Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist

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

Responsibilities

• Create value across the entire portfolio of : $500M+
• Work independently to build strategic relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Lead reporting & data analytics for supplier management & spend program governance
• Support implementation of sourcing strategies that result in a sustainable competitive advantage
• Assist in supplier relationship management activities for strategic IT services categories
• Achieve year on year value improvements for all aspects of service, innovation, and cost
• Lead and support complete RFx events for IT services
• Lead and support strategic contract negotiations for large scale engagements with sophisticated IT partners
• Advise internal stakeholders with a balanced view of contract risk and liabilities and advocate for their interests
• Gather market intelligence and industry trends
• Recommend solutions to business problems and identify opportunities for improvement
• Educate and train stakeholders on key indirect supply management initiatives and policies
• Bring forth a mindset of continuous improvement
• Lead from your seat! We're looking for a highly talented individual who is motivated by setting challenging goals and given the freedom to achieve them.
• Work alongside experienced and motivated colleagues who are collaborative, creative and know how to have fun.
• Have the opportunity to mentor early to career talent, if this is an area of interest for you!

Required Knowledge And Experience

Nice to Have :

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here

Skills Required

Market Intelligence, Contract Negotiations, supplier relationship management , Data Analytics, Microsoft Excel