Galway, IRL
2 days ago
Senior Buyer/Planner
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** **Medtronic** At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. **Our Purpose** 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 the 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 standardisation of raw materials supply management tools. They are responsible for ensuring materials inventory goals are achieved and obsolescence is always minimised. Buyer/Planners are responsible for communicating product availability information to internal stakeholders. **_Come for a job, stay for a career!_** **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, analyses 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/Lead on cross functional teams on identified projects (examples New Product Introduction, Lean events, A3 – DMAIC process improvements etc.) + Monitor performance of suppliers and collaborate on demand analysis planning. + Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. + Provides support, guidance and coaching to other team members in the department. **Key Skills & Experience** + Requires a Level 8 Degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant 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** **\#IJ** **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. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). **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 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. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) 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. **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 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 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 law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees) . For updates on job applications, please go to the candidate login page and sign in to check your application status. If you need assistance completing your application please email AskHR@medtronic.com To request removal of your personal information from our systems please email RS.HRCompliance@medtronic.com
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