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 Engineering function, a team focused on improving quality, processes, products, packaging and materials across our business to help deliver brilliant outcomes. The Associate II, Manufacturing Science & Technology Engineering (Science/Tech/Engineering Path), is primarily responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating new production materials, equipment, and technologies before mass production. You will conduct research, solve production cost and quality issues, and develop standard procedures to support efficient production processes and project goals.
In this role, a typical day will include:
- Manage individual technical quality management projects within manufacturing and distribution processes, applying specialized knowledge to achieve objectives and drive innovation
- Make operational decisions impacting project performance and innovation, requiring project management skills, technical expertise, and problem-solving abilities
- Monitor product quality at different stages, detect and resolve non-conformance promptly, and maintain relevant documentation and records
- Apply scientific and engineering principles to solve problems and innovate, staying current with advances in the field
- Take an agile approach to problem-solving by testing, iterating, and refining solutions
- Adhere to GxP regulations by strictly following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), maintaining accurate and complete documentation, and ensuring rigorous quality control
- Complete all required training and contribute to the overall compliance of the organization
- Commit to continuous improvement and compliance with regulatory requirements
Essential Functions:
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve systems issues related to manufacturing systems, ERP, BI/SAC reports, RPA automation processes
- Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel, providing technical advice and resolution of problems to ensure project progresses within prescribed parameters
- Provide Training regarding ERP/RPA/BI and SAC:
- Installation and implementing sophisticated computerized ERP, RPA automation processes.
- Training and development objectives to maintain leading edge understanding of the technologies available in the ERP, RPA automation functions.
- Facilitate and attend meetings relating to data set-up and issues
- Assess and act on issues arising from improper data set-up or user error
- Facilitate and troubleshoot movement of materials from Incoming inspection through DC shipment
- Manage application SOPs for master data governance.
- Collaboration with the business and other teams to identify and analyze continuous process improvements
- Generate ERP/SAC/BI reports to support the Business (investigations, escalations, market actions, etc.)
- Lead master data improvements
- Act as the site single point of contact (SPOC) for ERP improvements between the site and Corporate/SAP team
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +8 yrs; Assoc.+4 yrs)
- The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- Location: Onsite Houston, TX
- Travel Requirements: 0 – 10%
- Relocation Assistance: Not Available
- Sponsorship Available: Not Available
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 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 alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
