We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 27 Nov 2024

 

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

Careers that Change Lives

The Sr. Inventory Coordinator role is an on-site/office position that is responsible for managing the Spinal inventory dedicated to the specified sales area.  This position will be responsible for tracking inventory and logistically securing the inventory for spine cases at hospitals and surgery centers in the local area surrounding the office.  The Sr. Inventory Coordinator works closely with local sales managers and sales reps in managing the assigned inventory and ensuring top utilization of the systems.   This role acts as an “air traffic controller”, dictating where the inventory needs to be going, utilizing local Medtronic drivers, couriers and other logistics services to cover surgical needs. This position will be responsible for understanding current IT systems (Excel, SAP, PowerBi and others) to manage, track and analyze performance of assigned inventory.   

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident — we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

A Day in the Life

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

• Requires knowledge of company products, company functions, marketing and/or service policies and procedures.

• Responsible for maintaining records and reporting for regional office

• Updates local Sales Team of corporate announcements and important information

• Requires knowledge of company inventory and field inventory logistics procedures

• Responsible for tracking shared inventory (surgical sets) assigned to regional office

• Ensure reconciliation, coordination and closure for periodic counts of set inventory

• Maintain master schedule for use of inventory assigned to regional office

• Responsible for locating inventory within assigned region (or outside) to support local case demand

• Maintain regional office inventory to ensure all components are available for cases

• Replenish sets with needed implants and instruments

• Coordinates set delivery via FIA (Field Inventory Associate) or courier services

• Provide assistance and support to DSM’s (District Sales Managers) and Sales Associates

• Maintains Office supplies 

• Process incoming and outgoing shipments

• Coordination of target setting to ensure maximum performance of shared inventory

• Liaison between field inventory logistics team and sales team

• Site leader/office manager of regional office

• Coordination of new set build deployments with inventory support team

• Proactively reports progress of office to identify successes and improvements

• Interacts with peers, employees, upper management and others on a frequent basis

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Nice to Have

• SAP and/or production planning / order management software experience

• Medical device inventory management, materials management, and/or supply chain management experience

• Logistics and shipment coordination experience

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 pee