Senior Production Planner

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.           

 

About the role:

Join the Materials Management team at Boston Scientific in Arden Hills. Boston Scientific is a leading global medical device manufacturer delivering millions of solutions to patients around the world. As part of our fast-paced and rapidly growing global team, you’ll contribute to critical functions including production planning, direct purchasing, and material handling—areas that closely support and interact with manufacturing operations. This is a great opportunity to be part of a hard-working, collaborative, and fun team while taking on meaningful and challenging responsibilities.

In this role, you will own planning processes, tools, and systems to lead weekly and monthly execution across your assigned production value streams.

 

Work model, sponsorship, relocation:

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop, maintain, and control the master production schedule

• Maintain and manage the MRP signal to ensure component availability

• Facilitate the supply response portion of the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning process, including rough-cut capacity planning

• Communicate and follow up on component and assembly availability issues

• Foster global partnerships with sister sites in Ireland, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica

• Participate in strategic projects aimed at improving safety, quality, service, and cost through continuous improvement methodologies

• Support production supervisors with the execution of the production schedule

• Prepare reports, presentations, and graphs for monthly operating reviews and planning meetings

• Analyze and interpret marketing forecast reports

• Conduct "what if" analysis related to regulatory uncertainty

• Communicate production planning updates to key stakeholders including Global Supply Chain, Marketing, Production Control, and Customer Service

 

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferably in Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or a related field

• Experience with ERP/MRP systems; SAP preferred

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in supply chain, materials management, or a related field

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

• Strong ability to influence cross-functional teams across the supply chain

• Effective communication skills across all levels of leadership

 

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with SAP and/or Rapid Response

• APICS certification and/or relevant coursework in demand and supply chain planning

• Experience working in a highly regulated environment, preferably within the medical device industry

 

 

 

Requisition ID: 613375 

Minimum Salary: $ 69500 

Maximum Salary: $ 132000 

 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

 

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensatio