(Senior) Demand Planner
Careers that Change Lives
The European Operating Center located in Heerlen houses a team of 120 Supply Chain specialists which are accountable for Supply Chain Management for the entire Medtronic product portfolio containing over 80,000 active products, generating over 4 b$ of revenue. From here we serve our customers in over 120+ countries in Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
Day in Life
As a Demand Planner you will be contributing to the Medtronic Mission by helping to guarantee that we have a realistic demand plan in place. You will do this by working in close cooperation with the EMEA Marketing and Business teams. You as such ensure our customers & patients receive our life changing therapies on time.
You will closely cooperate within a matrix environment with stakeholders from Supply Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Marketing, Sales and other global and local departments.
Within the Supply Chain Planning team, you will coordinate launches and phase outs, manage master data settings to support product availability and meet customer requirements in the EMEA region. Furthermore, you support and come up with improvements.
Must Haves
• Bachelors or Master’s degree preferably in logistics or supply chain
• 3-5 years of experience in Supply Chain Management in an international environment
• Analytical and technical skills (MS-Office), you are able to analyse raw data and translate into concrete actions and reports.
• Excellent command of the English language
• Contributes to the KPI and performance settings
• Adaptive to change; you are able to prioritize within multiple day-to-day activities and projects. You understand and actively contribute BU goals.
• Thinks end to end when dealing with challenges and opportunities.
Nice to Haves
• Experience with SAP / ERP
• Identify opportunities for self-development.
We Offer
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package to all our employees:
• Flexible working environment
• Annual Incentive Plan % depending on company results
• Pension scheme and group discount on healthcare insurance
• Training possibilities via Cornerstone/Harvard Manage Monitor/Skills Lab
• Employee Assistance Program and Recognize! (our global recognition program)
Our Commitment
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute.
We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communities if we hope to have a long-term sustainable impact.
Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.
About Medtronic
Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are 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 90,000+ passionate people. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. Expect more from us as we empower insight-driven care, experiences that put people first, and better outcomes for our world.
In everything we do, we are engineering the extraordinary.
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