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A Day in the Life

Job Description

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Develops and implements long-term supply planning strategies and network plans to address capacity constraints, optimize production footprint, and support business objectives.
• Leads supply planning activities for new product introductions, promotions, product lifecycle changes, and network redesigns, ensuring successful execution.
• Serves as a key participant in monthly IBP and weekly S&OE processes, developing scenarios, identifying risks and exceptions, and driving data-based recommendations.
• Maintains planning master data and planning system integrity, ensuring governance, optimization, and continuous improvement of planning processes.
• Develops and manages the Master Production Schedule (MPS) to support customer demand and operational objectives.
• Partners with internal manufacturing sites and Contract Manufacturing/OEM partners to manage supply plans, forecasts, capacity, inventory, and production handoffs.
• Drives supply chain performance by monitoring and improving key metrics, including service level, inventory, net requirements, backlog, and capacity utilization.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with Regional Planning, Demand Planning, Customer Operations, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Marketing, Distribution, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and improve end-to-end planning processes.
• Leads complex planning initiatives, mentors other planners, and drives continuous improvement through standardization, analytics, and best practices.
• Fluency in both English and Spanish is required.

SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects – from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Recognized expert, managing large projects or processes . Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables of assignments, with limited oversight from manager . Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level specialists.

Organizational Impact: Contributes to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results . May manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, moderately complex and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation . Develops solutions to moderately complex problems, and/or makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products independently to enhance performance of job area. Implements solutions to problems.

Communication and Influence: Represents organization as a primary contact for specific projects and initiatives; communicates with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels . May negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement, and influence decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management: Typically provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. Typically manages major / moderately complex projects, involving delegation of work and review of work products, at times acting as a team leader.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires mastery of a specialty area and full knowledge of industry practices, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have broad knowledge of project management. Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Physical Job Requirements

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. 

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Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.