Buyer Planner (f/m/x)*

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges. While we continue updating the Solventum Careers Page and applicant materials, some documents may still reflect legacy branding. Please note that all listed roles are Solventum positions, and our Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ applies to any personal information you submit. As it was with 3M, at Solventum all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
 

As a Buyer Planner, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Effectively planning manufactured products to achieve service targets, whilst contributing to efficient running of production minimising scheduling inefficiency and resource utilisation

• Manage material flow and investment, supply risks, and total cost of ownership (including expedite and premium costs)

• Manage new product introductions in relation to governance meetings, tasks for completion and appropriate stakeholder communication of changes and impact

• Leads continuous process improvement to reduce cost, optimise inventory and improve service

• Collaboration and alignment with internal departments including procurement, finance, warehouse, operations, quality, and global supply chain

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher AND 5 years of relevant work experience in inventory management, supply chain planning or procurement

AND

In addition to the above requirements, the following are also required:

• Strong analytical skills with experience in visual display, reporting to senior leadership and influencing senior stakeholders to desired outcome

• Experience working with ERP, MRP II, MRP, SCP, APS, or DRP systems. Particularly experience Using Oracle, ASCP, or SAP

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of applications (Excel, Access, Outlook, etc.)

• Proven experience implementing changes to business processes and systems of work

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s degree in supply chain management or operations management from an accredited institution

• APICS CPIM or relevant professional planning association certification

• 10 years of relevant work experience in operations, logistics or demand planning in a private, public, government, or military environment

• Excellent understanding of production planning, inventory management, information, and material flow throughout the supply chain end to end

• Strong verbal and written communication capabilities

• Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal working relationships with internal customers, internal/external suppliers, and fellow team members at all levels

• Familiarity with healthcare supply chain auditing processes and SOX frameworks

Work location: Athlone, Ireland - Hybrid

• Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to Athlone (Ireland) at least 3 days per week)

Travel: May include up to 10% [domestic/international]

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Diversity & Inclusion

(*) We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, civil status, disability, family status, or membership of the travelling community.

   

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