Distribution Engineer

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 You will join the Heerlen 3 support team. This team’s main focus is on delivering support to the daily logistical operations within the Medtronic Heerlen 3 Distribution Centre. Next to this there are also potential opportunities in supporting regional DC’s. In this role there will be a strong focus on standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement projects. In your day-to-day job, you will be focused on detecting issues and gaps and providing solutions within the distribution center, with focus area on inbound and outbound logistics process flows. You will look for opportunities to embrace innovations to enhance our processes and systems through process flow enhancement, automation, and data mining. We support and aim to become a Best-in-Class Operation. For this position, you will need to be based in the surrounding area of Heerlen. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: Designs processes, procedures, and layouts for logistical operations, including equipment installation and material handling. Designs the arrangement of logistical systems within the distribution center to ensure the most efficient and productive layout Designs sequences of operations and specify procedures for various logistical processes Inspects the performance of logistical systems and tools to verify their efficiency and initiates corrective actions to ensure operational quality Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and logistic techniques Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within the logistics field, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience Requires a Bachelor degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A)) Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience Experience with Labour Management Systems (LMS) and knowledge of the MOST (Maynard Operation Sequence Technique) system, combined with data and artificial intelligence application, is preferable Be based in the Netherlands, ideally living in Heerlen or willing to travel to Heerlen to go to the office 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: 55,200.00 EUR - 82,800.00 EUR | 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 ... (truncated, view full listing at source)