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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.\nA Day in the Life\nThe NextGen Academy is a 12-month immersive program designed to launch your career in medical technology, offering hands-on experience and collaboration with diverse teams to support therapies and introduce innovative products across the region. The program is designed to develop you into a confident and capable future Inventory Audit & Cycle Count professional, aligned with Medtronic’s mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.The Inventory Management and Operations function supports inventory integrity, operational accuracy, and compliance across the supply chain. This temporary position is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, operating under a flexible work model. The role will help establish and execute a structured inventory cycle-count process at distributor locations across ACEE and TURMECA, requiring frequent travel within the region.\nThe Inventory Audit & Cycle Count Associate will support the design and implementation of a consistent distributor inventory cycle-count process across ACEE and TURMECA. The role will conduct on-site physical inventory counts, reconcile results against distributor submissions and available Medtronic records, investigate discrepancies, and document findings and corrective actions.\nWorking with commercial, finance, supply chain, operations, and distributor stakeholders, the Associate will also help develop the procedures, templates, reporting, and controls required to establish a sustainable regional inventory-validation process.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nSupport the design, documentation, and implementation of a standardized distributor inventory cycle-count process.\nPlan and conduct physical inventory counts at distributor locations across ACEE and TURMECA.\nReconcile physical stock against distributor submissions and available sales, inventory, and system records.\nInvestigate inventory discrepancies and perform root-cause analysis to identify corrective actions.\nPrepare cycle-count reports documenting findings, variances, supporting evidence, and required follow-up.\nMaintain cycle-count schedules, documentation, completion tracking, and inventory-validation records.\nCollaborate with commercial, finance, supply chain, operations, and distributor stakeholders to resolve identified issues.\nIdentify recurring inventory-control and data-quality issues and recommend process improvements.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree with 1+ years of experience OR Associate’s degree with 3+ years of experience OR High School Diploma with 5+ years of experience in inventory control, warehouse operations, supply chain, logistics, or audit activities.\nExperience maintaining inventory records and resolving inventory discrepancies.\nExperience using inventory-management systems and Microsoft Excel.\nExperience analyzing data and preparing operational reports.\nKnowledge of inventory-control principles and cycle-count processes.\nWillingness and ability to travel frequently across ACEE and TURMECA, including international travel and on-site work at distributor locations\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting physical inventory counts or inventory audits in a regulated or highly controlled environment.\nExperience with enterprise resource planning systems such as SAP or Oracle.\nKnowledge of inventory reconciliation and root-cause analysis methodologies.\nExperience developing inventory performance metrics, reports, or dashboards.\nAbility to work independently and effectively across different countries, cultures, and business environments.\nSupply chain, inventory management, logistics, or audit certification.\nPhysical Job Requirements\nThe 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.\nRecruitment Fraud Alert\nWe are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind:\nApply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses.\nMedtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate.\nIf you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments.\nIf you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at .\nBenefits & Compensation\nMedtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package\nA commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. 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