Senior Global Demand Planning Director-Medical Surgical
About The Position
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 At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies, and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. As the Senior Global Demand Planning Director for Medical Surgical, you will be accountable for driving a high-quality, consensus demand plan that enables reliable supply, strong commercial execution, and informed leadership decision-making. Driving improvements in forecast accuracy, bias, and value add. Medtronic’s Medical Surgical portfolio spans advanced surgical instrumentation, energy-based devices, patient monitoring, respiratory and airway management, and perioperative solutions. By combining innovation, data-driven insights, and trusted clinical partnerships, Medtronic’s Medical Surgical business enables better care for more patients worldwide. Our global, cross-functional teams translate demand into scalable, reliable access to innovative technologies across operating rooms, procedural suites, and critical care settings. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 10- 25% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. In this highly visible leadership role, you will own the end‑to‑end demand planning and long‑range demand outlook for the Medical Surgical portfolio and lead a global team of demand planners. Partnering closely with Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, and Regional teams, you will drive forecast accuracy, align on demand signals, and ensure a clear linkage between near-term forecasts, Long-Range Planning (LRP), and strategic business priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of 15 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain, or related functions, with 10+ years of people leadership experience OR Advanced degree plus 13 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain, or related functions, with 10+ years of people leadership experience
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Advanced Planning Systems (e.g., BlueYonder, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, o9, or similar), including demand forecasting, scenario modeling, and planning governance
- Strong statistical forecasting and analytics capability, including model selection, performance analysis, and continuous improvement of forecast accuracy
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders and cross‑functional stakeholders in a complex, global, matrixed organization
- Deep understanding of end‑to‑end supply chain processes, including demand planning, S&OP / IBP, and demand‑to‑supply integration
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights
- Experience leading in global, regulated environments (e.g., medical device, healthcare), managing ambiguity, driving change at scale, and supporting complex, multi‑regional portfolios
Responsibilities
- Drive forecast quality and performance improvements, including Forecast Accuracy (FA), Bias, and Forecast Value Add (FVA) at the global level
- Lead Global Demand Reviews as part of the IBP process, aligning stakeholders on assumptions, risks, opportunities, and long‑range demand drivers
- Partner with Finance and Strategy to develop and maintain Long‑Range Planning (LRP) demand assumptions, ensuring consistency between the operational forecast, AOP, and multi‑year outlook
- Partner with the stat analyst team to ensure a strong baseline
- Drive adoption and effective use of our Advanced Planning Systems to support forecasting, scenario modeling, phase-in/phase-out, and long‑term decision making
- Ensure adherence to the monthly demand planning calendar and IBP / S&OP governance, including integration of LRP into executive forums
- Own the global demand plan roll‑up across all regions and ensure a smooth, disciplined demand‑to‑supply handoff, supporting both execution and future capacity decisions
- Define and execute actions to improve demand planning KPIs, planning maturity, and long‑term business outcomes
- Lead, coach, and mentor managers and demand planners; build organizational capability in both operational and long‑range planning, and support succession planning
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
