Principal Supply Chain Project Analyst

About Medtronic

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.

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.

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

About the Role

The Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) team members are seasoned professionals with in-depth knowledge of the healthcare value chain, as well as breadth of experience across multiple disciplines. They are able to partner with hospital management teams to drive complex transformational change, implement innovative growth strategies, streamline patient-focused care pathways and run and optimize operations.

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Principal Supply Chain Project Analyst. This role is focused on leading and delivering large, moderately complex supply chain projects from design through implementation, applying advanced analytical expertise to solve undefined business problems and drive process, system, and operational improvements. The successful candidate will manage projects with a high degree of autonomy, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, influence decision-making, and provide guidance and coaching to junior team members while contributing to strategic supply chain initiatives.

The role is hybrid, with a willingness to extensive travel (60–70%) to client locations across Saudi Arabia.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Conduct strategic supply chain analysis to drive continuous improvement and business optimization
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve supply chain efficiency, effectiveness, and capabilities
• Develop and implement supply chain models, strategies, and processes
• Coordinate and integrate material and information flows across suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers
• Manage sourcing, ordering, and delivery of competitively priced raw materials, components, and finished goods
• Lead demand planning, volume forecasting, and master scheduling activities

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred, with 7+ years of relevant experience (or 5+ years with an advanced degree), ideally in top-tier consulting or complex corporate environments
• Deep expertise in a specialty area (e.g., data analytics, supply chain, operations, or business transformation) with strong knowledge of industry practices
• Proven ability to lead large or moderately complex projects independently, including defining deliverables and managing cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong analytical and data management skills, including advanced analysis, data reconciliation, and translating insights into business impact
• Excellent communication and influence skills, with the ability to engage senior internal and external stakeholders; fluency in Arabic and English required
• Demonstrated leadership and people development experience, including coaching, mentoring, and delegation within project or functional teams

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.

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.

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

Our Commitment to You

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.