Senior Supply Chain Program Manager

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 12 Jun 2026.

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.

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 Senior Supply Chain Planning Program Manager. As part of the Global Supply Chain team, you will support projects focused on critical supply chain initiatives, process improvement, and connections to enterprise programs.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness, putting patients first in everything we do. In‑person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We work onsite a minimum of four days per week to foster professional growth, strengthen cross‑functional collaboration, and engineer the extraordinary. This position will work onsite in Minneapolis, Minnesota or Lafayette, Colorado.

As a Senior Supply Chain Planning Program Manager, you will be responsible for providing direct leadership and support for the development and execution of long‑term strategies that will optimize Medtronic’s position in terms of service, cost and customer value. You will report to a Sr. Supply Chain Planning Manager and will be working closely with enterprise functional teams and operating units to plan and execute strategic Global Supply Chain initiatives.

• Develop, advocate, and execute on Supply Chain transformational projects that align with the business and enterprise strategies to maximize service and cost.
• Utilize process improvement and project management principles and tools to deliver practical solutions to complex problems and achieve significant improvement results.
• Communicate and share results and "how it was done" best practices.
• Excel at technical skills associated with Six Sigma, Lean, and Project Management techniques for medium to large sized projects and/or work streams inside of larger projects.
• Lead projects from initiation to successful/timely completion; develop and define project charters, schedules, and key milestones/deliverables.
• Anticipate and proactively manage program risks and issues that impact program progress.
• Assess change readiness and prepare plans for helping stakeholders through change.
• Successfully influence and manage at all levels of the organization. This position works with Operations, Finance, GSC, Sourcing, Quality, Marketing, Distribution and Customer Service.
• Passionately drive process excellence visibility and awareness across the businesses.
• Interface with IT for project‑based needs.
• Report and communicate status of projects to Operations & GSC Senior staff or other appropriate leadership regularly.

• Perform supply chain and logistics functions such as material procurement, production planning, inventory control, outsourcing, vendor selection and distribution.
• Create integrated processes among internal functions (e.g., operations, purchasing and logistics) and outside suppliers.
• Plan and analyze activities related to the timely, cost‑effective procurement, inventory control, planning and quality control of production materials.
• Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and material control systems to reduce costs, streamline procedures, and implement solutions.

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those…