**Careers that Change Lives**
You will be a key member of Medtronic Medical (Site manufacturing Supply Chain Team) in Costa Rica.
In this role, you will work in conjunction with your manager to execute focused supply chain solutions which support business objectives, including supply planning, inventory management, and project management.
You will also partner & support process improvement opportunities throughout each stage.
A career at Medtronic is like no other.
We're purposeful.
We're committed.
And we're driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.
**A Day in the Life
**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.
- Collaborate with varied business or system analysts, project team and business performing through project and organizational needs
- Plans and analyzes activities related to the timely, cost-effective procurement, inventory control, planning and quality control of production materials.
- Evaluate causes as well as effects of business problems, analyze options, and propose solutions.
- Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures, and material control systems to reduce costs, streamline procedures, and implement solutions.
**Must Have: Minimum Requirements**
- Bachelor's degree required in Industrial Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience or advanced degree
- Strong analytical, planning, Excel and organizational skills
- Bilingual English - Spanish Communication and Business Proficiency, and excellent written and verbal communication
**Nice to Have**
- Experience in Supply or Distribution Planning
- Knowledge or certification of SAP, Power BI, Lean Six Sigma, APICS are desired
- APICS (CPIM/CSCP) certification
- High level of integrity and accountability, curiosity and inquisitiveness
- Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams and deliver concise updates to various stakeholders
**About Medtronic**
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide.
At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services 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 want to 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.
Physical Job 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.
For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile.
The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.
Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
(ADA-United States of America)