Principal Supply Chain Consultant

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

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 Consultant. 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 may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Conduct strategic supply chain analysis to drive continuous improvement and business optimization
• Identifies 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 activitiesRequired Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred, with 7 years of relevant experience (or 5 years with an advanced degree), 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 teamsPhysical 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).

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