At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

This position would be a support and key player in the coordination of our new 3PL
This individual would flex between locations of 3PL and GR manufacturing site.
Support Receiving functions with the 3PL resources
Support the maintenance of the interfaces when needed
Support the material replenishment process and STO support
Flexible hours and schedule changes to support business needs

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Leads production team work process, equipment testing, manufacturing, disassembly, and reassembly as assigned by supervisor.
• Prioritizes use of operators according to build schedule.
• Communicates process issues and provides status updates to team supervisor.
• Coaches operators/assemblers on production and problem solving skills, performing technical review and machinery setup/breakdown as needed.
• Ensures Medtronic company quality and safety standards are upheld.

PRODUCTION SUPPORT CAREER STREAM: Provides support in manufacturing operations and/or distribution centers including assembly, machinery, processing, packaging, and/or distribution of company products. May set up and operate automatic or semiautomatic machines and related equipment in a continuous production/processing operation. Reports any malfunctions or abnormalities in machines, with higher levels recommending and/or making adjustments to methods and processes. May be involved in shipping, receiving, inventory control, or storage of products in distribution centers.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Recognized specialist in job area who works on assignments that are extremely complex in nature, and may be responsible for leading daily operations.
Has high degree of initiative and makes considerable adjustments and enhancements to working method to improve effectiveness.
May adapt tools and/or equipment to meet specific needs.

Organizational Impact: Leads the day-to-day work activities of individuals in manufacturing/production operations or distribution center.
Works to directly and indirectly deliver day-to-day objectives, with some impact on department-wide targets.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems faced are general, and may require understanding of broader sets of issues and other job areas, but typically are not complex.
Responsible for making adjustments or recommended enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area by collaborating with other functions.

Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external contacts to reach agreement and facilitate collaboration across functions.
Obtains and provides information on matters of significant importance to one or more job areas.

Leadership and Talent Management: May act as a team leader or coach and assistant to the supervisor / manager.
May share tasks to other team members and be responsible for the review of work product and processes.
Does not have formal management responsibilities, but provides input to people management decisions in this area.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires expert knowledge within a specific discipline typically gained through broad work experience and/or education.
Requires minimum of 10 years of experience and may require vocational or technical education or certification in addition to prior work experience.
May require vocational training and/or certification.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation