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?
This role is part of Alcon's Supply Chain function, a team that manages logistics, inventory management, and supply chain analytics for Alcon's industry leading products to ensure products are delivered efficiently and effectively so that people can see brilliantly.
The Sr. Associate II, Production Planning (Professional Path), is primarily responsible for maintaining material schedules and availability to support production control. You will compile records, support material flow, and address shortages while performing specialized tasks and independent research to optimize outcomes. Advanced knowledge, analytical skills, and self-direction are essential.
Specifics include:
- Maintain schedules for material requirements and availability to support production control
- Ensure uninterrupted manufacturing operations while balancing inventory and service level objectives
- Compile and maintain accurate records concerning the quantity, cost, and type of material received, shipped, in stock, or in production
- Coordinate the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments according to production and shipping schedules
- Determine possible and actual shortages and initiate action to correct deficiencies
- Expedite critical materials and coordinate repairs, replacements, or transportation activities to prevent production disruptions.
- Track production progress, generate schedule status reports, and communicate material changes, shortages, and schedule modifications to key stakeholders.
- Perform specialized tasks and conduct independent research to optimize outcomes
- Make decisions within the scope of assigned tasks, requiring advanced knowledge and analytical skills
- Adhere to GxP regulations by strictly following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and maintaining accurate and complete documentation, ensuring rigorous quality control
- Complete all required training and meet individual job requirements
- Contribute to the overall compliance of the organization and commit to continuous improvement and compliance with regulatory requirements
- All associates must adhere to GxP regulations by strictly following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), maintaining accurate and complete documentation, ensuring rigorous quality control, and completing all required training.
- Associates are responsible for meeting their individual job requirements and contributing to the overall compliance of the organization.
- Compliance with regulatory requirements and a commitment to continuous improvement are essential to our operations.
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.+0 yrs)
- The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- 2 Years of Relevant Experience
- Work Schedule: 1st Shift (8:00AM – 5:00PM) Monday – Friday
- Work Location: Onsite – Houston, TX
- Relocation Assistance/Sponsorship: None
Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Experience
- Experience coordinating work, materials, projects, or technical activities across functions such as manufacturing, engineering, quality, procurement, logistics, or operations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience evaluating data, identifying constraints or risks, and recommending practical solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage changing priorities based on business needs or constraints, meet deadlines, and independently drive assigned work to completion.
- Experience investigating shortages, process gaps, schedule concerns, or operational issues and coordinating timely corrective actions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate status, risks, changes, and required actions to stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ability to learn to effectively use business systems to maintain records, analyze information, and prepare status reports.
- Experience working in a regulated or procedure-driven environment, with a strong focus on documentation accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement.
How you can thrive at Alcon:
- Work together with colleagues to share standard methodologies and discoveries as work progresses.
- Discover your career in a fresh way through specific growth and development possibilities.
- 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 for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!
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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 [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent directly related experience; alternatively, high school diploma plus 10 years of experience, associate degree plus 6 years, or master's degree with no experience
- Fluent ability to read, write, understand, and communicate in English
- Two years of relevant experience
- Experience coordinating work, materials, projects, or technical activities across manufacturing, engineering, quality, procurement, logistics, or operations
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including evaluating data, identifying constraints or risks, and recommending solutions
- Ability to manage changing priorities, meet deadlines, and independently complete assigned work
- Experience investigating shortages, process gaps, schedule concerns, or operational issues and coordinating corrective actions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ability to learn business systems for recordkeeping, analysis, and reporting
- Experience in a regulated or procedure-driven environment with emphasis on documentation, compliance, and continuous improvement
Alcon Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Alcon and has not been reviewed or approved by Alcon.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as unusually strong, pairing a 401(k) match with an additional employer-funded retirement plan contribution. Stock purchase access and performance bonuses are also positioned as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health support. Distinctive vision-related perks, including free contact lenses in some cases, reinforce the perceived strength of the health-and-wellness offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are characterized as robust, including paid holidays, PTO/vacation, paid sick time, and parental leave. Flexible time off for certain exempt roles and reported year-end shutdown periods further strengthen perceived coverage.
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What We Do
Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 20,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care.
