Senior Associate Supply Chain Flow and Automation Analyst

About the role

This role is part of Alcon's Supply Chain function, managing logistics, inventory management, and supply chain analytics for Alcon's industry-leading products.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance supply chain analytics, reporting, and decision-support solutions.
• Gather and translate business requirements into dashboards, reports, automation workflows, alerts, and recommendations.
• Create and support scalable data models, dashboards, and self-service reporting tools using platforms such as Aera, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, and Excel.
• Maintain and improve existing analytics, automation, and decision-support solutions.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability through testing, reconciliation, and validation activities.
• Document business processes, data flows, technical solutions, and testing results to support governance and knowledge transfer.
• Present analytical findings, risks, and recommendations to business stakeholders in a clear and actionable manner.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency within the supply chain.

Requirements

• 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
• Two years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills/ Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience in supply chain analytics, business systems, automation, data analysis, or related areas.
• Strong SQL skills, including data transformation, validation, and query optimization.
• Experience developing or supporting Python-based automation and data-processing solutions.
• Familiarity with supply chain processes, including planning, inventory management, procurement, manufacturing, transportation, or distribution.
• Experience with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA.
• Knowledge of data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes, and data modeling concepts.
• Experience with Aera, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, AWS QuickSight, or similar analytics tools.
• Exposure to workflow automation platforms, APIs, Power Automate, Power Apps, Aera Decision Intelligence, or similar technologies.
• Interest in emerging technologies, including AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics.