Marketing & Business Insights Junior Analyst (Cardiac Surgery) (Temporary)

Medtronic plc; Dubai; On-site; AED 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc in Dubai is seeking an Associate Marketing Specialist (Cardiac Surgery) for a 12-month NextGen Academy program. This on-site role supports inventory management, product availability, new product introductions, and event planning across regional markets.

You will gain hands-on experience in commercial operations, supply monitoring, business analytics, and digital transformation initiatives. The program emphasizes supply transparency, data-driven planning, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree completed within the last 12 months in Marketing, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or Data Analytics.
• Experience through academic projects, internships, or coursework involving inventory management, business operations, analytics, supply planning, or commercial support activities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis, reporting, and tracker management.
• Experience using Microsoft PowerPoint for presentation development and business reporting.
• Fluency in English, written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Support inventory allocation activities to help ensure product availability across assigned markets and customer needs.
• Monitor and track product supply levels, inventory movements, and availability risks.
• Assist in product substitution planning and coordination when inventory constraints occur.
• Support new product introduction activities, including inventory readiness, reporting, and coordination with internal stakeholders.
• Maintain trackers, reports, and dashboards that improve visibility into supply performance and inventory status.
• Support planning and operational activities related to customer meetings, training programs, and commercial events.
• Analyze inventory and supply data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Assist in the development and adoption of digital tools, automated reporting solutions, and AI-enabled inventory management initiatives.

Skills

English fluency

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

The NextGen Academy is a 12-month immersive program designed to launch your career in medical technology, offering hands‑on experience and collaboration with diverse teams to support therapies and introduce innovative products across the region. The program is designed to develop you into a confident and capable future Associate Marketing Specialist, aligned with Medtronic's mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. The Cardiac Surgery Marketing function supports commercial execution, product availability, new product introductions, and business continuity across the region. The team partners closely with supply chain, sales, marketing, and operational stakeholders to improve inventory visibility, optimize product allocation decisions, and support data‑driven planning processes that enable healthcare providers to access critical therapies.

This position is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and follows an onsite work model. The Associate Marketing Specialist (Cardiac Surgery) (Temporary) supports marketing and operational activities related to inventory management, product availability, new product introductions, and event planning. Through the NextGen Academy, this role provides hands‑on experience in commercial operations, supply monitoring, business analytics, and digital transformation initiatives. The position focuses on improving supply transparency, supporting inventory planning activities, and contributing to the adoption of reporting, automation, and artificial intelligence‑enabled solutions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support inventory allocation activities to help ensure product availability across assigned markets and customer needs.
• Monitor and track product supply levels, inventory movements, and availability risks.
• Assist in product substitution planning and coordination when inventory constraints occur.
• Support new product introduction activities, including inventory readiness, reporting, and coordination with internal stakeholders.
• Maintain trackers, reports, and dashboards that improve visibility into supply performance and inventory status.
• Support planning and operational activities related to customer meetings, training programs, and commercial events.
• Analyze inventory and supply data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Assist in the development and adoption of digital tools, automated reporting solutions, and artificial intelligence‑enabled inventory management initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or Data Analytics completed within the last 12 months.
• Experience through academic projects, internships, or coursework involving inventory management, business operations, analytics, supply planning, or commercial support activities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data analysis, reporting, and tracker management.
• Experience using Microsoft PowerPoint for presentation development and business reporting.
• Fluency in English, written and verbal.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting marketing, commercial operations, supply chain, inventory management, or product launch activities.
• Experience creating dashboards, reports, or data visualizations using Power BI or similar tools.
• Knowledge of inventory planning, demand management, supply monitoring, or operational reporting processes.
• Exposure to automation, artificial intelligence applications, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience working in multicultural or regional business environments.

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.

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 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. This employer participates in the federal E‑Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E‑Verify program, please click here.