Equipment Lifecycle Management Analyst

Medtronic plc; Heerlen; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc in Heerlen, Netherlands, is seeking an Equipment Lifecycle Management Analyst to coordinate day-to-day lifecycle activities for tooling and test equipment. You will ensure equipment readiness across the business, manage records, and collaborate with global and regional teams.

Based in Heerlen, you will oversee calibration, maintenance, asset tracking, and decommissioning, translating improvements into standard workflows and dashboards in a multicultural, cross-functional

Qualifications

• Coordinate operational activities across multiple steps, stakeholders, locations and systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data and identify root causes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management in cross-functional, multicultural environments.
• Proficiency in Excel and ERP/asset management tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage tooling and test equipment requests from initial review and validation through ordering, receipt, registration, calibration, distribution, delivery confirmation and closure.
• Coordinate recurring equipment lifecycle activities, including calibration, returns, maintenance, repair, replacement, follow-up on equipment outside calibration limits and controlled decommissioning.
• Maintain accurate equipment records, including ownership, assignment, location, availability, calibration status, maintenance history, condition and suitability for use.
• Act as a central point of contact for equipment-related matters, provide clear status updates and coordinate resolution or escalation of supplier, shipping, customs, compliance and fulfilment issues.
• Carry out inventory and equipment-readiness activities, including receipt, cycle counts, stock monitoring, toolkit preparation, loan equipment administration and asset reconciliation.
• Analyse lifecycle processes and operational data to identify delays, control gaps and recurring issues, then translate improvements into standard workflows, controls, documentation, dashboards and KPIs.
• Work with regional and global stakeholders to confirm equipment requirements and implement scalable solutions, including standard catalogues, centralised purchasing, shared toolkits, loan equipment pools and repair-or-replace criteria.

Skills

Operational coordination

Analytical problem solving

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

ERP/asset management tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, logistics, business operations, industrial management, quality or related field

Tools

SAP

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

Onsite

Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Full time

R76791

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

Join our EMEA Product & Process Support organisation as an Equipment Lifecycle Management Analyst. Equipment Lifecycle Management (ELM) oversees tooling and test equipment throughout its lifecycle, ensuring that equipment is available, compliant, traceable and ready for use. In this role, you will coordinate day-to-day lifecycle activities, maintain reliable information and improve the processes that support equipment readiness across the business.

Based in Heerlen, The Netherlands, you will work with teams across Medtronic, including Field and Service Center Operations, Product Support, Technical Training, Regional Readiness, Operating Units, Supply Chain, Finance, Sourcing, Supplier Management and Quality, as well as other regional and global functions. ELM supports business needs beyond Service & Repair EMEA wherever equipment processes, capabilities or shared services are required throughout the EMEA region. Your responsibilities will cover the full equipment lifecycle, from assessing demand and acquiring equipment to registration, calibration, distribution, maintenance, return, replacement and controlled decommissioning.

Primary responsibilities

• Manage tooling and test equipment requests from initial review and validation through ordering, receipt, registration, calibration, distribution, delivery confirmation and closure
• Coordinate recurring equipment lifecycle activities, including calibration, returns, maintenance, repair, replacement, follow-up on equipment outside calibration limits and controlled decommissioning
• Maintain accurate equipment records, including ownership, assignment, location, availability, calibration status, maintenance history, condition and suitability for use
• Act as a central point of contact for equipment-related matters, provide clear status updates and coordinate the resolution or escalation of supplier, shipping, customs, compliance and fulfilment issues
• Carry out inventory and equipment-readiness activities, including receipt, cycle counts, stock monitoring, toolkit preparation, loan equipment administration and asset reconciliation
• Analyse lifecycle processes and operational data to identify delays, control gaps and recurring issues, then translate agreed improvements into standard workflows, controls, documentation, dashboards and key performance indicators
• Work with regional and global stakeholders to confirm equipment requirements and implement scalable solutions, including standard catalogues, centralised purchasing, shared toolkits, loan equipment pools and repair-or-replace criteria

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, logistics, business operations, industrial management, quality or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
• Relevant experience in equipment lifecycle management, asset management, service operations, calibration, maintenance coordination, supply chain, logistics, engineering, quality or business process improvement
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate operational activities accurately across multiple process steps, stakeholders, locations and systems, while supporting structured process improvement
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret operational data, identify root causes, manage risks and turn findings into practical actions
• Effective communication and stakeholder-management skills, with strong organisational ability, attention to detail and the capacity to manage multiple priorities in a cross-functional and multicultural environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, professional working proficiency in English and experience using enterprise resource planning, service management, asset management, workflow, reporting or dashboard tools

Preferred qualifications

Experience with Lean or Six Sigma methods, SAP, Power BI, SharePoint, service management or calibration management systems, inventory management, regulated operations, medical device service, new product introductions, supplier coordination or regional process deployment would be beneficial. These qualifications are desirable and are not required to be considered for the role.

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Netherlands: 52,400.00 EUR - 78,600.00 EUR |

The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.

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

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 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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