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A Day in the Life

As a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist for Supply Enablement, you will play a key role in Medtronic’s Supply Management Solutions organization, specifically within the Lean Sourcing & Digital Transformation team. In this position, you will be part of the Supplier Capacity Program team, working directly with suppliers and cross-functional partners to conduct supplier capacity reviews. You will also lead Supplier Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) meetings. Additionally, you will support and participate in other strategic initiatives and day-to-day programs within the Global Supply Management and Supply Management Solutions organizations.

Medtronic seeks candidates who will meet our customer expectations by striving without reserve for the highest possible reliability and quality in our products, processes, and systems. This commitment requires being accountable, having a voice, and taking action. We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader —that is why we make it a point to seek out, attract, and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.
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. 

Medtronic seeks candidates who will meet our customer expectations by striving without reserve for the highest possible reliability and quality in our products, processes, and systems. This commitment requires being accountable, having a voice, and taking action. We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader —that is why we make it a point to seek out, attract, and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.

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 a Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist, you will:

• Lead the execution of the Supplier Capacity Program (SIOP) and additional special projects.

• Coordinate and lead supplier SIOP reviews, prepare meeting presentations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.  

• Maintain and promote strong GO&SC & GSM relationships with suppliers as well as cross-functional teams within Operations Sourcing, Category Management, Supply Chain, and Supplier Quality Engineering, among other internal customers.   

• Mitigate risk, leverage technology and purchase power, and improve processes and systems.

• Foster functional excellence, continuous improvement, and promote a lean culture to drive enhancements in strategic and transformational program standard work.

Must-Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 4 years of relevant supply chain, strategic sourcing, or supply management experience or an advanced degree with 2 years of relevant supply chain, strategic sourcing, or supply management.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to supply chain, planning, purchasing, materials, and/or inventory control environment.

• Ability to prioritize, multitask, and act proactively.

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

• Experience supporting projects.

• Solid database and computer skills: i.e., PBI, PowerApps, Microsoft Outlook, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project. Advanced Excel knowledge (vlookup, pivot tables, formulas, macros).

• Six Sigma Green Belt & Lean manufacturing background.

Physical Job Requirements

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