Strategic Purchasing Technician - Parla, Spain

Hexcel Corporation; Parla; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work options

Health insurance

Professional development opportunities

Flexible benefits package

Job summary

MiniMed is seeking a Supply Chain Analyst to oversee end‑to‑end distribution planning and optimize inventory across a global network. You will identify risks, drive replenishment, and support new product launches with cross‑functional teams to improve service levels and efficiency.

The role emphasizes data‑driven decisions, collaboration with planning, manufacturing, logistics and commercial teams, and continuous improvement to deliver patient‑centered outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, business, or related field.
• Experience in supply chain planning in similar industries (medical devices, pharmaceuticals, healthcare).
• Advanced knowledge of supply chain management, project management, and process improvement methodologies.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and influence cross‑functional teams.
• Excellent communication skills for interacting with senior stakeholders, vendors, and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end distribution planning activities for an assigned product portfolio, ensuring high product availability while optimising inventory investment and network performance.
• Proactively identify supply risks, inventory imbalances, and potential service disruptions, developing and executing mitigation and recovery plans before customer impact occurs.
• Drive replenishment execution across the global distribution network by monitoring inventory health, resolving planning exceptions, and ensuring timely inventory deployment.
• Lead distribution readiness for new product introductions, geo‑expansions, phase‑ins/phase‑outs, and strategic business initiatives by coordinating inventory strategies and ensuring flawless execution.
• Analyse inventory performance, backorders, excess and ageing inventory, and key supply chain metrics to identify improvement opportunities and recommend data‑driven solutions.
• Partner with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Commercial, Regional Planning, and other cross‑functional stakeholders to align priorities, resolve complex supply challenges, and achieve business objectives.
• Champion continuous improvement by enhancing planning processes, leveraging automation, improving system capabilities, and driving operational excellence across the distribution network.
• Communicate risks, business impacts, recommendations, and executive‑ready updates to stakeholders while influencing decisions through data‑driven analysis and sound business judgement.
• Foster a collaborative, high‑performing team environment by sharing knowledge, supporting organisational initiatives, and modelling a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Supply chain management

Project management

Process improvement

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, business, or related field

Job description

Remote
Madrid, Spain
Full time
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Supply Chain Analyst – MiniMed

At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

About the Role

Supply Chain Analyst is a seasoned individual contributor responsible for ensuring the right inventory is in the right place at the right time while balancing customer service, inventory optimization, and network efficiency across a global distribution network. This role proactively identifies and mitigates supply risks, optimises inventory deployment, drives replenishment execution, and delivers operational readiness for new product introductions and strategic business initiatives. Success in this role requires strong analytical thinking, cross‑functional collaboration, and the ability to influence decisions that improve business performance and patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end distribution planning activities for an assigned product portfolio, ensuring high product availability while optimising inventory investment and network performance.
• Proactively identify supply risks, inventory imbalances, and potential service disruptions, developing and executing mitigation and recovery plans before customer impact occurs.
• Drive replenishment execution across the global distribution network by monitoring inventory health, resolving planning exceptions, and ensuring timely inventory deployment.
• Lead distribution readiness for new product introductions, geo‑expansions, phase‑ins/phase‑outs, and strategic business initiatives by coordinating inventory strategies and ensuring flawless execution.
• Analyse inventory performance, backorders, excess and ageing inventory, and key supply chain metrics to identify improvement opportunities and recommend data‑driven solutions.
• Partner with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Commercial, Regional Planning, and other cross‑functional stakeholders to align priorities, resolve complex supply challenges, and achieve business objectives.
• Champion continuous improvement by enhancing planning processes, leveraging automation, improving system capabilities, and driving operational excellence across the distribution network.
• Communicate risks, business impacts, recommendations, and executive‑ready updates to stakeholders while influencing decisions through data‑driven analysis and sound business judgement.
• Foster a collaborative, high‑performing team environment by sharing knowledge, supporting organisational initiatives, and modelling a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, business, or related field.
• Experience in supply chain planning in similar industries (medical devices, pharmaceuticals, healthcare).
• Advanced knowledge of supply chain management, project management, and process improvement methodologies.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and influence cross‑functional teams.
• Excellent communication skills for interacting with senior stakeholders, vendors, and internal teams.

Benefits & Compensation

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Work‑life balance with remote work options.
• Health, dental and vision insurance.
• Professional development opportunities and training programs.
• Generous annual leave and reward plans.
• Meaningful ways to give back to the community.

Our People‑First Priority

At MiniMed, we put our customers at the forefront of all we do, and that focus extends to our team as well. We're dedicated to creating a culture of belonging and providing our people with all the career‑building resources you might need.

Our Life‑Transforming Technologies

We are dedicated to building a connected system of care that works together and fits into everyday life, so people with diabetes can move through the day with fewer interruptions. We serve to lift the mental load and make diabetes fade into the background, empowering people to live life on their own terms.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of MiniMed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, colour, 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. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.