We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Apr 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, we not only can manage indirect categories for the largest medical device company in the world, but we also get to experience the immense sense of purpose that comes from knowing that the money we save is reinvested into technology that helps alleviate pain, restore health, and extend lives of millions of patients around the world. The work we do supports the Medtronic Mission, and it matters.

As the Category Sourcing Lead - MRO, you will be a key member of Medtronic’s center-led Indirect Supply Management (ISM) team, reporting to the Sr. Sourcing Manager of Global MRO. You can create and execute value-driven strategies across many functions, regions, and businesses in this role. These strategies will leverage Medtronic’s global scale to drive year-over-year value within the MRO Industrial Supplies and Services sub-categories. You will partner with the center-led business engagement teams in this role to implement pan-Medtronic category strategies globally.

The opportunities to create value within this ~$500M category are limitless, and we are seeking a candidate who thrives on building new opportunities every day to learn and make a difference. You will bring your demonstrated history of quickly identifying new value opportunities, establishing and building relationships in a matrixed environment, working collaboratively to ensure team performance, and successfully influencing various stakeholders at all levels.

As the Category Sourcing Lead - MRO, you will:

• Identify strategies across multiple sub-categories in the MRO Industrial Supplies and Services categories that utilize multiple levers and approaches to drive value

• Build strategic relationships with internal stakeholders and assigned suppliers

• Work with the internal Sourcing Administration team to expand and utilize internal purchase catalogs to support guided buying processes reflective of broader category strategies

• Engage and influence multiple stakeholders to create and implement strategies in a highly matrixed organization

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies that result in a year-over-year new value improvement

• Gather market intelligence and trends for relevant categories and sub-categories

• Achieve year-over-year value improvements for all quality, service, innovation, and cost aspects

• Perform RF(x) activities to drive competitive pressure and ensure maximum value is realized

• Partner closely with key functions that support supply management (e.g., legal, finance, quality/compliance)

• Lead and assist in Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) activities and develop governance for suppliers in your assigned sub-categories

• Lead contract negotiations that support and align with key stakeholder needs and requirements and overall Medtronic strategies

• Recommend solutions to business problems and/or identify opportunities for improvement and present ideas to leadership

• Educate on key indirect supply management initiatives and policies

• Develop robust data gathering and perform data maintenance to ensure spend transparency and support the development of a baseline for sourcing cost reduction efforts

• Identify insourcing and outsourcing opportunities

Must-Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant sourcing or supply chain experience or advanced degree with 5 years of relevant sourcing or supply chain experience

Nice to Have

• Demonstrated experience in building and executing successful category strategies in the MRO/Operations space

• Category management experience with a global company (strategy development and execution following strategic sourcing methodology)

• Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI

• Demonstrated leadership, customer service, problem-solving, communication, negotiation, tact, judgment, high attention to detail, and organizational skills

• Demonstrated strength in analytical skills

• Continuous improvement mindset

• Demonstrated written and verbal communication

• Working knowledge of SAP/Ariba spend management tools

• Expe