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Medtronic Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager in Tijuana, Mexico
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
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for managing the end-to-end sourcing process across the LATAM region for Supply Chain categories, including transportation, warehousing, and trade compliance, while supporting global or special initiatives as needed. As part of a global Indirect Sourcing team, it reports into the Director, Strategic Sourcing, based in the US. The role will also partner very closely with stakeholder leaders in the LATAM region. The candidate can be working in a flex work model in/or Colombia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Brasil.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Identify and nurture talent
Create value across $150M in annual indirect spend in the region
Engage and influence multiple stakeholders (mostly senior leadership across both manufacturing and commercial sites) to adopt and implement strategies developed by the team; Medtronic is a highly matrixed organization and having the ability to influence and leverage the matrix is a key requirement
Work independently and build strategic relationships with key suppliers
Develop and implement strategies that result in a sustainable competitive advantage
Achieve (year-on-year) value improvements for all aspects of quality, service, innovation, cost
Perform RF(x) events to drive competitive pressure and ensure maximum value is realized
Lead contract negotiations
Provide stakeholders with a balanced view of contract risk and liabilities
Build multi-year (at least 2 years) pipeline to support planning process
Assist in Supplier Stratification activities (e.g., Supplier Relationship Management)
Gather Market Intelligence and trends for relevant categories and associated sub-categories
Gather internal and external benchmarks in a systematic manner to support sourcing efforts
Recommend solutions to business problems and/or identify opportunities for improvement
Follow governance processes and Purchasing Controls systems to ensure compliance
Educate and train stakeholders on key indirect supply management initiatives and policies
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree
Ten years of relevant experience in Logistics Sourcing or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in Logistics Sourcing
Prior experience in Supply Chain & Logistics or Logistics Sourcing
Prior leadership experience
Fluency in Spanish and English
Strong negotiating skills and training
Knowledge using MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT)
Strong analytical and cross-functional collaboration skills
Knowledge of working in FDA regulated industries; Master’s degree (e.g., MBA); Understanding of underlying economics of Supply Chain and Proficient in MS Excel and PowerBI is advantageous
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 (http://www.medtronic.com)
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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.
We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.
We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.
This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…
Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning
These commitments set our team apart from the rest:
Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.
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