Why Merit? At Merit Medical, our mission is to create innovative medical devices that improve lives. Our goal is to hire and develop people who want to build something special through hard work, team effort, and commitment. Together, we are making a difference in the lives of patients around the world. WORK SHIFT DAY (United States of America)SUMMARY OF DUTIESThe Vice President, Global Supply Chain provides enterprise leadership for the end-to-end global supply chain, including Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE), demand and supply planning, production and distribution planning, inventory management, procurement, sourcing, logistics, warehousing, and supply chain analytics. This executive develops and executes a global strategy that supports growth, customer service, operational resilience, profitability, and working capital performance across a complex, multi-site manufacturing and distribution network. The role is accountable for global inventory investment and health, including the proactive management of excess, slow-moving, scrap, and obsolete inventory. The Vice President partners with Commercial, Operations, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, Engineering, Information Technology, and business leaders to align demand, supply, capacity, inventory, and financial priorities, while building a high-performing global organization and driving standardization, digital transformation, and measurable productivity improvement.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
PERFORMEDDevelops and executes the global supply chain strategy, translating enterprise priorities into capabilities, investments, governance, and measurable outcomes. Leads global, multi-site teams; standardizes policies, processes, systems, and performance management; and provides supply chain leadership for strategic initiatives, integrations, and network changes. Owns global IBP/S&OP and S&OE processes, aligning demand, capacity, supply, inventory, and financial plans while managing near-term constraints and service risks. Establishes planning governance and uses analytics and scenario modeling to improve forecast accuracy, plan stability, schedule adherence, service, and responsiveness. Owns global inventory strategy, policies, targets, controls, and performance across raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. Optimizes inventory and working capital while governing excess, aged, slow-moving, scrap, and obsolete stock; partners cross-functionally to address root causes, reduce write-offs, and proactively manage lifecycle and supply risks. Leads demand, supply, production, capacity, distribution, and inventory planning while optimizing the global manufacturing, supplier, logistics, and distribution network for service, cost, resilience, and scalability. Establishes supply chain risk and business continuity capabilities, leads responses to critical disruptions, and evaluates sourcing, capacity, inventory positioning, and network design alternatives. Provides strategic direction for global procurement, sourcing, supplier management, logistics, warehousing, and distribution to advance continuity, quality, cost, delivery, compliance, and risk diversification. Establishes supplier and logistics performance management and drives transportation, distribution, and warehousing strategies that improve service, visibility, compliance, and total delivered cost. Leads the global supply chain technology, data, and analytics strategy, including ERP, advanced planning, business intelligence, automation, and a common end-to-end data model. Partners with Information Technology on system roadmaps, implementation, governance, adoption, and value realization, using analytics and scenario planning to improve decisions and productivity. Owns the global supply chain operating plan, budget, productivity agenda, performance commitments, enterprise KPIs, and operating rhythms. Partners with Finance to quantify opportunities, assess tradeoffs, validate benefits, and deliver measurable improvements in service, inventory, working capital, cost, planning, supplier performance, and productivity. Builds, leads, and develops a high-performing global supply chain organization with clear accountability, strong operating mechanisms, inclusive leadership, and capabilities across planning, inventory, analytics, procurement, logistics, risk, and continuous improvement. Establishes succession plans and talent pipelines while fostering collaboration, accountability, customer focus, innovation, continuous improvement, and respect across regions and functions. Performs other related duties, as required. ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDSLifting -- Not to exceed 50 lbs. - local practice may apply. Writing SittingStandingBendingVisual acuity Color perception Depth perception ReadingField of vision/peripheralSUMMARY OF MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSEducation and/or experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Business, or a related field. A minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive supply chain experience in a complex global manufacturing environment, including ten (10) years of executive leadership of multi-site and international teams. Demonstrated experience leading large-scale global planning, IBP/S&OP, S&OE, inventory, supply network, logistics, procurement, and transformation activities. Proven record of improving customer service, inventory productivity, working capital, planning performance, and organizational effectiveness. Deep knowledge of demand planning, supply planning, production planning, distribution requirements planning, capacity planning, MRP/MRPII, inventory optimization, and Just-In-Time principles. Experience leading supply chain technology transformations involving ERP, advanced planning systems, analytics, and business intelligence platforms. Demonstrated ability to lead through significant disruption, ambiguity, and organizational change. Strong financial acumen and the ability to connect operational decisions to revenue, margin, cash flow, and working capital outcomes.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's degree or MBA.Experience in medical device, life sciences, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment preferred.
COMPETENCIES: Strategic leadership
Business acumen Operational excellence Change leadership CollaborationWritten and verbal communication Talent developmentCOMMENTSInfectious Control Risk Category III: The risk category explains whether or not employees are likely to come into contact with blood or body fluids while performing their jobs. Risk category III states employment and procedures that do not require exposure. As an eligible Merit employee, you can expect the following:* Multiple Shifts and Hours to choose from: Days, Swing (Eve), and Nights* Medical/Dental & Other Insurances (eligible the first of month after 30 days)* Low Cost Onsite Medical Clinic* Two (2) Onsite Cafeterias* Employee Garden | Gardening Classes* 3 Weeks' Vacation | 1 Week Sick-Time | Paid Holidays* 401K | Health Savings Account To see more on our culture, go to www.merit.com/careers.Merit is a proud Utah Patriot Partner committed to hiring our Veterans. Founded in 1987, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy. Merit serves client hospitals worldwide with a domestic and international sales force and clinical support team totaling in excess of 500 individuals. Merit employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide with facilities in South Jordan, Utah; Pearland, Texas; Richmond, Virginia; Aliso Viejo, California; Maastricht and Venlo, The Netherlands; Paris, France; Galway, Ireland; Beijing, China; Tijuana, Mexico; Joinville, Brazil; Ontario, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Reading, United Kingdom; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Singapore. UNDERSTAND. INNOVATE. DELIVER. Merit Medical is a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy. Merit has made it a priority to understand customers, innovate, and deliver life-changing products and services.
