Medtronic

Senior Vendor Management Program Manager – IT Strategic Partnerships

Medtronic

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $156,000 - $234,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Develops, manages, and continuously improves the strategic partnerships program
  • Create a strategy, structure, and templates for ongoing execution through the vendor management team and their suppliers
  • Work collaboratively with Global IT leadership, internal customers, and top technology partners (~Top 30) to align strategy with execution
  • Serve as the architect and thought leader for VMO's supplier scorecard program
  • Create and maintain relationship ladders and stakeholder maps with leading technology suppliers
  • Create a pipeline of innovation by connecting Medtronic's needs to partner capabilities, resources, and roadmaps
  • Enable conversation between appropriate stakeholders to develop innovative solutions, use cases, and opportunities
  • Deliver measurable quality and performance gains through scorecards and SLA/KPI review and improvement plans
  • Deliver measurable financial value year-over-year by identifying and executing use cases leveraging supplier capabilities in digital, AI, and automation
  • Occasional domestic travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects
  • Work onsite 4 days a week and collaborate cross-functionally

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 7+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree
  • Strongly Preferred: Bachelor's or advanced degree in a technical or business-related discipline
  • 7+ years working in some combination of IT operations, procurement, or vendor management
  • 7+ years working with large, strategic IT suppliers across hardware, software, network, and IT services
  • 7+ years creating and driving vendor strategy and aligning customer requirements with third-party services
  • Experience delivering programmatic vendor management and/or strategic programs at scale
  • Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to influence internally and externally using an objective, data-driven approach
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Intellectually curious and entrepreneurial
  • Optimistic and solution focused