We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 24 Sep 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

In this exciting role as a Sr. Supply Chain Planner, you will have responsibility for efficiently managing supply for Medtronic’s Cardiac Surgery products. Primary responsibility will be ensuring product availability while meeting inventory targets and ensuring flawless launch of new products. This position leads and works in a collaborative environment with other business functions and will support the department’s strategic goals and objectives with limited direct supervision.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. In the United States we're working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. If the position is located in Bogota, Costa Rica or Dominican the position will be 100% remote.

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Medtronic is intensely focused on creating a workplace environment which reflects our standing as the world’s top medical device company. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business.

• Analyzes, develops, and implements long-term supply chain strategies and networks that address capacity issues and production location decisions in support of business goals.

• Acts as key participant in monthly IBP and weekly S&OE cycles managing long-term rough-cut capacity views and short-term planning with scenario planning. Identifies and escalates exceptions for consideration with the suggestion of possible scenarios and solutions.

• Completes Master data cleanup, planning system maintenance, optimization & governance of standards.

• Creates Master Production Schedule

• Collaborates with Medtronic Planning and Contract Mfg./OEM teams – Monthly Planning Handshake/SIOP, forecast & capacity review, Monthly and Quarterly Operation Reviews

• Effectively manages the supply chain to meet and exceed KPI’s relating to service levels, net requirement attainment, inventory levels/inventory weeks, and backorder dollars.

• Liaises with regions, DRP teams, Customer Operations, Contract Manufacturing, Sourcing, Marketing, and Distribution to improve overall communication and process flows.

• Ownership for documentation and making sure it is up to date, deployed, and the single source of truth.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required

• 4+ years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 2+ years relevant experience

• Candidate must be fluent in English

Nice to Have

• Experience using SAP in supply chain activities

• Experience using Blue Yonder in Material Requirements Planning

• Excellent mathematics/analytics/statistical skills demonstrated through education or professional background

• Experience with purchasing, forecasting and supplier management.

• Experience managing projects and working in teams

• Experience with computer applications including Microsoft office

• Master’s Degree

• APICS CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management)

• Project Management Professional Certification

• Six Sigma, Lean and DMAIC expertise

• Familiar with working in an ISO 13485 and FDA regulated environment

• Strong communication skills (both verbally and in written) with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate with business stakeholders

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. 

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