Director, Supply Chain

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Operations & Quality team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.

The Director, Supply Chain will provide strategic leadership for the Metals supply chain network, with responsibility for planning, purchasing, logistics, capacity management, and execution across multiple global manufacturing locations. Operating in a highly technical, process- and machine-driven environment, this leader will oversee the translation of finished goods demand into Metals production plans and capacity scenarios across both internal and external manufacturing operations.

They will lead a global team of planning and purchasing professionals while partnering closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, and supplier partners to ensure alignment between demand, production capacity, material availability, and supplier forecasts. As the central Supply Chain leader for the Metals network, this individual will play a critical role in facilitating communication, resolving and escalating constraints, and developing the processes and capabilities needed to support an evolving global manufacturing network.

• Plan and direct complex activities (e.g. site procurement, vendor selection and negotiation) across multiple value streams with the accountability for successful completion of all deliverables.
• Lead in identifying risk, developing mitigation strategies, alternative solutions, resolving issues, etc. in collaboration with cross functional and/or matrix teams.
• Manage and oversee the work in purchasing, planning, warehousing and control of materials from the receipt of forecasting replenishment needs to the delivery of the finished product into finished goods inventory and delivery of products within multiple areas, functionalities, scope and/or locations and may have financial budget responsibilities.
• Develop a strategy for the talent development plan in alignment with functional growth strategies of the department.
• Identify risk, develop and lead in the implementation of broad and more complex supply chain strategies which may include negotiations with internal and external parties.
• Identify, validate and implement processes (e.g., supply planning, buyer planning, capacity planning and S&OP) in multiple value streams that align with key business strategies.
• Develop infrastructure including design of training, processes and creation of SOPs.
• Drive a value stream mindset and culture of continuous improvement based on lean and Six Sigma principles and EW Production System (EPS).
• Identify and evaluate strategic opportunities and provide recommendations on solutions.
• Other incidental duties.

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field with experience in planning, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, and/or materials management required and skill levels exceeding the requirements of the previous level or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
• Demonstrated track record in people management or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

• 10+ years of related experience
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry
• MBA Certification in…