We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 11 Jul 2025

 

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

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
At Medtronic we seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader — that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.

We are currently seeking a Sr Supply Chain Planner for our Medtronic’s Robotic Surgical Technologies Operating Unit.

This will be a hybrid opportunity for someone living within North America who lives commuting distance from a Medtronic site. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business by driving supply chain solutions.


This role requires to work 4 days in office and 1 day remotely.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Develop the Master Production Schedule (MPS) each month optimizing service while constraint by resources.
• Identify and participate in the resolution of issues by employing strong analytical and planning skills.
• Analyze, develop, and implement long-term supply chain strategies and networks that address capacity issues and production location decisions in support of business goals.
• Conduct weekly operations calls with manufacturing sites and distribution centers to align on weekly production schedule and to understand any capacity/supply constraints
• Utilize SAP/APO to ensure correct flow of demand signals through the whole value stream and ensure accuracy of build prompts at manufacturing sites
• Actively plan and support new business initiatives, new product launches, product rationalizations, and agility transfers
• Own supply chain service and inventory metrics. Leadership of regular cross-functional metric performance reviews
• Partner with the manufacturing plants, developing projections of service recovery during periods of supply disruption, and taking proactive actions to minimize product availability issues and timely communicate to global regions
• Develop working relationships with planners globally and build a “virtual” team throughout value stream
• Work cross functionally on project teams and develop relationships with Manufacturing, Marketing, R&D, Finance, Engineering, and customer service
• Act as a key resource in monthly IBP supply cycle responsible for site production plan accuracy to requirements, rough cut capacity views and scenario planning. 
• Drive operation metrics such net requirements, inventory targets and projections.
• Manage inventory to maximize service and minimize investment. Own Enterprise Inventory Optimization (EIO) input for optimization of global safety stocks. 
• Understand Lean Sigma DMAIC methodology and utilize lean principles and problem-solving methodology to drive continuous improvement in processes leading to service/inventory improvement
• Lead complex projects including optimization of production capacity, agility transfers, balancing global inventory network, improving global service levels, and improving manufacturing/ supply chain efficiency.
• Act as a Change Agent by identifying / solving problems and improving processes.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required.
• Minimum of 4 years relevant experience, or advanced degree with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• 4 years of experience in supply chain planning and/or inventory, capacity, or operations planning. Or an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of experience in supply chain planning and/or inventory, capacity, or operations planning.
• MBA / Master's Degree
• Experience using SAP/APO, Blue Yonder or other ERP systems
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint focus)
• APICS (CP