Senior Production Planner

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

Become a Senior Production Planner for our Boston Scientific Operations Commercial Planning team in Maple Grove, MN. Our production planners are responsible for planning the manufacture of finished devices for our global customers across the Boston Scientific plant network. This position provides the opportunity to own and improve production planning processes, tools, and systems. Our production planners are passionate about continuous improvement and work closely with key partners and customers throughout the value stream.

Use your knowledge, skills, and passion to help improve the quality, cost, and delivery of Boston Scientific medical devices for our customers and patients across the globe.

Boston Scientific production planning activities are focused on meeting customer service objectives while always assuring a continuous production flow through our Value Streams. This role provides leadership for key processes such as SIOP, SIOE, and CI/LBP projects. A successful candidate should have strong technical skills and process capabilities, along with the ability to influence cross‑functionally and cross‑regionally. This individual will possess the ability to lead projects, give work direction, and execute manufacturing/materials strategy and tactics.

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 (3) days per week.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

• Serve as key point of contact for production units and sister sites and Global Supply Chain partners during SIOP/SIOE planning processes
• Provide strategic input and direction on manufacturing priorities to your stakeholders
• Proactively identify and problem‑solve material shortages impacting the build plans
• Identify opportunities and execute projects to achieve service level, build plan, on‑time delivery, and inventory objectives
• Own WIP and subassembly inventory for areas of management
• Demonstrate ability to train associates on the Planning/Materials Processes
• Provide inventory and recovery plan analysis as required
• Perform What If scenario planning as required
• Actively lead and participate in continuous improvement projects
• Collaborate with cross functional team members to manage product life cycle activities

• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in manufacturing planning, inventory control, demand planning, and/or supply chain
• Knowledge and experience with the Sales, Inventory, & Operations Planning (SI&OP) process
• Knowledge and experience with ERP software systems and knowledge of MRP
• Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office:
  Teams, Outlook, Excel, and Power Point

• Prior experience in medical device or similar, highly-regulated industry
• Knowledge and experience with SAP
• Knowledge and experience with APS software systems, ideally Kinaxis Rapid Response
• Experience in planning vertically integrated manufacturing
• APICS certification
• Experience in driving continuous improvement and/or project management

Minimum Salary: $71,500

Maximum Salary: $135,800

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.