Senior Purchasing Manager

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Arden Hills

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

 

About the role:

Boston Scientific was recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.

 

The Sr. Purchasing Manager leads a team responsible for procuring materials and components for the Boston Scientific manufacturing sites in North America and ensures the continuity of supply needed to support production and deliver products to customers and patients worldwide.  This role is responsible for managing spend, inventory targets, and championing the integration of predictive analytics and AI into purchasing workflows to enable scalable growth, while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements and quality standards.

 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. 

 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and implementing direct purchasing strategies and goals to optimize and maintain healthy inventory levels and mitigate supply risk
• Ensuring a stable supply chain through effective supplier management, inventory control and strategic partnerships
• Aligning direct purchasing with internal and external SI&OP processes to ensure effective coordination of supply and external capacity planning
• Delivering materials management support to new product development and acquisition integration teams from concept through commercialization
• Partnering with global sourcing, production, engineering and quality teams to drive improvements and achieve business objectives
• Collaborating with customers and key partners to establish supplier strategies that meet service commitments and resource needs
• Monitoring purchasing processes and supply chain performance to ensure optimal results and compliance
• Driving Lean business process improvement strategies to enhance safety, quality, service and cost performance across the organization
• Establishing and monitoring performance against annual and long-term budgets; improve financial performance, inventory levels and spend
• Partnering with global purchasing, finance and quality teams to ensure alignment with Boston Scientific policies and requirements
• Integrating digital analytics and AI into purchasing workflows to enhance accuracy, enable data-driven decision-making and improve efficiency

 

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with at least 5 years of people leadership experience
• Minimum 7 years of experience in purchasing and supply chain management
• Familiarity with data analytics, ERP and advanced procurement systems

 

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in supply chain operations, industrial engineering or business administration
• Experience with AI or machine learning applications in supply chain
• Experience with digital twin modeling or smart factory environments

 

 

Requisition ID: 626249

Minimum Salary: $125800 

Maximum Salary: $239000 

 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

 

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