Senior Planning Manager

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.           

About the role:

The Senior Planning Manager will lead the production planning function, ensuring seamless cross-functional alignment through SIOP volume forecasting, financial planning, and capacity constraint management. This leader is responsible for facilitating the continuous supply of subassemblies and finished goods, ensuring supply stability for multiple sites and divisions. This position requires close collaboration and cross-functional leadership within Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Procurement and Logistics. Digital strategy is a core focus, with the expectation to champion and integrate predictive analytics and AI models into materials management workflows to enhance build plan precision, scenario modeling and a cost-to-serve focus while ensuring regulatory compliance and scalable growth within a regulated medical device environment.

This role requires a hybrid workmode from our Arden Hills, MN office. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Site lead for SIOP execution, ensuring plant alignment with demand forecasts, volume plans, inventory targets, and capacity planning
• Collaborate cross-functionally with procurement, manufacturing and logistics teams to ensure seamless execution of production plans & supply continuity
• Integrate digital analytics and AI into planning workflows to enhance accuracy, data driven decision making and drive efficiency
• Serve as a key advisor to leadership on planning-related decisions, risk mitigation, and capacity investments
• Champion a culture of business process innovation, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration
• Leads briefings and technical meetings for internal and external stakeholders concerning specific projects, risk mitigations or schedules
• Provide visibility and monitors performance to annual and long-range forecasts, inventory targets and financial performance
• Deliver materials management support to new product development and acquisition integration teams from concept through commercialization

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in production planning or supply chain
• Minimum of 5 years of people leadership
• Familiarity with data analytics, ERP systems and advanced planning systems

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain Operations, Industrial Engineering or MBA

• Proven experience with AI or machine learning applications in supply chain
• Experience with digital twin modeling or smart factory

Requisition ID: 614270 

Minimum Salary: $ 122100 

Maximum Salary: $ 232000 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement.  The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.