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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

Position overview

In this role, you will be responsible for the Carrier setup, along with maintaining and managing both the rates, and the route maintenance within the TMS. In addition, this role will be responsible for managing the integration with our visibility provider for tender and tracking connectivity.

This role will be a critical component of the TMS functionality and will play a vital role in enabling the overall solution/execution. Also, ensuring that information from new contracts, change orders, and amendments is accurately reflected within the TMS, providing insights to other transportation teams.

In this role, you will look to identify the best option/s for each carrier for the various functions within the TMS, supporting rating, operational execution and tracking. As well as being accountable for ensuring that the right Tariff Master Data and Tariff Configuration Data Elements are managed within the TMS accurately.

As an additional responsibility, this role will also support the Procurement team during RFPS, which could include data collection, rating exercises to support negotiations, and/or analysis of bid completeness. This role will be responsible for managing team members in multiple regions. (Americas, EMEA, APAC & GC)

In this role, you will be responsible for the Carrier setup, along with maintaining and managing both the rates, and the route maintenance within the TMS. In addition, this role will be responsible for managing the integration with our visibility provider for tender and tracking connectivity.

This role will be a critical component of the TMS functionality and will play a vital role in enabling the overall solution/execution. Also, ensuring that information from new contracts, change orders, and amendments is accurately reflected within the TMS, providing insights to other transportation teams.

In this role, you will look to identify the best option/s for each carrier for the various functions within the TMS, supporting rating, operational execution and tracking. As well as being accountable for ensuring that the right Tariff Master Data and Tariff Configuration Data Elements are managed within the TMS accurately.

As an additional responsibility, this role will also support the Procurement team during RFPS, which could include data collection, rating exercises to support negotiations, and/or analysis of bid completeness. This role will be responsible for managing team members in multiple regions. (Americas, EMEA, APAC & GC)

A Day in the Life

• Initial Standup & Deployment of all Carrier Connectivity

• Initial Standup of all route and rate maintenance, including ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting

• Manage and maintain strategy by carrier for collaboration & connectivity, including trouble shooting and problem solving where solutions need to be enhanced

• Collaborative Contract Lifecycle Management within TMS: In partnership with Indirect Supply Management, regional teams and LCC/Planner day to day execution.

• Supports Budget Management and Carrier Alignment by accurately aligning system rate / route load and performing testing as needed to ensure accuracy and alignment.

• Provide FP&A Support

• Compliance and Procedures: Work alongside carrier performance team to ensure compliance to contract, develop procedures, and maintain accurate records.

• Systematic Updates: Maintain precise and updated contract records within the systems, enhancing accessibility and accuracy of information.

• Pricing Guidance and Contract Support: Provide pricing guidance, contract support, and facilitate setups.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate for operational excellence with cross-functional teams.

• Identifies carriers ability to connect

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 3 years of experience

Nice to Have:

• Minimum of 2-3+ years’ experience in a Logistics – Transportation role

• Knowledge of transportation operations and freight tendering / tracking processes.

• Knowledge of various modes within the Transportation Industry and their pricing nuances

• TMS knowledge.

• Data analytics skills.

• Hands-on mentality

• Self-starter with strong aptitude to think critically, solve problems, and drive improvements in a professional and respectful manner.

• Ability to work within a team and cross-functionally, building relationships, influence and collaborate with peers.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work with people at all levels of the organization.

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):$92,800.00 - $139,200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic)

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 90,000+ 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 (http://www.medtronic.com) .

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.

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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 90,000+ 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.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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