Senior Supply Chain Planner

Medtronic

Senior Supply Chain Planner ensuring product availability and flawless product launch at Medtronic. Collaborating with teams and leading planning efforts for supply chain management.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeNorth Haven • Colorado, Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $86,400 - $129,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERPPMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 escalate 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
Liaises with regions, DRP teams, Customer Operations, Contract Manufacturing, Sourcing, Marketing, and Distribution to improve overall communication and process flows
Ownership for documentation and making sure it is up to date, deployed, and the single source of truth

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, Dental and vision insurance
Health Savings Account
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance
Long-term disability leave
Dependent daycare spending account
Tuition assistance/reimbursement
Simple Steps (global well-being program)
Incentive plans
401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
Short-term disability
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Assistance Program
Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

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Hard Skills & Tools

supply chain planninginventory managementMaster Production Scheduleanalyticsforecastingpurchasingproject managementMaterial Requirements Planning (MRP)Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)capacity planning

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingteamworkorganizational skillsexception managementprocess improvementdocumentation management

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's DegreeAPICS CPIMProject Management Professional CertificationSix SigmaLeanDMAIC