Senior Material Management Analyst in Watford

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.

Reporting to the Service Delivery Manager, the Senior Material Management Analyst is responsible for the day-to-day material management operations within the clinical setting for the IHS Managed Service. This is a fully on-site opportunity.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Become the subject matter expert relating to the Inventory Management System (IMS) and monitor & follow up in case of product errors, therefore be the local point of contact for all related issues, updates and enquiries.
• Understand interaction between IMS and hospital system(s).
• Execute, plan and monitor the ordering, receipt, storage and consumption processes on site for the product portfolio of all suppliers in scope, including management of the settings that drive system activity.
• Monitor and implement initiatives to decrease the obsolescence risk to the IHS portfolio, PAR Level Management and performance of regular cycle counts.
• Be main point of contact and organize all returns to all suppliers through agreed processes, liaise with IHS backoffice and manage hospital expectations around this.
• Run all daily, weekly and adhoc reports as per IHS processes. Create and manage error logs, report and follow up on issues to suppliers and feedback information to hospital.
• Execute local process improvement initiatives to manage expectations of all parties (Suppliers, hospital, IHS backoffice). Initiate and contribute to process improvement initiatives in the area of materials management and consumption.
• Partner with all applicable hospitals and IHS teams to ensure timely set up, ordering and delivery through all applicable systems.
• Review stock levels in regards to new product launches. Destock and order new products, liaise with IHS backoffice to add to IMS.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Several Years Cath Lab, OR or hospital working environment, or several years’ experience in a Supply Chain environment.
• Advanced standard of education (Bachelor’s degree or similar).
• Clinical background, NHS experience ideally.
• Project management and/or Change management experience.
• General knowledge of healthcare / hospital practices and standards.
• Expert/Pro knowledge of Excel and MS-Office suite.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), fluent in English.

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.

Pay range: United Kingdom: 45,280.00 GBP - 67,920.00 GBP. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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.