Director Supply Chain IHS E.M.E.A.

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 Life

Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) team members are seasoned professionals with in-depth knowledge of the healthcare value chain, as well as breadth of experience across multiple disciplines. They are able to partner with hospital management teams to drive complex transformational change, implement innovative growth strategies, streamline patient-focused care pathways and run and optimize operations.

The Supply Chain Director is responsible for IHS’s supply chain operations and capability development across EurAsia region. Reporting to the IHS Senior Director Operations EurArsia, this role will have responsibility for $200M spend and the supply chain of around 300 operating theatres and cath labs across EMEA.

The role will be responsible for customer care, inventory management, and master data across EurAsia. The role will be critical to both the service level within IHS’s materials management service as well as the healthy operations of IHS’s standalone products business. Next to that, this role should make sure our offering is continuously enriched and expanded with state-of-the art Supply Chain innovations in line with supply chain healthcare innovation trends.

The role will be located in the UK & a willingness to travel is required.

Main Job Duties and Responsibilities

Operational

• Oversee end-to-end supply chain for service and products business
• Develop and implement EurAsia-wide supply chain operations plan to support EurAsia-wide IHS services business
• Ensure optimal availability, inventory levels and wastage across IHS’s managed service accounts, in line with AOP targets and supporting P&L margins.
• Establish and maintain relevant KPI’s, appropriate scorecards, an effective escalation matrix, and an appropriate cadence of strategic and tactical business reviews in coordination with the broader IHS Senior Leadership team creating transparency, predictability, and accountability.
• Put in place and maintain strong regulatory and quality controls, in accordance with IHS existing policies and procedures.

Capability

• Bring supply chain innovations to IHS’s service (e.g., RFID tracking, consumption predictive analytics, AI usage etc.)
• Develop and execute comprehensive supply chain strategy aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements
• Develop and maintain an efficient SC IT landscape to manage operational and financial processes
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize cost, quality, and delivery performance
• Collaborating with marketing and commercial teams, driving a robust supply plan including new market entry strategies. Accountable for the overall effectiveness and efficiency of IHS EMEA supply chain including cost of delivery, volume scale-up, as well as continuous improvements.
• Identify and deliver analytics to enhance customer service levels and the value which IHS Supply Chain Managed Services brings to its clients.
• Develop internally, partner, or acquire new supply chain capabilities to ensure continued best-in-class health care supply chain services for IHS customers.

Team Leadership & Coaching

• Provide people leadership focused upon personal and collective accountability while fostering an environment that enhances personal growth and career development through mentoring and training.

Must Have Experience & Key Capabilities

• Proven ability to lead, manage, motivate, support and develop virtual geographically spread teams
• Strong knowledge of supply chain, manufacturing, especially within health care
• The ability to challenge existing practices while maintaining and enhancing services and standards.
• Executive leadership, familiar with sales, operational budget planning and review methodologies.
• Significant knowledge of healthcare industry and of current trends in healthcare purchasing, contracting, supply chain partners and logistics partners
• Demonstrated ability to operate from idea generation to execution
• Experience with development, maintenance and usage of supply chain IT systems and reporting tools

Qualifications

• University degree, preferably in operations, science, engineering, or business management
• Advanced degree in supply chain or manufacturing preferred.
• Languages: English is a must; other languages are a definite plus.
• Mimimum of 10 years of relevant experience with 7 years of managerial experience or advanced Degree with minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong experience leading a team of Inventory Management System users
• Strong knowledge of both finance and supply chain management processes
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise, influence and negotiate effectively at all levels
• Customer and business focus and understanding
• Project management, and leading to results through influence
• Problem-solving and technical skills

Willingness to travel within EurAsia (around 25%)

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.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

About 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 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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