Supply Chain

• Serve as the strategic technology leader for Medtronic’s global supply chain, partnering closely with business executives to drive digital transformation, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Shape technology strategy across planning, integrated business planning, logistics, transportation, warehousing, and fulfillment.
• Leverage modern platforms, data, AI, and analytics to create a more connected, intelligent, resilient, and efficient supply chain.
• Oversee a broad portfolio spanning business engagement, enterprise architecture, applications, cybersecurity, service delivery, and digital transformation.
• Ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value and support Medtronic’s mission of advancing the future of healthcare.
• Partner with Global Supply Chain leaders to translate business priorities into a multi-year digital roadmap.
• Lead a global team responsible for delivering secure, scalable, and modern technology solutions across planning, logistics, warehousing, transportation, and fulfillment.
• Influence stakeholders across a complex global organization and drive digital transformation initiatives.

Senior Director, IT Supply Chain Platforms, Data and Transformation

• 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 Mfg./OEM 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

Associate Supply Chain Planner

• Develop, integrate, and maintain account‑ or brand‑specific demand forecasts to support Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
• Incorporate key inputs such as replenishment data, point‑of‑sale information, sales promotions, marketing plans, manufacturing capacity constraints, and product lifecycle changes
• Improve demand forecast accuracy through analysis and application of appropriate statistical forecasting models
• Maintain and manage product demand history, baseline forecasts, and promotional demand projections
• Analyze internal demand streams and categorize products based on demand patterns to support forecasting strategies
• Align sales and marketing intelligence across operating units and integrate insights into forecasting systems
• Partner with sales organizations, national accounts, marketing, R&D, and supply planning teams to support demand planning and business decision‑making
• Lead or contribute to initiatives that improve forecasting processes, systems, and data quality

Principal Demand Planner

• Develop, integrate, and maintain account‑ or brand‑specific demand forecasts to support Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).
• Incorporate key inputs such as replenishment data, point‑of‑sale information, sales promotions, marketing plans, manufacturing capacity constraints, and product lifecycle changes.
• Improve demand forecast accuracy through analysis and application of appropriate statistical forecasting models.
• Maintain and manage product demand history, baseline forecasts, and promotional demand projections.
• Analyze internal demand streams and categorize products based on demand patterns to support forecasting strategies.
• Align sales and marketing intelligence across operating units and integrate insights into forecasting systems.
• Partner with sales organizations, national accounts, marketing, R&D, and supply planning teams to support demand planning and business decision‑making.
• Lead or contribute to initiatives that improve forecasting processes, systems, and data quality.

• This position is responsible for designing and implementing the material and information flow processes within projects.
• Key focus is understanding the complete end-to-end supply chain system and being a key contributor on small to medium scale projects.
• Seeks to understand customers needs in detail and how to satisfy them using a strong aptitude in process improvement and problem solving.
• Implement material, inventory, and information flow processes for the plan, make, source, and deliver strategies defined by business needs.
• Facilitate cross-functional team meetings, kaizen events, and value stream mapping sessions.
• Design and procure material storage systems, material handling equipment, and computer hardware on small to medium scale projects.
• Create and document basic information flow systems containing supply chain and IT deliverables to meet project objectives.
• Maintain relationships with internal and external business partners including engineers, IT, suppliers, supervisors, leads, etc.
• Communicate assigned tasks and project status to project team and direct supervisor using status reports, meeting minutes, and formal updates.
• Introduce new perspectives on existing solutions to continuously improve material and information flow processes.
• Able to work as 'in-charge' lead for supply chain specific tasks.
• Informally provides direction to IT, scheduling, procurement, sourcing, vendors, etc.

Supply Chain Process Designer I

• Leads and monitors control routines (complaints/redress, escalations, issue management) and drives root-cause remediation to prevent repeat customer and regulatory impacts.
• Provides independent subject matter expertise oversight across Trade & Receivables Finance Ops to improve decisioning, throughput, and ensure adherence to established procedures.
• Required to lead Regulatory interaction, strengthen key controls, and manage reconciliation breaks to reducing errors, losses, and rework.
• Mitigate risk to the bank and the customer to ensure customer satisfaction by collaborating across the organization to implement best practices globally
• Lead review of complex processes that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors, leading to operational improvements
• Provide recommendations on existing policies, practices, and procedures
• Implement complex efforts including documentation, governing rules, internal policies, and credit risk implications
• Make decisions in complex and multi-faceted situations requiring understanding of rules and regulations, governing trade and supply chain products
• Strategically collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.

Trade and Supply Chain Operations Lead

• Partner with Business Units, Project Managers, Engineering teams, and SCM specialists to develop and execute sourcing strategies for materials and services across project portfolios.
• Create, maintain, and manage Procurement Plans, including anticipated workloads, material and service requirements, long-lead items, and RFx activities.
• Forecast contract and purchase order requirements and ensure sourcing activities remain aligned with project schedules and business objectives.
• Act as the primary SCM point of contact and accountability for assigned projects and programs, providing guidance, reporting, and communication on SCM activities.
• Monitor procurement performance against established plans, proactively addressing risks, issues, and opportunities to support successful project delivery.
• Collaborate with SCM Contracts and Procurement Specialists to ensure effective execution of sourcing strategies, stakeholder alignment, and compliance with governance requirements.
• Resolve complex client and stakeholder issues while supporting continuous improvement initiatives, onboarding of new projects, and implementation of SCM processes.

Supply Chain Management Business Partner – Core Programs

• Lead the design, development, testing, and implementation of enterprise applications and platform capabilities
• Own delivery outcomes, ensuring solutions meet performance, scalability, reliability, and security standards
• Translate business and technology requirements into actionable delivery plans and execution roadmaps
• Partner with product, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver integrated, enterprise-aligned solutions
• Accountable for production stability, availability, and incident response for supported platforms
• Ensure adherence to change management, release management, and production support processes
• Drive continuous improvement in monitoring, alerting, and operational efficiency
• Provide end-to-end ownership of multiple applications across: Engineering and development, Production operations and incident response, Ongoing modernization and technical currency
• Lead and develop a team of software engineers and Agile resources (~8–10 team members)

Senior Systems Group Manager – Server Inventory Systems

• Ensure vendor invoice and work order contractual compliance by collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Drive process improvements, establish governance routines, and resolve compliance issues across vendor management, sourcing, facilities management, finance, and procurement
• Ensure rate cards and recurring work schedules align with vendor contracts and managed appropriately in Corrigo
• Draft recurring work schedules and loader files with Sourcing partners
• Review monthly reports to add, edit, or suspend schedules in partnership with the Account Business Operations Analyst
• Manage work order invoice interface errors and investigate root causes to prevent recurrence
• Liaise with vendors to resolve invoicing and work order inquiries
• Monitor vendor performance data in Corrigo and support corrective actions
• Develop and enforce operational procedures and Standard Operating Procedures
• Deliver supply chain data, analytics, and reporting

Supply Chain Operations Lead

• Support execution of customer supply chain strategies across assigned accounts, ensuring alignment to sales and inventory goals
• Analyze complex datasets (forecast, inventory, shipments, POS) to uncover insights and provide actionable recommendations
• Validate forecast accuracy and proactively identify risks, making adjustments or recommendations to improve alignment with demand and seasonality
• Review and manage customer orders, ensuring appropriate quantities and product flow timing to support sales priorities
• Lead and enhance reporting and KPI tracking; identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency and insight quality
• Serve as a primary analytical partner for ad hoc customer and internal requests, delivering clear, data-driven insights
• Manage and optimize promotional allocations at the store level; analyze results and recommend improvements to maximize sell-through
• Support new item launches and product transitions (e.g., discontinuations), helping to minimize waste and improve execution
• Identify key drivers impacting service levels, inventory, and product flow; communicate risks and opportunities to stakeholders
• Build strong working relationships with internal teams (Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Brand) and external customer partners
• Provide guidance and informal mentorship to junior analysts; elevate team analytics capabilities and best practices
• Support cross-functional initiatives and projects aimed at improving supply chain efficiency and customer performance
• Contribute to continuous improvement by enhancing tools, processes, and ways of working

Senior Analyst, Customer Supply Chain

• Develop optimization models and algorithms for last mile delivery operations
• Oversee the creation and development of demand forecasting and capacity management
• Design, develop, deploy and maintain machine learning algorithms
• Collaborate with product and business partners to define product roadmaps
• Create an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration communicating project information
• Manage resource allocation and communicate overall vision and goals for the team
• Enhance demand forecasting and capacity management
• Coordinate the analysis, troubleshooting and resolution of issues in software

Director, Operations Research – Last Mile Demand Forecasting and Capacity Management

• Responsible for managing and implementing short and long-term sourcing strategies to achieve business objectives for the Supply Chain function and contribute to Company-wide strategy.
• Define and direct sourcing initiatives in alignment with strategic plans and supply chain strategies.
• Negotiate and maintain contracts and agreements with key suppliers and service providers, ensuring quality, reliability, and competitiveness.
• Establish strong and effective relationships with key suppliers (existing and new) to ensure quality, cost, delivery, and productivity, while leveraging the combined buying power of Mortenson’s operations
• Collaborate across all business functions to formulate, implement, and execute sourcing and continuous improvement strategies.
• Monitor and analyze industry trends and lead the implementation of best practices for supply chain
• Provide centralized leadership to designated aspects of construction project-specific procurement and identify aspects that necessitate independent, site-level procurement
• When selling materials, lead contract negotiations with assigned customers. Ensure contract compliance
• Provide strategy guidance to category team on project proposals
• Identify and mitigate supply risks related to sole-source dependencies, geopolitical events, tariffs, logistics constraints, and supplier financial health
• Provide executive reporting on supply chain health, risks, and mitigation strategies
• Demand forecasting and capacity modeling
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Influencing without direct authority
• Lead the work of buyer team, while establishing strategies for sourcing and supply chain with process excellence focus.
• Foster teamwork, collaboration, and integration within Supply Chain and across Mortenson to provide cohesive solutions and ensure effective delivery of strategy.
• Lead team members by example, offer effective coaching and feedback, and effectively manage performance.
• Effectively work and build relationships with those of diverse backgrounds and organizational levels.
• Champion superior customer service by ensuring a customer focused approach and strong service orientation.
• All other duties as assigned.

Supply Chain Manager

• Prioritize and communicate replacement and rebuild capital needs for landfill heavy equipment assets across the Market Area.
• Ensure safe and reliable heavy equipment is available to support landfill and transfer station operational requirements, while optimizing asset utilization to meet production demands.
• Provide logistical oversight of transfer station operations, including equipment usage, compactor performance, and internal material flow to maximize efficiency and throughput.
• Partner with landfill and transfer station operations teams to improve productivity, reduce inefficiencies, and optimize both equipment performance and site operations.
• Utilize data, scorecards, and performance metrics to monitor performance, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement across heavy equipment and transfer station operations.
• Implement maintenance and operational plans that align with business priorities, focusing on cost control, ROI, and overall performance improvement.
• Execute corporate strategies, policies, and standard processes to ensure consistency, compliance, and operational effectiveness across sites.
• Collaborate with maintenance managers and cross-functional teams to drive performance, providing guidance and support while leading primarily through influence.
• Conduct fleet and operational evaluations to ensure maintenance standards are met and opportunities for improvement are identified.
• Ensure maintenance shops are appropriately staffed and equipped, supporting training, development, and overall team effectiveness.
• Support adherence to WM's Mission to Zero standards and regulatory requirements across all operations.
• Assist in budget and capital planning activities, including forecasting equipment needs and supporting long-term investment decisions.
• Maintain visibility across Business Unit maintenance and transfer station activities within the Market Area.
• Travel throughout Market Area (approximately 50%) to support landfill and transfer station locations.
• Approach all encounters with employees, customers, and vendors in a professional, service-oriented manner.
• Other special projects and tasks as assigned.

Area Manager – Heavy Equipment, Transfer Station Logistics

• Plan and manage production or purchase of materials to meet customer demand
• Analyze inventory records and create inventory strategy
• Manage material flow from suppliers through order fulfillment
• Expedite and de-expedite orders as necessary
• Partner with suppliers and internal fulfillment teams for improvement opportunities
• Monitor daily exception reports to identify and resolve inventory issues
• Place Purchase Orders or Production Orders as necessary
• Participate in and lead various projects and initiatives

Supply Management Planner II

• Demand Planning: Developing the 18-month rolling Demand Plan at SKU and Category level to the financial plans in collaboration with the Commercial, Finance, Marketing, and Operations functions.
• Analyzing demand data and working closely with the Commercial team to gain valuable consumer insights to make any necessary forecast adjustments.
• Performing root cause analysis of supply/demand issues, providing commercial solutions, and escalating where necessary.
• Analyzing forecasting accuracy for the monthly performance management cycle, ensuring all forecast variations and exceptions are understood and supported with a recovery plan where necessary.
• Supporting and actively contributing to the monthly S&OP process by preparing demand data, generating forecast reports, and participating in review meetings as needed.
• Undertaking regular data integrity checks of all demand planning master data fields to ensure all forecasts can be passed over to Senior Planning and Production Planning without error.
• Ensuring application of product status and product lifecycle planning.
• Adjusting demand plans to reflect seasonality, trends, and uplifts due to marketing activities, product lifecycle changes, category strategy, and consumer demand.
• Planning around new product introductions, considering cannibalization of existing products due to new product introductions.
• Managing Inventory: Owning and maintaining inventory reporting, including statistics on sales, inbound deliveries, stock holding, out-of-stock prevention, and reorder analysis.
• Ensuring optimal inventory levels are held to maximize sales and minimize inventory liability risk.
• Analyzing and Communicating: Communicating risks and opportunities to the business. Ensuring supply constraints are considered, and supply chain information is communicated to the relevant teams. Analyzing and reporting on forecast accuracy and bias measures, as well as quantitative and qualitative insights.

Demand Planner, Wholesale

• Lead the development and build out of various functions of Warehouse Management and Transport Management Applications on Manhattan Active platform (MASC)
• Lead technical implementation the Manhattan Active Warehouse Management and Transport Management systems
• Reviews business context for solutions to company challenges as well as defining the vision and requirements for the solution, recommending potential options, selecting the most optimal option, and the development of a roadmap for the selected solution.
• Initiate both group and one-on-one meetings with senior management in order to gain a clear understanding of business drivers, functional requirements and solutions
• Collaborate with external consultants, vendors and partners in building architecture roadmaps and solutions
• Lead design and architecture discussions for IT platforms engaging with other staff engineers, engineering teams across different business units to ensure secure and scalable solutions
• Use AI tools and technology with ‘AI first’ mindset to solve business problems
• Directs the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership
• Communicates the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborates and coordinates with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures
• Lead architecture, design and code reviews with engineering teams
• Provides oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, quality, timeliness, operational readiness, continuous improvement and cost-effective solutions
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to lead engineers and the technical team within a WMS domain
• Should be able to participate on support calls as needed and ensure production issues are resolved in a timely manner
• Travel as necessary to distribution center locations to support go-live initiatives.

Staff Engineer – Supply Chain Technology

• Develop forecast plans in partnership with Walmart and Target planners.
• Manage internal forecasts for Walmart and Target, ensuring accuracy at both the item and total business levels and alignment with retailer account strategies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with Walmart and Target Inventory Analysts and Replenishment Managers.
• Create and manage ladder plans for Walmart and Target to ensure accurate inventory flow and timely purchase order creation.
• Provide detailed forecasting and inventory reports to the Purchasing team to support domestic inventory flow planning.
• Coordinate with GFE regarding import purchase orders, forecast changes, and factory updates.
• Analyze Walmart Connect and Roundel campaign performance to help guide future marketing investments and business decisions.
• Conduct promotional performance analysis and provide recommendations to optimize results.
• Compile and analyze point-of-sale (POS) data across e-commerce and retail channels to identify trends and opportunities for future product listings and assortment expansion.
• Generate ad hoc reports, insights, and recommendations to support business objectives and evolving business needs.

Mass Inventory Analyst

• Build, manage, and elevate strong relationships with distribution partners
• Influence, motivate, and guide distributor sales agents to execute strategic priorities
• Assess partner capabilities, identify performance gaps, and implement development plans
• Lead joint business planning, including forecasting, territory coverage, and market expansion
• Drive sales through and with partners by providing strategic direction and ongoing commercial support
• Ensure distributors are fully equipped with product knowledge and selling tools
• Monitor and analyze sales performance and market trends
• Develop deep expertise in the ultrasound product portfolio and customer segments
• Maintain understanding of territory dynamics and healthcare market trends
• Translate market insights into actionable strategies
• Partner closely with marketing, product management, service, and finance teams
• Provide feedback from the field to support product enhancements and marketing campaigns
• Operate within established commercial frameworks while exercising sound judgment

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Senior Director, IT Supply Chain Platforms, Data and Transformation

Associate Supply Chain Planner

Principal Demand Planner

Principal Demand Planner

Supply Chain Process Designer I

Trade and Supply Chain Operations Lead

Supply Chain Management Business Partner – Core Programs

Senior Systems Group Manager – Server Inventory Systems

Supply Chain Operations Lead

Senior Analyst, Customer Supply Chain

Director, Operations Research – Last Mile Demand Forecasting and Capacity Management

Supply Chain Manager

Area Manager – Heavy Equipment, Transfer Station Logistics

Supply Management Planner II

Demand Planner, Wholesale

Staff Engineer – Supply Chain Technology

Mass Inventory Analyst

Channel Distribution Manager