St Jude Medical Jobshttp://jobs.sjm.com2012-05-24 00:10:44.819889USAMinnetonkaSupply Chain Manager Job Requisition #: 11735 Date Posted: 02/01/2012 Category: Purchasing Location: Minnetonka - MN - USA About Us Our teams produce game-changing ideas and life-changing results. A career at St. Jude Medical puts you on the leading edge of medical technology, working for a company driven by its entrepreneurial culture and its passion for quality. Isn't this the kind of change you would like in your life? We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We currently have this position open in our Cardiovascular Division: Job Overview Summary: Provide leadership to the Supply Chain organization and ensure business service level objectives are met. Coordinate and oversee key supply chain planning functions: demand planning, launch planning, master data maintenance, capacity planning, production execution, inventory target management, and capacity allocation. This position will serve as the key point of contact for Operations, R&D, and Clinical supply chain activities. Analyze economics of inventory investments to attain the highest service levels with lowest inventory investment. Develop and implement supply chain business process improvements. Duties and Responsibilities: Manage worldwide finished goods inventories using best practice supply chain replenishment methodologies. Deliver accurate forecasts by partnering with Marketing and geographies that set the stage for existing business, new product launches, or distribution channel changes. • Continual focus upon reducing costs and improving inventory turnover and customer service levels • Diagnose inventory overages and shortages. Execute plan to maintain target inventory levels. • Generate production plans necessary to achieve business operating plans and provide for production efficiency while maintaining service level objectives • Analyze new product launch requirements to determine optimal inventory management strategy • Manage stores inventory levels, inventory integrity, and the consumption / replenishment process. • Monitor production flows to ensure timely production, shipping, and receipts • Communicate, maintain, and enhance supply chain performance metrics and ensure all supply chain performance metrics are achieved including service level, timely work orders, inventory turns, and target inventory levels. • Build a high performing team by demonstrating the ability to attract, develop, and retain high potential employees • Responsible for ERP master data accuracy and maintenance. Establish demand requirements and provide leadership to the plant execution functions. • Responsible for developing strategic and operational plans and for coordinating supply chain activities in support of business objectives. • Execute the Sales and Operations Planning Process • Develop continuous improvement efforts which promote supply chain efficiency and business profitability • Work with program management and engineering throughout product life cycle to identify and implement supply chain strategies which support product and process cost improvements, lead time reductions and internal inventory optimization. Education, Experience, Personal and Technical Skills: • BS in Materials Management, Business, Finance or a related field. MBA preferred. • 5+ years of related DRP, MRP with a minimum of 3 years in a supply chain managerial role. • Must understand integrated supply chain and logistic concepts and have solid analytical skills. • Must be a very hands on manager, highly skilled in MRP, DRP, Advanced Excel, Access, • Demonstrated project management experience. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Must have solid multitasking ability and work independently and take direction from others. • Ability to constructively interact with a range of personalities and positions, both inside and outside the organization. • Medical device experience and familiarity with SAP ERP experience preferred. • LEAN and/or Six Sigma experience required. |E-mail this position Submit Resume or C.V.2012-02-01 18:39:03United StatesSt. Jude MedicalMinnesota11735MNMinnetonka, MN26244547http://jobs.sjm.com/xml/26244547/job