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Job Summary
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
Our Buyer / Planning team within our Operations Scheduling department is a key function to ensure reliable and predictable supply of raw materials to our Manufacturing locations in Ireland. We focus on developing and managing world class Supply Chains to support Manufacturing requirements and the Medtronic Mission to help expand access to Quality Healthcare. Buyer / Planners are directly involved in effective Purchase Order management Supplier forecasting and alignment on delivery commitments from our suppliers. Buyer / Planners collaborate with Strategic Operations Sourcing partners on supplier development activity and process standardization of raw materials supply management tools. They are responsible for ensuring materials inventory goals are achieved and obsolescence is always minimized. Buyer / Planners are responsible for communicating product availability information to internal stakeholdersOur Buyer / Planning team within our Operations Scheduling department is a key function to ensure reliable and predictable supply of raw materials to our Manufacturing locations in Ireland. We focus on developing and managing world class Supply Chains to support Manufacturing requirements and the Medtronic Mission to help expand access to Quality Healthcare.
Buyer / Planners are directly involved in effective Purchase Order management Supplier forecasting and alignment on delivery commitments from our suppliers. Buyer / Planners collaborate with Strategic Operations Sourcing partners on supplier development activity and process standardization of raw materials supply management tools. They are responsible for ensuring materials inventory goals are achieved and obsolescence is always minimized. Buyer / Planners are responsible for communicating product availability information to internal stakeholders.
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A Day in The Life Of:
- Sources purchases plans and schedules the movement of raw materials packaging materials parts components services and related material through production and inventory process
- Identifies raw material component and related requirements from engineering and production specifications and schedules
- In front-end procurement mode analyzes data and determines factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality reliability and ability to meet required schedules
- Coordinates and follows up with production warehouse and engineering personnel to ensure appropriate procurement scheduling and movement of materials and services
- Compiles information to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes aligning with the Category Management team for commercial negotiations
- Maintain strong working relationships and communications with Manufacturing and Suppliers to confirm production/shipping schedules whilst maintaining strong purchase order standard work aligned with Medtronic policy
- Maintain Item Master on ERP and manage Engineering changes (ECOs)
- Inventory Management: Support reporting inventory parameters inventory reduction and inventory turns increase targets. Product Life Cycle management (end of life component management)
- Participate on cross functional teams on identified projects (examples New Product Introduction Lean events etc.)
- Monitor performance of suppliers and collaborate on demand analysis planning
Key Skills & Experience
- Requires a Level 7 Degree and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with 0 years of experience
- Requires practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience
- OpEx Training Lean and Six Sigma experience in a continuous improvement environment an advantage
- Excellent analytical planning numerical and organizational skills are required
- Interpersonal and presentation skills required for internal and external liaisons with Suppliers and Medtronic stakeholders
- Effective negotiation skills and experience in negotiation
- Proficient IS System Skills including knowledge of Microsoft office packages (Particularly Excel) and MPS/MRP ERP system knowledge
- Will demonstrate initiative to take on additional responsibilities
Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package
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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.
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.
About Medtronic
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 95000 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.
Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here
Key Skills
- GIS
- JAWS
- Military Experience
- Business Management
- Emergency Management
- Joint Operations
- Production Planning
- Relationship Management
- Strategic Planning
- ERP Systems
- Exercise Planning
- MRP
About Company
About Medtronic Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an excit ... View more
