Logistics Supervisor, UAE

TEC Medtronic META FZ-LLC; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare technology is seeking a Logistics Supervisor to manage its UAE operations. The role involves overseeing logistics processes, ensuring performance metrics are met, and collaborating with various internal teams. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills, experience in logistics management, and a background in the medical device sector.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Flexible Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Over 5 years of experience in managing 3PL warehousing and transportation.
• Expertise in warehouse process design and optimization.
• Experience in the Medical Device or Pharma sectors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage logistics operations at strategic, tactical, and operational levels.
• Monitor performance and productivity of 3PL warehousing and transportation.
• Lead selection, onboarding, and offboarding of logistics service providers.

Skills

Financial acumen

Market knowledge

Process improvement mindset

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Data and analytics skills

Problem-solving abilities

Fluency in English

Education

Industrial/Systems Engineering background

Tools

SAP (WM)

Microsoft Office

Power-BI

Job description

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Logistics Supervisor, UAE

Apply remote type Hybrid locations Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R30021

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

We are a company dedicated to improving patients’ lives every day through innovative Medical Device Technologies and Solutions. If you have expertise in Logistics and are looking to join a dynamic environment within a great multinational company, please consider joining our team.
In this position, you will be part of Medtronic Global Deliver Logistics function, reporting to the EMEA MEACAT Regional Director of Logistics Operations. You will lead the UAE operations for the Distribution Center (based in Dubai) and Domestic Transportation. As part of your role, you will ensure that the 3PLs meet their KPIs and SLAs, while proactively innovating ways to adapt to the rapid changes in the UAE Healthcare Market.

The role demands strong financial acumen, market knowledge, a process improvement mindset, and a strategic vision aligned with Medtronic's strategy. Additionally, it requires robust reporting capabilities, an analytical mindset, excellent communication skills, and effective stakeholder engagement to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

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

• Manage Medtronic’s country logistics operations at strategic, tactical and operational levels
• Monitor and review the performance and productivity of 3PL warehousing and transportation
• Lead and support the selection, onboarding, and offboarding of logistics service providers for the Medtronic Logistics Program
• Contribute to identifying, evaluating, and implementing improvement initiatives within the warehousing and transportation operations of 3PLs
• Engage in high-level interaction and collaboration with internal functions, including Finance, Quality, Customer Service, Sales, and Supply Chain
• Identify and implement changes in customer receipt procedures to enhance efficiency
• Communicate with the Sales team and Customer Service to collaboratively resolve customer or delivery issues. Visit customer locations to address concerns and assess delivery challenges

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Over 5 years of experience in managing 3PL warehousing and transportation, with expertise in warehouse process design and optimization
• Proficiency in SAP(WM), Microsoft Office and Power-BI
• Strong data and analytics skills to drive informed decision making
• Outstanding communication skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams
• Structured thinking and adept problem-solving abilities
• Fluency in English
• Self-motivated, resilient and capable of thriving under pressure

The ideal candidate should have work experience in the Medical Device or Pharma sectors, coupled with a strong background in Program and Project Management. Additionally, they should possess a deep understanding of local healthcare delivery processes and providers. An industrial/systems engineering background is essential, along with strong analytic thinking skills.

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.

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

Who We Are

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.

What We Do

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

How We Are Different

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 settingis 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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