Boston Scientific · 2 weeks ago
Global Supply Chain Planner III
Maple Grove, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$64K/yr - $121K/yr
3+ years expBoston Scientific is a leader in medical science, committed to solving important health industry challenges. The Global Supply Chain Planner III will collaborate with various teams to manage inventory levels, drive business execution of new programs, and enhance supply chain initiatives while ensuring effective communication and coordination across functions.
Health CareMedicalMedical Device
Responsibilities
Possesses solid knowledge of Microsoft suite, with proficiency in Excel
Possesses solid knowledge of SAP ERP and Kinaxis Rapid Response planning systems
Conducts solid analytics on business problems and datasets
Produces, retrieves, and interprets reports using standard systems and tools
Applies understanding of supply chain-related metrics to accomplish own work
Daily monitoring of inventory levels for products in their portfolio
Recommends inputs to inventory targets and maintain in system
Manages inventory to plan, identifies and leads opportunities for improvement and in short supply situations, allocates product with moderate level of guidance and using prescribed guidelines or policies
Communicates supply updates to marketing and regional planners, with factual sometimes complex and potentially dynamic information in straightforward situations
Works directly with marketing, sales operations, and regional planners to set the forecast to meet global demand for stable portfolios, less complex supply chains
Organizes and presents data to influence and improve forecast accuracy and reduce forecast bias through moderate level of guidance and direction from more senior roles within the job function
Facilitates portions of cross-functional SI&OP Demand Planning and Net Requirements meetings
Independently collaborates with global peers to ensure complete and credible net requirements for standard and more complex situations are being captured for products in their portfolio
Independently works with supply sites/SFMD’s for Supply Management on identifying and presenting standard and more complex issues or decisions needing escalation to Integration & Reconciliation
Supports projects or analysis resulting from SI&OP process
Independently prepares product lifecycle SI&OP templates
Ensures sufficient inventory per product event plan and communicates product lifecycle tracking materials to cross functional SI&OP team
Recommends changes to inventory strategy as needed
Escalates issues through SI&OP process
Represents supply chain on more complex product development, sustaining engineering or EOL/EOS team
Ensures GSCP-owned fields are complete and accurate for the products in their portfolio
Remains current on training for SOP’s and Work Instructions regarding ERP and planning system master data
May be knowledgeable on master data fields managed in other functions to provide input when asked
Develops and documents project plans
Gains an understanding of dependencies and sequence of events
Executes required monthly/scheduled tasks with some oversight and applies understanding of business drivers and how own team integrates with others to accomplish own work
May lead a project team of small to moderate scope with moderate level of guidance and direction
Escalates issues to management and uses prescribed guidelines or policies in analyzing situations and resolving problems to deliver continuous business results
No supervisory responsibility; may provide informal guidance to new team members
Supply Chain representative within a franchise or product line, supporting the end-to-end supply chain design
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Required
3+ years' experience in Supply Chain Planning, materials management, manufacturing planning or inventory control function
Working experience with DRP, MPS, MRP, SAP or ERP System
Strong PC skills utilizing software programs like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Consistently performs to a high level of accuracy and with a high attention to detail
Adaptable, flexible, and willing to accept new ideas, processes, and procedures
Strong analytical skills: able to efficiently use data to make good decisions
Effective communication skills: able to present information to varying levels of an organization
Preferred
Ability to work independently and with business stakeholders to achieve business objectives
Strong collaboration skills: able to build relationships and trust with cross-functional business partners
Working experience with Kinaxis/Rapid Response & SAP
Business Acumen
Benefits
Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).
Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).
Company
Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a medical technology company that designs and develops medical devices to diagnose and treat a wide range of condition.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$10.02B2025-02-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.58B
2024-02-22Post Ipo Debt· $2.17B
2022-03-04Post Ipo Debt· $3.28B
Leadership Team
Michael Mahoney
Chairman, President & CEO
Daniel J. Brennan
Chief Financial Officer
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