Procurement

• Join our Strategic Sourcing team as a Strategic Sourcing Program Manager, Metals for the Category Management team, where you will develop and execute strategic category objectives
• Provide leadership for the categories managed by our global operations and supply chain teams
• Utilize your strong influential skills to work directly with the operating units, production facilities, R&D teams, Technical Sourcing teams, Operations Sourcing, and Supply Chain
• Lead category strategy, cost reduction initiatives, on-time delivery, quality, supplier performance, supplier rationalization, and improvements in supplier relationships
• Support an annual spend of over $150M, including our Wire and Wire Products category
• Create spend profiles for assigned sub-categories, including detailed purchasing data, supply chain mapping, projected volumes, life-cycle plans, raw materials, secondary operations, and manufacturing processes
• Negotiate cross-operation network agreements with suppliers, including purchasing, development, supply, VMI, etc.
• Monitor agreements for compliance and drive supplier accountability
• Partner closely with Medtronic's legal department to deliver the best in calls, working on contract terms/language
• Drive year-over-year total cost of ownership improvement through negotiation, contract management, competitive bidding, should/cost analysis, supplier consolidation, and VA/VE
• Execute sourcing events and manage the Request for Proposal process to ensure thorough, accurate supplier responses
• Facilitate the resolution of technical and commercial questions throughout the process
• Identify and appropriately leverage technology innovation from the category supply base
• Utilize analytics & metrics to identify and organize suppliers accordingly
• Lead Supplier Relationship Management process to further leverage our strategic partnerships to achieve our goals and objectives
• Develop market & category risk reduction strategies in partnership with each operating unit
• Develop and deploy Global market intelligence for Metals, including Precious Metals (Platinum, Iridium, and Gold), and provide insights to support network optimization opportunities

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