Senior Supply Chain Planner

Responsibilities

• Efficiently managing supply for Medtronic’s Core Surgical products
• Ensuring product availability while meeting inventory targets and ensuring flawless launch of new products
• Analyze, develop, and implement long‑term supply chain strategies and networks that address capacity issues and production location decisions in support of business goals
• Actively lead and participate in monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and S&OE cycle managing long‑term rough‑cut capacity views and short‑term planning with scenario planning
• Identify and elevate exceptions for consideration with the suggestion of possible scenarios and solutions
• Complete master data cleanup, planning system maintenance, optimization & governance of standards
• Create Master Production Schedule
• Collaborate with Medtronic Planning and Contract Manufacturing teams – Monthly Planning Handshake/SIOP, forecast & capacity review, Monthly and Quarterly Operation Reviews
• Effectively manage the supply chain to meet and exceed KPI’s relating to service levels, net requirement attainment, inventory levels/inventory weeks, and backorder dollars
• Liaise with regions, DRP teams, Customer Operations, Contract Manufacturing, Sourcing, Marketing, and Distribution to improve overall communication and process flows
• Ownership for documentation and ensuring it is up to date, deployed, and the single source of truth

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant supply chain planning experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant supply chain planning experience
• Experience employing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in supply chain activities, including using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) (ie. Blue Yonder, SAP)
• Excellent analytics/statistical skills demonstrated through education or professional background
• Experience with purchasing, forecasting and supplier management
• Experience in 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
• For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.