Supply Chain Planner

Medacta® is a Swiss-based orthopedic company founded in 1999, renowned for its innovative products and surgical techniques. Notably, they pioneered the Anterior Minimally Invasive Surgery (AMIS®) technique for hip replacements, MyKA™ Kinematic Alignment Platform for knee replacement, and NextAR™ Augmented Reality Surgical Platform for use in shoulder, spine, and knee procedures. Leveraging their extensive orthopedic expertise, Medacta introduced My Solutions technology, which provides surgeons with highly personalized pre-operative planning and implant placement methodologies.

Utilizing advanced personalized kinematic models and 3D planning tools, My Solutions enhances surgical precision in hip, knee, shoulder, and spine procedures. Medacta's blend of orthopedic expertise and cutting-edge technology drives continual advancements in the field, enhancing patient care worldwide.

The Supply Chain Planner position is responsible for both supply chain management and sales operations support for Medacta Operations / Medacta USA. The position will work closely with the marketing team and logistic operations management to assist with forecasting/inventory planning, Business Intelligence Reporting, and conducting data analysis to improve our supply chain operations. This consists of consolidating company forecasts, projecting forecast inputs and demand history to generate rolling 12-month sales and usage forecast for all product lines.

In this role, you should have an analytical mind and a strong business acumen. Critical thinking skills and attention to detail are essential.

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor’s or associate degree with one to two years related experience, or High school diploma / general education degree (GED) and 7-10 years equivalent experience.

Experience Requirements:

Minimum of 4 years supply chain or operations analyst experience. Medical device experience preferred but not required.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are a requirement.
• Microsoft BI development experience is required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of operations and supply chain analytics.
• Attention to detail & demonstrated hands on work ethic.
• Outstanding organizational ability
• Problem solving aptitude.
• Analytical mind with business acumen
• Familiarity with supply chain processes (e.g. inventory planning, warehouse management)
• Experience in data mining, analysis and reporting.
• The ability to be a self-starter that proactively implements solutions.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• The ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Business Intelligence, Strong Analytical and Data Gathering Skills, Business Acumen, Self-Starter, Written and Oral Communication Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Mathematical Aptitude, Organization, Professionalism, Project Management, Time Management, Process Improvement, Change Management.
• High level (Intermediate to Advanced) Microsoft Office Excel skills (i.e. formulas and functions), Word, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence and data query/data management tools such as Qlik sense, Business Objects, Access, SQL.

• Sitting:
  Extended periods at a desk or workstation.
• Standing and Walking:
  Frequent movement within the office.
• Lifting and Carrying:
  Light to moderate lifting of office materials, supplies, etc.

Additional tasks may require reaching, manual dexterity, and visual acuity.

Internal:
Direct sales personnel, Marketing, Sales Administration, Customer Service, Quality Assurance, Professional Education, Human Resources, and Medacta International Personnel.

Less than 10%.

Highly confidential information regarding product development and marketing efforts.