Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain

Merit Medical Systems•South Jordan, UT

18h

About The Position

The Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain provides enterprise leadership for Merit Medical’s end-to-end global supply chain. The role oversees Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE), demand and supply planning, production and distribution planning, inventory management, procurement, sourcing, logistics, warehousing, and supply chain analytics. The executive develops and executes a global strategy supporting growth, customer service, operational resilience, profitability, and working capital across a complex, multi-site manufacturing and distribution network. The role is accountable for global inventory investment and health, including proactive management of excess, slow-moving, scrap, and obsolete inventory. It partners with Commercial, Operations, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, Engineering, Information Technology, and business leaders to align demand, supply, capacity, inventory, and financial priorities. The position also builds a high-performing global organization and drives standardization, digital transformation, and measurable productivity improvement.

Requirements

Education and/or experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
A minimum of fifteen years of progressive supply chain experience in a complex global manufacturing environment, including ten years of executive leadership of multi-site and international teams.
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale global planning, IBP/S&OP, S&OE, inventory, supply network, logistics, procurement, and transformation activities.
Proven record of improving customer service, inventory productivity, working capital, planning performance, and organizational effectiveness.
Deep knowledge of demand planning, supply planning, production planning, distribution requirements planning, capacity planning, MRP/MRPII, inventory optimization, and Just-In-Time principles.
Experience leading supply chain technology transformations involving ERP, advanced planning systems, analytics, and business intelligence platforms.
Demonstrated ability to lead through significant disruption, ambiguity, and organizational change.
Strong financial acumen and the ability to connect operational decisions to revenue, margin, cash flow, and working capital outcomes.
Strategic leadership, business acumen, operational excellence, change leadership, collaboration, written and verbal communication, and talent development.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or MBA.
Experience in medical device, life sciences, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the global supply chain strategy, translating enterprise priorities into capabilities, investments, governance, and measurable outcomes.
Lead global, multi-site teams; standardize policies, processes, systems, and performance management; and provide supply chain leadership for strategic initiatives, integrations, and network changes.
Own global IBP/S&OP and S&OE processes, aligning demand, capacity, supply, inventory, and financial plans while managing near-term constraints and service risks.
Establish planning governance and use analytics and scenario modeling to improve forecast accuracy, plan stability, schedule adherence, service, and responsiveness.
Own global inventory strategy, policies, targets, controls, and performance across raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.
Optimize inventory and working capital while governing excess, aged, slow-moving, scrap, and obsolete stock; partner cross-functionally to address root causes, reduce write-offs, and proactively manage lifecycle and supply risks.
Lead demand, supply, production, capacity, distribution, and inventory planning while optimizing the global manufacturing, supplier, logistics, and distribution network for service, cost, resilience, and scalability.
Establish supply chain risk and business continuity capabilities, lead responses to critical disruptions, and evaluate sourcing, capacity, inventory positioning, and network design alternatives.
Provide strategic direction for global procurement, sourcing, supplier management, logistics, warehousing, and distribution to advance continuity, quality, cost, delivery, compliance, and risk diversification.
Establish supplier and logistics performance management and drive transportation, distribution, and warehousing strategies that improve service, visibility, compliance, and total delivered cost.
Lead the global supply chain technology, data, and analytics strategy, including ERP, advanced planning, business intelligence, automation, and a common end-to-end data model.
Partner with Information Technology on system roadmaps, implementation, governance, adoption, and value realization, using analytics and scenario planning to improve decisions and productivity.
Own the global supply chain operating plan, budget, productivity agenda, performance commitments, enterprise KPIs, and operating rhythms.
Partner with Finance to quantify opportunities, assess tradeoffs, validate benefits, and deliver measurable improvements in service, inventory, working capital, cost, planning, supplier performance, and productivity.
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global supply chain organization with clear accountability, strong operating mechanisms, inclusive leadership, and capabilities across planning, inventory, analytics, procurement, logistics, risk, and continuous improvement.
Establish succession plans and talent pipelines while fostering collaboration, accountability, customer focus, innovation, continuous improvement, and respect across regions and functions.
Perform other related duties, as required.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and other insurances (eligible the first of the month after 30 days).
Low-cost onsite medical clinic.
Two onsite cafeterias.
Employee garden and gardening classes.
Three weeks' vacation.
One week of sick time.
Paid holidays.
401(k).
Health Savings Account.
Multiple shifts and hours to choose from: days, swing (evening), and nights.