Careers that Change Lives

As part of the Global Supply Chain organization, the Logistics Program Manager, Business Continuity will lead and support all elements of global Deliver (Logistics, Distribution, and Network Design). You will engage various Supply Chain functions to develop, maintain, and improve business recovery plans and incident management processes and procedures related to transportation. You will identify and evaluate threats that could disrupt critical supply chain areas and effectively plan for continuity during a disruption. In addition, you will support a cross-functional crisis management team to respond and recover from disruptive events as quickly as possible. This requires a natural curiosity, strong relationship building, and an ability to communicate while under pressure.

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We're purposeful. We're committed. And we're driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.

We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader -that's why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.

A Day in the Life

You will:

• Build resiliency into global transportation and distribution functions
• Provide operational business impact analysis to key business activities
• Conduct risk assessments for key transportation and distribution activities
• Maintain global Deliver Business Continuity Playbook
• Partner with transportation carriers and 3PL partners to identify and mitigate risks
• Conduct continuity exercises to test and validate recovery plans
• Review and update existing business continuity policies and practices
• Communicate program goals, challenges, and priorities across the business to gain the right level of participation and input from key areas
• Lead the response to disruptive incidents in accordance with recovery management program
• Maintain global risk calendar, align with Regions and Operating Networks to mitigate risks
• Communicate effectively to ensure stakeholder alignment
• Capacity to provide off-hour incident management support
• Assist critical sites to put into place best practices around business continuity processes and procedures
• Participate in functional design and implementation of business continuity management tools and related systems

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

• Experience with EverStream Analytics, Resilience 360 or equivalent analytical tools
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or equivalent
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with business leaders and external partners
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Discretion with confidential or sensitive information
• Capable of multitasking and working with changing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence within a matrixed organization with complex supply chains
• Experience in effectively researching and interpreting technical regulatory texts
• Ability to comprehend complex regulatory/technical texts and interpret potential impact on operations
• Working knowledge of US and International dangerous goods regulations
• Previous experience in supply chain operations/management
• Master's in Business, Supply Chain, or equivalent

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

Additional Information

• Posting Date: Sep 15, 2021
• Travel: No