Medtronic - Management Trainee

Position Title : Management Trainee

Career That Change Lives :

Bring your supply chain expertise to the India planning team, become a part of our transformation journey to advance patient care and outcomes with Medtronic products and therapies. You can rely on us to support you with the freedom, training, mentorship, guidance, and networks you need to grow and advance.

As the global leader in medical technology, Medtronic partners with the industry to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Be a part of a community of experts committed to ensuring quality, affordable care around the globe.

We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Responsibilities :

- Run planning operations and support or lead excellence initiatives in the planning department.

- Perform regular S&OP calls

- Ensuring on-time and optimum supply of inventory in the India and subsequent timely replenishment of inventory to spoke DCs and external customers so as to meet and exceed revenue commitments.

- Develop and maintain finished goods inventory targets by SKU based on service level objectives, and replenishment lead times.

- Minimize working capital costs by identifying opportunities to decrease finished goods inventory while delivering against service level objectives.

- Work closely with regional and global supply chain functions and other functions (as needed) to support all new product launches and product transitions while achieving performance targets on service level, working capital, and business waste.

- Monitor and analyse of key KPI's and financial data to identify performance and cost improvement opportunities and execute them

- Implement an effective structure/mechanism to collaborate with global, regional and local stakeholders.

- Collaborate with other functions within the APAC Planning Centre of Excellence (CoE) so as to deliver on various improvement initiatives

- Identify and manage improvements in line with the Planning Strategy for APAC that is aligned with the Global Supply Chain strategies and supports the APAC sub-regions to obtain excellence in perfect order fulfillment, cost leverage and sustained productivity, collaborative & innovative strategic partnerships and continuous process improvements.

- All other duties as assigned by manager

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

- Strong analytical and business acumen.

- Excellent problem-solving skills

- Continuous improvement mindset

- Superior interpersonal & influencing skills

- Strong results orientation (driving to deadlines, financial targets, project goals, etc.)

- MBA from a premier institute with 0-1 year of planning experience

Nice to Have:

- Demonstrated track record of working with teams within complex organizations

- Advanced excel skills including macros/VBA

- Knowledge of Data visualization tools like Power BI,etc.

- Knowledge of statistics or any advanced analytical tool

Physical Requirements:

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.

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 exciting and rewarding place to be.

We can accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.