We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 May 2026

 

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

Medtronic has declared its bold ambition: to become the global leader in healthcare technology. We seek to reach more patients in more meaningful ways more quickly. To achieve Medtronic’s bold ambition, we must build a world-class Global Operations and Supply Chain (GO&SC) organization that gives Medtronic a competitive advantage.

The E2E Supply Chain Enablement Director will lead our Global Supply Chain Technology Center of Excellence (CoE), with a strong emphasis on optimization, advanced planning, and digital supply chain transformation. You will work to enhance our planning tools and further leverage our Blue Yonder platform, ensuring we identify, initiate, and execute improvement projects across our entire supply chain and enable scalable, data-driven decision-making. As the Director, you will partner closely with Global Supply Chain leadership, business teams, Demand and Supply Planning teams, and IT, and drive innovation, standardization, and measurable business value through technology-enabled optimization.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts.

         

         

Reporting to the VP of Global Supply Chain, you will:

• Lead subject matter experts across network, analytics, demand, supply, and finite scheduling to elevate the success of our E2E supply chain.

• Analyze, develop, and implement long-term strategies that enable a best-in-class supply chain.

• Partner closely with key stakeholders to prioritize projects and orchestrate implementation.

• Support the business execution of new programs and initiatives, including forecasting and coordinating key events, new product launches, and network redesigns.

• Monitor key operations planning performance indicators and cost-to-serve performance data, and coordinate cross-functional work teams to increase the effectiveness of supply chain initiatives.

• Identify indicators and KPIs to drive improvement in the planning technologies, including cost-benefit analyses and plan quality.

• Build commitment to the technology solutions by engaging and influencing next-level leaders and key stakeholder groups, and communicating outcomes to the team.

• Elevate the training and skills of our end users in the tool to drive adoption and shift from how things are done to why they are done, with a deep understanding.

• Initiate IBP & S&OE process improvements tied to our planning technology.

• Develop the planning technology roadmap in partnership with others and drive the successful execution of the actions.

• Build commitment to the solution by engaging and influencing next-level leaders and key stakeholder groups, including commercial leaders, and communicating outcomes to the team.

• Establish an operating mechanism to streamline network change request processes.

Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant Supply Chain experience with 7+ years of managerial experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant Supply Chain experience with 7+ years of managerial experience.

• Demonstrated expertise in end-to-end Supply Chain Planning and optimization, with strong industry knowledge and experience leveraging advanced planning platforms such as Blue Yonder.

• Experience driving the adoption of new planning systems and processes across a matrixed organization.

Nice to Have:

• Proven project and change leadership skills, including leading cross-functional teams, managing complex stakeholder environments, and balancing multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Strong analytical and business acumen with a data-driven approach to decision-making and continuous improvement.

• Deep functional expertise and strong industry knowledge in Supply Chain Planning and optimization.

• Highly effective communicator and influencer, capable of building credibility, facilitating alignment, and driving consensus across functions and with executive leadership.

• Innovative, proactive leader with a coaching mindset who fosters engagement, inclusion, and talent developme