Supply Chain Planner.

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

Mandatory requirements:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business Analytics, Finance, or a related field.
• Advanced degree or relevant supply chain certifications are a plus.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Supply Planning, or related analytical roles.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in inventory analysis, inventory optimization, or supply chain performance management.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing complex datasets, identifying performance gaps, and recommending actionable improvements.
• Experience working in cross-functional environments involving Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, and Distribution.

Technical Knowledge and Experience

• Strong understanding of inventory management principles, including safety stock, inventory targets, replenishment parameters, lead times, and inventory optimization.
• Working knowledge of inventory segmentation methodologies (ABC/XYZ), inventory policies, and service-level optimization.
• Experience analyzing inventory KPIs, including Days of Inventory (DOI/DIO), inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory health.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including root cause analysis and data-driven decision-making.
• Understanding of the relationship between demand variability, supply constraints, inventory investment, and product availability.

Systems and Analytical Tools

• Advanced Microsoft Excel: complex formulas, pivot tables, data modeling, and analytical reporting.
• Power BI: experience developing dashboards, visualizations, and performance reports.
• ERP systems: practical experience with SAP or equivalent enterprise systems.
• Experience extracting, validating, and analyzing large datasets from multiple sources.
• Familiarity with supply chain planning systems such as Blue Yonder is preferred.
• SQL, Power Query, or other data analytics tools are a plus.

Business and Communication Skills

• Ability to translate complex analytical findings into clear business recommendations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ownership, attention to detail, and ability to independently manage analytical initiatives.
• Ability to challenge existing processes and identify opportunities for standardization and continuous improvement.
• Strong business acumen, with an understanding of the financial and operational impact of inventory decisions.
• Advanced English (B2+-C1-C2)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in medical devices, pharmaceutical, or other regulated manufacturing industries.
• Lean Six Sigma certification or demonstrated continuous improvement experience.
• Experience supporting inventory governance, inventory policy development, or Center of Excellence initiatives.
• Exposure to statistical analysis, scenario modeling, and inventory optimization methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics that provide visibility into inventory health, working capital, service performance, excess inventory, aging inventory, and inventory optimization opportunities.
• Analyze complex inventory trends and business performance to identify risks, root causes, and improvement opportunities, providing actionable recommendations that improve inventory efficiency and customer service.
• Lead inventory optimization initiatives by partnering with cross-functional teams to reduce excess and obsolete inventory, improve inventory turns, optimize days of inventory, and strengthen overall inventory health.
• Establish inventory governance processes, performance standards, and KPI reporting to drive accountability, operational discipline, and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Translate data into executive-ready insights by developing compelling business cases, presentations, and recommendations that influence strategic decisions and organizational priorities.
• Partner with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Finance, Commercial, and Regional Operations to align inventory strategies, resolve complex business challenges, and deliver measurable business results.
• Design, automate, and continuously enhance reporting tools, dashboards, and analytical models that improve decision-making efficiency and increase organizational visibility.
• Monitor inventory performance against business objectives, proactively identifying emerging risks and recommending corrective actions before financial or service impacts occur.
• Champion continuous improvement by leveraging data analytics, automation, and best practices to simplify processes, improve reporting accuracy, and enhance organizational capability.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and data-driven decision making by sharing insights, educating stakeholders, and influencing positive business outcomes across the enterprise

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

• Analyzes, develops, and implements long-term supply chain strategies and networks that address capacity issues and production location decisions in support of business goals.
• Supports business execution of new programs and initiatives that include promotional activities, forecast and coordination for key events, new product launches, and network redesigns.
• Monitors key sales and operations planning performance indicators, cost-to-serve performance data, and coordinates cross-functional work teams to increase effectiveness of supply chain initiatives.

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: Established and productive individual contributor.
Works independently with general supervision on larger, moderately complex projects / assignments.

Organizational Impact: Sets objectives for own job area to meet the objectives of projects and assignments.
Contributes to the completion of project milestones .
May have some involvement in cross functional assignments.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are general, and may require understanding of broader set of issues or other job areas but typically are not complex .
Makes adjustments or recommends enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area.

Communication and Influence: Communicates primarily and frequently with internal contacts .
External interactions are less complex or problem solving in nature.
Contacts others to share information, status, needs and issues in order to inform, gain input, and support decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance and assistance to entry level professionals and / or employee in Support Career Stream.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
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 of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of 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.

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Who We Are

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

What We Do

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

How We Are Different

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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