Supply Chain Solutions Architect -

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 LifeAs the Supply Chain Solutions Architect – Global Operations & Supply Chain (GO&SC) Data, you will lead, design, and drive critical business data solutions and programs that deliver measurable gains in accuracy, speed, effectiveness, and cost of operations. The Solutions Architect is a leadership role with responsibility for Solution Design that includes hands on Project Management execution and leadership for key GO&SC Data programs that significantly advance the day-to-day transactions, intelligence, and decisions taken across the data ecosystem. In leading key GO&SC Data Solution Designs, you will effectively architect, communicate, and lead data solutions required for key programs. As a hands-on leader of programs the Solutions Architect’s responsibilities will be focused on the most critical programs requiring design, communication, and implementation of operational plans for completing a project as well as extreme ownership during the full life cycle of a project from Idea through Pre-Study, Development, Pilot, & Roll-Out.
We look for leaders who have a clear vision of where we are going and how to get there, bold inclusive thinkers who create new ideas and bring our best solutions forward to benefit our patients, business partners, and customers.
A key success factor for the Supply Chain Solutions Architect will be to cross functional boundaries and partner with project stakeholders, resource leaders, and fellow technical experts to drive the delivery of expected benefits of key programs to provide value to the business. The domains of the Data being analyzed will include areas throughout Global Operations & Supply Chain including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Detailed Scheduling, Shop Floor, Manufacturing, Digital Transformation, Quality Inspection, Outbound Logistics, Inbound Logistics, Warehouse Management, Order Fulfillment, Backorder Management, and others.
As the Supply Chain Solutions Architect – GO&SC Data, you will be an individual contributor with significant responsibility to align resources, teams, and overall execution of your programs. Your goals will also include delighting our key customer base with a focus on delivering a best-in-class data experience across the global operations and supply chain. You will:
• Take ownership, lead, and deliver benefits of key Global Operations & Supply Chain Data programs and initiatives
• Develop, lead, and execute key Data Solution Designs for the Global Operations & Supply Chain Data Team
• Bring industry and supply chain expertise to help design, solve, and select effective solutions in seeking both short and long-term solutions to data challenges
• Champion the growth of knowledge and functionality surrounding Global Operations & Supply Chain Data through clear and effective communications with leaders, internal business partners, and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with all functional areas to increase awareness of major initiatives and inclusion in the overall project prioritization process
• Develop full-scale project plans containing milestones and project tasks with the necessary resource requirements
• Create and coordinate project teams and monitor their resource allocation within GO&SC
• Report progress and KPIs while escalating risks and issues for resolution
• Grow and develop a knowledge base and experience in key business processes within Global Operations & Supply Chain Data
Qualifications - External
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, and Business Data Management domain experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
Nice to Have
• Domain expertise in multiple functional areas of Global Operations & Supply Chain plus broader practical experience across with Enterprise Data systems and management
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to refine information and translate it into effective communication at multiple levels
• Demonstrated expertise supporting an Enterprise Data Management function that enabled tangible business outcome realization through leveraging data as a competitive asset.
• Experience in product manufacturing-based industry.
• Expertise in solutions design and architecture to see longer term and bigger picture solutions that are scalable, simple, and effective to drive our digital transformation
• Proficiency with multiple levels of enterprise applications supporting supply chain, including ERP, Advanced Planning, PLM/Data Governance, Data Visualization/Business Intelligence, Shop Floor, Warehouse Management, Regulatory/Trade, and others
• Experience in a large-scale, highly matrixed, global environment with multiple operating units managing both centrally to aligned common standards and locally when needed.
• Integrity, organizational commitment, and results orientation
• Talent to understand, learn from, and interact with people at all levels, internal and external
• Refined leadership skills and the ability to lead change and make effective decisions
• Value the process of project and portfolio management as a strategic business advantage
• Deep and broad experiences leading large and small projects in multiple functions
• Ease of operating in a dynamic environment where the candidate is the driving force and catalyst for project progress

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Performs supply chain and logistics functions such as material procurement, production planning, inventory control, outsourcing, vendor selection and distribution.
• Creates integrated processes among internal functions (e.g., operations, purchasing and logistics) and outside suppliers.
• Plans and analyzes activities related to the timely, cost-effective procurement, inventory control, planning and quality control of production materials.
• Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures, and material control systems to reduce costs, streamline procedures, and implement solutions.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CAREER STREAM: Program Managers and Directors focus on tactical, operational activities for a major program with broad or ongoing impact. Levels within the program management career stream typically accomplish program objectives through matrixed employee teams and / or vendors who are not direct reports but for which the incumbent has direct accountability to lead. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing program/team performance, communicating project and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of program team members. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of program team members.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Manages one or more small-scale, developed or mature programs with well-defined program plans and delivery methodologies.
Is accountable for overall program process, performance, and customer satisfaction.

Organizational Impact: Provides input to establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets .
Recommends new policies and procedures that affect program management.
May have budget accountability for one or more programs.
Program decisions are generally made only after consultation with higher level management.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems faced are difficult, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem.
Problems typically impact multiple workstreams, departments or specialties .
Modifies programs management processes to improve program.

Communication and Influence: Communicates and leads meetings with internal and external customers and vendors, conducts briefings to higher level management team.
Solves issues through information exchange, influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties on program execution plans.

Leadership and Talent Management: Leads, directs and reviews the work of a team of professionals and/or vendors who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
Direct involvement in daily tasks necessary for successful program execution.
Not directly responsible for hire or fire decisions and people management.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics within one job area.
Typically has advanced knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with understanding of the impact of work on other areas of the organization.
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

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.
 

About Medtronic

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