We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 24 Oct 2025

 

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

At Medtronic, our Contingent Labor Program is responsible for managing the company’s global network of staffing vendors and ensuring compliance, quality, and cost efficiency across all contingent hiring activities. We partner closely with business managers to help them source, engage, and onboard skilled contractors who support Medtronic’s mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our team serves as a trusted advisor—streamlining processes, negotiating supplier partnerships, and enabling managers to make informed, timely hiring decisions aligned with business needs.

In this exciting role you will be responsible for managing the full procurement lifecycle for specified contingent labor categories, acting as the primary point of contact for staffing suppliers, ensuring adherence to SLAs, market rates, onboarding timelines, and compliance requirements.

A Day in the Life:

•    Provide consultancy to Medtronic managers; staffing strategy, day-to-day supplier management / issue resolution
•    Review and qualify new requisitions prior to release/posting to staffing suppliers.
•    Provide support and training to Hiring Managers through the entire Procure to Pay process related to Contingent Workers.

• Facilitate assignment changes (including extensions, transfers, backfills, etc.).

• Laison between managers and supplier for coaching, ER issues, performance issues, furloughs.

• Manage On/Off Boarding process (terminations).

• Resolve operational issues related to worker engagement, timesheets, invoicing, and offboarding.

•    Lead Q&A sessions between suppliers and Hiring Managers on requisitions.
•    Manage tenure exception/negotiation process. Advise on conversion strategy
•    Support audits, reporting, and data analysis related to contingent labor utilization, spend, and supplier diversity.
•    Negotiate rates with Suppliers to obtain fair market price for each position via a competitively bid program model.
•    Develop proactive Supplier and Stakeholder relationships.
•    Deliver comprehensive reporting (Standard & Ad-Hoc) to customers as requested or work with Program Reporting Analyst to submit requests and establish prioritization.
•    Conduct ongoing user training for Medtronic users and suppliers.

Pre ID Management:

• Manage rate negotiations against internal job leveling guides and rates 

• Ensure compliance to 60-day break policy for prior workers or returning employees

Independent Contractor management:

• Educate managers on 1099 vs W2 laws and regulations

• Perform initial vetting and consulting for independent contractor requests 

• Re-negotiate 1099 rates when the individual does not qualify 

• Complete SOW configuration, updates and manage billing approvals

•    Present, align, and implement business strategy changes. Where possible, benchmark with other companies to determine best overall practices for assigned commodity area.
•    Monitor Supplier performance using scorecards; conduct regular business reviews to drive continuous improvement.
•    Partnering with TA on conversion terms, timelines. 

Must Have:  
•    Bachelor's degree with 4+ years relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 year’s prior relevant experience.
 

Nice to Have:  
•    Contingent staffing industry experience preferred
•    Experience with VMS (vendor management systems) such as VNDLY, Fieldglass
•    Proficient using Microsoft products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, MS Teams)
•    Change management experience
•    Strong relationship building 
•    Vendor negotiation
•    Full life cycle recruiting experience
•    Understanding contracts/staffing agreements

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. This position is located at Medtronic Headquarters, 710 Medtronic Parkway, Fridley, MN.

Physical Job Requirements

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