We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 9 Feb 2026
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 boldly innovate to transform healthcare and improve lives. As the Sr. Distribution Operational Excellence (OpEx) Director within our Global Operations & Supply Chain team, you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic transformation across our global distribution network. Your leadership will enhance customer fulfillment, optimize inventory and logistics costs, and elevate operational excellence, all while supporting Medtronic’s mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.
In this high-impact role, you’ll benchmark against industry leaders, bring fresh thinking to our strategies, and collaborate with global teams to implement innovative solutions. Join a company where your ideas will shape the future of healthcare, and where you’ll have the resources, mentorship, and support to grow your career in ways you never imagined.
As the Sr. Distribution OpEx Director, you will:
Lead Transformation: Build and lead a Distribution Supply Chain Operational Excellence team to drive change, deliver measurable results, and transform our supply chain into a world-class organization.
Optimize Processes: Enhance customer service, reduce costs, improve asset utilization, and ensure quality and compliance across the supply chain.
Shape Strategy: Develop and implement strategic initiatives, leveraging industry insights to identify opportunities for competitive advantage.
Strengthen Technology: Align supply chain IT strategies with key functions, including Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, Suppliers, and Customer Service.
Drive Execution: Create and execute roadmaps for supply chain initiatives, prioritize projects, and track progress to ensure success.
Key Responsibilities
Establish and oversee a program management framework that supports Medtronic’s innovation, growth, and profitability objectives.
Drive operational excellence by standardizing processes, introducing new tools, and continuously improving efficiency and consistency.
Build strong relationships with global stakeholders to secure alignment and ownership of strategies and initiatives.
Develop and mentor high-performing teams, fostering a culture of inclusion, engagement, and innovation.
Must-Have Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of experience in Planning, Distribution, Transportation, Trade Compliance, or Supply Chain Systems; OR an advanced degree with 13+ years of relevant experience.
10+ years of managerial experience.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
10+ years of progressive experience in a world-class supply chain organization, with a focus on operational excellence.
Global enterprise experience, with a proven track record of driving process improvements and managing successful change initiatives.
Expertise in SAP ERP systems and Supply Chain Management Applications.
Experience in a highly regulated industry, preferably medical devices, with global manufacturing.
Strong leadership and influencing skills, with a results-oriented mindset.
Proven ability to manage departmental budgets and execute strategic plans.
Willingness to travel 50-75% of the time.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
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.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$213,600.00 - $320,400.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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, andSimple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: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), andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
Further details are available at the link below:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
