We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 16 May 2026

 

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

Join our Operations Sourcing team as a Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, where you utilize your strong track record of delivering results in a matrixed organization, where collaboration with diverse individuals, teams, and skill sets is essential for success.

You will lead and develop a team to identify, implement, and align global sourcing strategies, supplier risk-mitigation projects, capacity plans, and continuous improvement plans to achieve business objectives. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring supply chain stability and driving margin enhancement for Medtronic's Central Region Manufacturing sites.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 

         

         

As the Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, you will: 

• Develop and implement Operations Sourcing programs to boost supplier delivery performance, measured by Supplier On Time in Full metrics. 

• Ensure supply continuity and mitigate supplier risk impacting production continuity for the Central region manufacturing plants.  

• Drive and lead negotiations with suppliers regarding supply continuity, capacity expansion, supplier performance, and cost reduction opportunities. 

• Execute Portfolio Component Assessments and risk reduction projects with suppliers. 

• Enhance Escalation and Tier Management processes in line with MPS guidelines.

• Act as an escalation point for the Purchasing team to resolve critical supply issues, avoiding production impact to the Central Region manufacturing sites.  

• Drive improvements in Operations Sourcing standard work around functional excellence and zero-loss mindsets. 

• Foster and maintain strong relationships with Suppliers, Operations Scheduling, Supply Network Planning, Supplier Quality Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Operations Quality, Category Management, and other internal stakeholders. 

• Support supplier cost negotiations VMI/SMI contracts to achieve cost reduction and inventory targets. 

Have: Minimum Requirements 

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant sourcing experience with 5+ years of managerial experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant sourcing experience with 5+ years of managerial experience

Nice to Have 

• Strong understanding of supply chain, planning, purchasing, materials, and inventory control environment 

• Experience in leading and influencing negotiations, project management, troubleshooting, problem-solving analysis, strategic thinking, and collaborative team building. 

• Proven project management experience, PMP certification a plus. 

• Experience with supplier transfers and building phase-in, phase-out material plans. 

• Strong computer and business analytical skills: i.e., Power BI, Blue Yonder, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project. Advanced Excel knowledge (vlookup, pivot tables, formulas, macros, dashboards) 

• Proven communication, leadership, and interpersonal and team-building skills 

• Influencing skills to achieve results across a matrixed and virtual organization. 

• Experience in the medical device industry with knowledge of applicable FDA/GMP and International medical device regulations and standards. 

• Working knowledge of Demand Flow, JIT, K-Loop, Lean Manufacturing 

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Re