Material Planner

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Quality teams help shape the development of groundbreaking technologies to ensure each stage of our innovation process is held to the highest standards of integrity and safety. You’ll bring your passion for problem solving and partner with various teams to influence decision-making for a product’s entire lifecycle. Your work will involve you optimizing product development to impact patients around the world with pioneering technology.

Many structural heart patients suffer from heart failure with limited options. Our Implantable Heart Failure Management (IHFM) team is at the forefront of addressing these unmet patient needs through pioneering technology that enables early, targeted therapeutic intervention. Our innovative solutions are not just transforming patient care but also creating a unique and exciting environment for our team members. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey. In this role, you will engage in production planning and raw material procurement and management. You will also act as the single point contact for supply chain activities assigned production line(s).

How you will make an impact :

• Plan materials requirements and place purchase orders from outside suppliers to support production schedules and new product launches, with increased complexity and volume, including :
• Negotiating pricing and delivery
• Working with the supplier to ensure materials are made to the proper specs as well as returns when products doesn’t meet specifications
• Notifications of Changes (NOCs) prioritization and management
• Management of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) when applicable
• Leading cross functional teams to resolve obstacles to meeting the schedule, including, but not limited to, resolving issues with non-conforming material, unclear specifications or vendor capacity constraints
• Analyzing current EW and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) levels to determine if VMI release is warranted, and communicate inventory and future requirements to supplier
• Expediting purchase orders as required. Includes expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores
• Provide monthly forecasts to key suppliers
• Handle any issues related to inventory returns, replacements, and credit arrangements promptly
• Interplant transfers for items that the site supplies to other Edwards sites (including the creation of transfer orders)
• Develop the Manufacturing Production Plan from the Master Production Schedule and or project team requirements with increased complexity and volume and with higher level of autonomy. Development includes the following :
• Manage issues preventing execution of the MPS and production plan. Issues include but are not limited to non-conforming materials or processes, material or equipment availability, completing unplanned requirements
• Analyze resource availability, develop short and mid range capacity plans with manufacturing teams, and lead teams to ensure plans are met
• Generate work orders (WO, WA, WR, WD) using the Manufacturing Enterprise system
• Manage and prioritize work order progress, including working with production and other supporting departments (e.g., quality, microbiology, engineering) to ensure production plans are met
• Be able to manage and plan production in a Pull environment
• Generate regular reports on production performance, including key metrics such as scrap tracking, on-time delivery, and production efficiency
• In the case of subassemblies, it also includes the creation of a Master Production Schedule
• Internal communication management.
• Establish and maintain gross inventory targets with a limited scope. Includes developing action plans to minimize inventory exposure and for scrapping or mitigating excess and obsolete parts based on business information.
• Cost management (AOP, PPV, E&O)
• Standard meeting attendance and participation, include but not limited to :
• Daily tier meetings
• Quality Reviews
• Supplier Business Reviews
• Operations Reviews
• Project Reviews
• Supply Chain updates
• Pull updates
• Ensure compliance with standard cost for assigned commodities
• Other duties assigned by Leadership

What you'll need (Required) :

What else we look for (Preferred) :

Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams, representing the organization on specific projects, and vendors / suppliers

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For Illinois (IL), the base pay range for this position is $66,000 to $94,000 (highly experienced). The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.