Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Supply Chain team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.
How you'll make an impact :
- Plan the procurement of the material required to support the manufacturing process, develop and execute the business unit production schedule.
- Develop and schedule the Manufacturing Production Plan from the Master Production Schedule requirements with a limited scope. Development includes the following :
Manage issues preventing execution of the MPS and production plan. Issues include but are not limited to non conforming materials or processes, material or equipment availability, completing unplanned requirements
Analyze resource availability, develop short and mid range capacity plans with manufacturing teams, and lead teams to ensure plans are met
Generate work orders using system (e.g., JDE)
Manage work order progress, including working with production and other supporting departments (e.g., quality, microbiology, engineering) to ensure production plans are met
Provide ship schedule to Supply Chain / Demand teamCreation of reports of key performance indicators and identify opportunities for potential report automationEstablish and maintain gross inventory targets with a limited scope. Includes developing action plans to minimize inventory exposure and for scrapping or mitigating excess and obsolete parts based on business information, and assess inventory management utilizing ENOMSPlan materials requirements and provide to Irvine to support production schedules and new product launches with a limited scope, including :Working with the supplier to ensure materials are made to the proper specs
Leading cross functional teams to resolve obstacles to meeting the schedule, including, but not limited to, resolving issues with non conforming material, unclear specifications or vendor capacity constraints
Expediting purchase orders as required. Includes expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores
Liaise with the warehouse team for shipping and receiving of materialEnsure shipment of materials by applying knowledge of import and export laws and regulationsOther incidental duties assigned by LeadershipWhat you'll need (Required) : Education and experience requirements
Diploma in Material Management or related field, 3 years of experience related required or Bachelor's Degree in related field, 1 year of experience requiredExperience in purchasing, logistics and / or production control preferredWhat else we look for (Preferred) : Relevant skills
Good computer skills including Microsoft Office SuiteGood written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skillsGood problem-solving and critical thinking skillsGood knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to purchasing material, logistics, and / or production controlGood knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and inventory management programs (e.g., Kanban, Min / Max)Good knowledge of market and economic indicators, practices and procurement proceduresGood problem-solving skillsStrict attention to detailAbility to interact professionally with all organizational levelsAbility to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environmentAdhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence / control