing initiatives, and highlight risks and opportunities
• Work with Global S&OP teams to determine the capability to meet demand, and provide a feedback loop to markets
• Act as a key point of contact for the region to ensure strong visibility of product availability and/or supply issues back through the supply chain
• Lead the regional allocation process with markets and regional commercial counterparts to resolve constrained situations, and apply demand control where vital on large or abnormal orders while still striving to meet operational and customer excellence
• Deploy S&OP process pillars and best practices to markets based on global guidelines, and ensure those are understood and established locally
• This function will act as the liaison between the local and regional management teams for all aspects of the demand and supply management process
• In addition, this role interacts with the global supply chain team to drive the regional demand management plan throughout the process to ensure financial and Customer requirements are achieved

WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +10 yrs; Assoc.+6 yrs; M.S.)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English
• 2 Years of Relevant Experience
• Work hours: Monday - Friday: 8 AM CST - 5 PM CST
• Travel Requirements: 0%
• Sponsorship & Relocation: Not Available

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Previous statistical forecasting/demand planning experience
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and MS PP
• Experience with SQL or MS Access
• Solid experience with Advanced Planning Systems such as SAP IBP or SAP APO
• Experience with Tableau
• Bilingual in Spanish

HOW TO THRIVE AT ALCON:

• 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 a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, 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 [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.