Sr Production Planner Job

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At Boston Scientific, you will find a collaborative culture driven by a passion for innovation that keeps us connected on the most essential level. With determination, imagination and a deep caring for human life, we're solving some of the most important healthcare industry challenges. Together, we're one global team committed to making a difference in people's lives around the world. This is a place where you can find a career with meaningful purposeimproving lives through your life's work.

About the Role:

Join the Materials Management team at Boston Scientific in Arden Hills, MN as a Senior Production Planner! Boston Scientific is a medical device manufacturer delivering millions of medical solutions annually across the globe. Arden Hills produces both sterilized finished goods and sub-assemblies assisting the plant network, providing many unique challenges for Materials Management. You will have the opportunity to be part of a fast-pasted, rapidly growing global team. Materials Management includes production planning, direct purchasing, and material handling, which all interact frequently with production. Be a part of a hard-working and fun team, while tackling challenging responsibilities.

This role will be responsible for owning the planning processes, tools, and systems to lead weekly and monthly execution for their production value streams. This position will work with partners in production, purchasing, and engineering and with customer sites across the globe.

Your Responsibilities Include:

• Develops, maintains and controls the master production schedule.
• Maintains and controls the MRP signal to ensure component availability.
• Facilitates supply response portion of Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning process, including rough cut capacity planning.
• Communicates and follows up on issues related with component and assembly availability.
• Fosters global partnerships with sister sites in Ireland, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica.
• Participates in strategic projects to improve safety, quality, service, and cost through applications of continuous improvement methodologies
• Assists production supervisors with the implementation of the production schedule.
• Prepares reports, presentations and graphs with monthly operating summaries for planning and execution of meetings.
• Analyzes and interprets marketing forecast reports.
• Develops "what if" analysis based on regulatory uncertainty.
• Communicates production planning issues to relevant areas including Global Supply Chain, Marketing, Production Control, Customer Service, etc.

What We're Looking For:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required: preferably in Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or related field
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems, SAP preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in supply chain, materials management, or related field
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to communicate to all levels of leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP and/or Rapid Response experience
• APICS Certification and/or training courses in demand and supply chain planning
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment and medical device industry

About us

As a global medical technology leader for more than 35 years, our mission at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients. If you're looking to truly make a difference to people both around the world and around the corner, there's no better place to make it happen.

Boston Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Disability, Veteran

Requisition ID:474910