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A Day in the Life

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Join our Global Supply Management team as a Senior Program Manager for the Cost Excellence Ideation Team, where you will play a critical role in developing material cost savings strategies and opportunities across Medtronic’s $6bn of annual material spend.

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. Program Manager – Cost Optimization, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving material cost savings and operational excellence across Medtronic’s Cardiovascular Portfolio. Your day will be dynamic, engaging both strategic thinking and hands-on collaboration:

• Strategic Opportunity Prioritization: You’ll assess, bundle, and prioritize a diverse pipeline of cost savings initiatives, ensuring balanced delivery across multiple savings levers to support Medtronic’s goal of $300M in annual material cost reductions.

• Material Cost Management: Develop and implement comprehensive cost management strategies for high-impact value streams, leveraging your expertise in supplier bid analysis, make-vs-buy decisions, and medical device sourcing.

• Portfolio Spend Analysis: Use advanced analytics tools (Power BI, Planisware) to analyze spend data, uncover key trends, and identify actionable opportunities for cost optimization.

• Process & Tool Improvement: Design and deploy improved business processes, systems, and tools across teams and partner functions, applying Lean methodologies and best practices to maximize efficiency and cost savings.

• Performance Tracking & Problem Solving: Lead operating mechanisms, track key performance indicators, and drive collaborative problem-solving in tier meetings.

• Business Case Development: Work closely with the evaluation team to develop and ensure robust financial analysis and high-confidence recommendations.

• Leadership Communication: Prepare and present program updates to senior leadership during monthly operating reviews, translating complex data and business insights into clear, actionable strategies.

• Cross-Functional Ideation: Lead and participate in cross-functional ideation events to uncover new material cost savings opportunities.

• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with stakeholders across Category Management, Supplier Optimization, VAVE, and other organizations to generate, evaluate, and implement programmatic savings ideas.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years strategic business or sourcing support experience, or a master's degree with 5 years of strategic business or sourcing support experience.  

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Supplier Management Expertise: Proven experience in supplier bid analysis, supplier selection for medical devices, and make-vs-buy analysis to optimize sourcing decisions.

• Cardiovascular Product Knowledge: Familiarity with cardiovascular products and their unique requirements within the medical device industry.

• Electro-Mechanical Assembly Experience: Hands-on experience with electro-mechanical assemblies, including PCB/PCA manufacturing, cable assemblies, and implantable device design requirements.

• Advanced Analytics Proficiency: Skilled in leveraging analytics tools such as Power BI and Planisware for data-driven decision making and program management.

• Lean Belt Certification: Demonstrated application of Lean methodologies to drive operational excellence and cost efficiency.

• Business Acumen & Financial Insight: High degree of business acumen with the ability to analyze financial data and translate insights into actionable cost savings strategies.

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