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A Day in the Life

Responsibilities include

• Lead the end-to-end demand planning process for assigned product portfolios ensuring accurate timely and consensus-driven forecasts.
• Develop and maintain statistical and consensus forecasts using historical data market trends product life-cycle insights and commercial inputs.
• Facilitate and drive cross-functional demand review and S&OP/IBP meetings partnering with Sales Marketing Finance and Supply Chain to align on forecast assumptions and risks.
• Analyze KPIs (Forecast Accuracy Bias Forecast Value Add and demand variability); identify root causes and implement corrective actions to improve performance.
• Translate demand signals into actionable insights for supply planning manufacturing and inventory strategies.
• Support new product introductions (NPIs) product transitions and end-of-life planning through robust demand modeling and scenario analysis.
• Monitor and communicate demand risks and opportunities including upside/downside scenarios capacity constraints and market volatility.
• Ensure demand plans align with regulatory quality and compliance requirements inherent to medical device manufacturing.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives including process standardization system enhancements and adoption of advanced planning tools.
• Use understand and maintain cross-functional linkages within the organizations demand planning software. (Blue Yonder)
• Serve as a subject matter expert for demand planning processes tools and best practices within the organization.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior planners or analysts as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree Required
• Minimum of 4 years relevant planning experience or advanced degree with 2 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Operations Management Industrial Engineering Business Finance or a related field.
• Advanced degree (MBA MS in Supply Chain Analytics or Operations).
• Institute of Business Forecasting and/or APICS certification
• Experience in demand planning forecasting or supply chain analytics in a manufacturing environment. Medical device manufacturing or healthcare-related supply chain experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in demand planning tools and ERP systems (e.g. Blue Yonder SAP APO/IBP Oracle Kinaxis or similar) as well as advanced Excel.
• Experience with S&OP / IBP processes and cross-functional consensus forecasting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret large complex data sets and translate insights into business decisions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills in a matrixed global organization.
• Exposure to advanced analytics forecasting models or digital supply chain initiatives.
• Experience applying DMAIC or lean sigma methodologies.

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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.

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.