Procurement

• Post up to 5 news articles, features, and other content per day on MassDevice and MDO, including some based on interviews.
• Source and pitch relevant story ideas covering medtech research trends, technological news, and industry news.
• Meet daily social media requirements.
• Adhere to MassDevice and MDO’s high journalistic and quality standards.
• Support MDO (including its print editions and major projects including Women in Medtech and the Medtech Big 100), affiliated sites such as Medical Tubing + Extrusion and Drug Delivery Business News, DeviceTalks live and digital events, and other endeavors within Arrowfly’s Life Sciences organization.
• Assist with webinars and podcasts.
• Fulfill sales managers' requests, such as providing them with industry insights.
• Travel to attend industry trade shows, company meetings and events as needed.

Associate Editor – MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing

• Provide comprehensive contract management support across multiple licensed categories, regions and LOB
• Review and manage Deal Memo submissions within Salesforce
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for Deal Memo requirements
• Review proposed deals against Health Checks Policy
• Verify contracts before execution
• Maintain data integrity for complex commercial and financial structures
• Identify, troubleshoot, and escalate system anomalies
• Manage UAT testing efforts and provide feedback
• Support renewal dashboard enhancements
• Manage end-to-end IP setup in License Maestro
• Collaborate with the offshore execution team to address Zendesk tickets and implement corrective actions
• Manage and execute ad hoc projects

Manager, Licensing Contract Management – Operations

• Drive comprehensive project documentation and facilitate communication among cross-functional stakeholders
• Manage the PO process to ensure alignment with project specifications and budgets
• Independently manage the budget lifecycle, including approvals, adjustments, variance analysis, and performance optimization strategies
• Ensure agreements are structured to maximize company value and leverage knowledge of local construction costs
• Lead trade partner performance reviews using Blueprint scorecards; identify improvement areas and build long-term partnerships
• Attend home and prototype walks to understand project field adjustments, HVAC placements, and trade execution
• Independently manage complex blueprint changes, update templates, and contribute to cross-functional product development
• Ensure timely PO releases aligned with construction schedules
• Enter budgets into Homebound’s platform to initiate new projects**Contribute to the development of scopes of work, unit pricing, and supplier/trade contract documentation
• Use Homebound’s proprietary technology to manage workflows and drive efficiency

Construction Purchasing Agent

• Collaborate with procurement leadership to develop and refine procurement, inventory, and production planning strategies aligned with business objectives
• Lead or co-lead process improvement projects, identifying inefficiencies and implementing solutions to reduce cost, cycle time, or risk
• Analyze supply chain data to generate actionable insights and strategic recommendations for management
• Provide analysis and recommendations to support/guide vendor negotiation and pricing decisions, with final negotiation and sign-off led by your leader
• Contribute to annual planning, demand forecasting, and capacity analysis activities
• Lead contract negotiation with key suppliers on high value materials
• Manage complex supplier relationships, including performance reviews, contract adherence, and escalation resolution with minimal oversight
• Oversee end-to-end order management for high-value or complex accounts, ensuring on-time delivery and fulfillment accuracy
• Lead root cause analysis on supply chain disruptions and drive corrective and preventive actions
• Coordinate across production, finance, and operations to align supply chain execution with business priorities
• Own and administer the MRP process, including maintaining planning parameters such as lead times, safety stock levels, lot sizes, and reorder points
• Analyze and act on MRP-generated planned orders and action items with minimal oversight
• Collaborate with production, quality, logistics, and demand planning teams to ensure MRP inputs - including BOMs and demand forecasts - are accurate and current
• Identify systemic MRP planning gaps and drive improvements to planning logic, master data, and system configuration
• Maintain dashboards and KPI reports to track supply chain performance against company targets
• Identify and drive system enhancements in ERP and MRP platforms to improve planning accuracy and operational efficiency

Procurement Manager

• Lead initial Agile strategic project across the global organization while supporting the development of an Agile mindset with the Procurement organization
• Establish Agile roadmap, program ideation, and business case/ROI for future Agile programing
• Support Freight & Logistics and MRO Category Managers in developing and executing multi-year sourcing strategies aligned to business and operational priorities
• Translate stakeholder needs into executable sourcing plans, including RFPs, negotiations, renewals, and supplier transitions
• Ensure consistent execution of sourcing strategies across regions through structured governance, tools, and best practices
• Drive speed, rigor, and discipline in sourcing execution—ensuring timely delivery of committed outcomes
• Directly support and enable Strategic Sourcing Managers and Category Managers in executing high-impact initiatives
• Partner with teams to identify, evaluate, and manage key suppliers to ensure service reliability, cost competitiveness, and performance improvement
• Support negotiation strategies and contract development
• Drive supplier performance management, including scorecards, governance, and continuous improvement initiatives

Director, Agile Procurement – Transformation Categories

• Develop and execute category strategies aligned with enterprise and business priorities
• Leverage spend data, supplier intelligence, and market insights to identify opportunities for value creation, risk mitigation, and operational improvement
• Translate market, supplier, and spend insights into actionable sourcing recommendations and decision frameworks
• Partner with stakeholders to understand demand, challenge requirements, shape sourcing plans, and align priorities
• Lead sourcing initiatives, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and award recommendations across assigned categories
• Develop sourcing strategies and negotiation approaches that deliver commercial value and business outcomes
• Manage supplier performance through governance processes, scorecards, business reviews, and issue resolution
• Build trusted relationships with business leaders and cross-functional partners

Labor Category Manager

• Own strategic sourcing and supplier management across critical areas of our company
• Partner closely with Finance, Legal, InfoSec, Privacy, IT, Compliance, HR, and Facilities to lead sourcing processes
• Negotiate commercial terms and manage supplier performance
• Drive savings and cost avoidance while helping to build supplier agreements
• Build sourcing plans that translate business needs into the right supplier strategy, sourcing motion, and negotiation posture

Sourcing Manager, Corporate Services

• The Manager - Contract Management will be part of the Johnson & Johnson MedTech Contract Strategy & Execution (CS&E) organization, reporting to the Senior Manager, Contract Management.
• This role is responsible for driving flawless implementation of contracts and pricing strategies throughout the contract continuum from paper development through contract load and maintenance, while providing effective and efficient contract review and negotiation for commercial contracts.
• These responsibilities include supporting contract templates that enable approved business and CPC strategies and supporting terms and conditions redlines for commercial contracts across the JJMT Surgery organization, including robotics and digital surgery, as applicable.
• This individual is also responsible for assigned redlines, including customer negotiations in close partnership with Offer Development, Account Management, Deal Managers, and the Field Sales Organization.
• They will partner closely with the Commercial Programs Legal Group (CPLG) as a Learned Intermediary, the broader CS&E Contracting community, HCC, and internal business partners, including senior management, to identify opportunities, support process improvements, and advance critical company initiatives that improve turnaround time, contracting workflows, governance, risk management, and customer experience.
• Responsibilities include, at the direction of the Senior Manager, Contract Management, coordination of terms and conditions options and changes, identifying potential gaps, ensuring contracts are aligned to approved strategies, supporting customer negotiations, sharing preferred practices, and recommending solutions that improve customer experience and operational excellence.

Manager – Contract Management

• Managing contract intake, drafting, revisions, negotiation support, and execution
• Coordinating redlines and legal reviews; ensuring policy and pricing compliance
• Supporting assembly of complete contract packages that are accurate, timely, and aligned to approved deal strategy and pricing inputs
• Supporting the maintenance of the OTTAVA contract database and ensuring audit‑ready documentation
• Partnering with Finance, Legal, and Pricing Ops to resolve issues and facilitate internal approvals
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders in MedTech Surgery, Polyphonic, and Enterprise teams to identify compliant and implementable contracting solutions aligned with business strategy
• Supporting identification and execution of initiatives to optimize systems, processes, and controls to track and manage the contracting process and reduce cycle times (i.e., digitally enabled workflows, template standardization)

Manager, Contract Management

• Drive flawless implementation of contracts and pricing strategies throughout the contract continuum from paper development through contract load and maintenance.
• Provide effective and efficient contract review and negotiation for commercial contracts.
• Support contract templates that enable approved business and CPC strategies and supporting terms and conditions redlines for commercial contracts across the JJMT Surgery organization.
• Responsible for assigned redlines, including customer negotiations in close partnership with Offer Development, Account Management, Deal Managers, and the Field Sales Organization.
• Partner closely with the Commercial Programs Legal Group (CPLG) as a Learned Intermediary, the broader CS&E Contracting community, HCC, and internal business partners.
• Identify opportunities, support process improvements, and advance critical company initiatives.
• Coordinate terms and conditions options and changes, identifying potential gaps.
• Ensure contracts are aligned to approved strategies, supporting customer negotiations, sharing preferred practices, and recommending solutions that improve customer experience and operational excellence.

• Supporting the production, accuracy, and compliance of all OTTAVA contracts.
• Managing contract intake, drafting, revisions, negotiation support, and execution.
• Coordinating redlines and legal reviews; ensuring policy and pricing compliance.
• Supporting assembly of complete contract packages that are accurate, timely, and aligned to approved deal strategy and pricing inputs.
• Supporting the maintenance of the OTTAVA contract database and ensuring audit‑ready documentation.
• Partnering with Finance, Legal, and Pricing Ops to resolve issues and facilitate internal approvals.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders in MedTech Surgery, Polyphonic, and Enterprise teams to identify compliant and implementable contracting solutions aligned with business strategy.
• Supporting identification and execution of initiatives to optimize systems, processes, and controls to track and manage the contracting process and reduce cycle times (i.e., digitally enabled workflows, template standardization)

• Build and implement a strategic sourcing framework that drives efficiency, compliance, and agility in purchasing software, cloud services, and business partnerships.
• Oversee procurement operations to ensure all requests flow smoothly through the right reviews and approval paths while meeting SLAs for speed and compliance.
• Partner with CISO and IT teams to ensure software purchases are secure, complementary to our existing stack, and optimized for cost.
• Serve as system admin for Zip, maintaining and improving workflows that guide stakeholders through each stage of the SaaS and services procurement lifecycle.
• Advise business partners on procurement policy and best practices, ensuring expectations are managed and decisions align with company standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Finance to monitor and optimize cloud spend, surfacing insights that drive budget efficiency.

Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Vendor Management

• Work vendor and subscription contracts, from initial purchases through renewals
• Lead or support negotiations, bringing consistent tactics to how the company negotiates
• Set up primary and backup preferred vendors for high-use consumable categories, consolidating across US and international labs
• Put a vendor vetting process in place, with preferred/backup lists for high-value categories
• Spot supply chain risks early and put mitigation plans in place
• Build and maintain the contract/renewal calendar
• Formalize vendor evaluation, set reorder thresholds and approval workflows, and create spend visibility across sites
• Design reorder and approval steps that reduce friction for lab teams
• Maintain a contract and renewal tracking system
• Work procurement/purchasing software, coordinating with the Automation Team and labs on inventory and reorder tracking
• Keep vendor contracts and sourcing documentation up to date
• Work with Finance on payment terms, budgets, PO systems, and cost-savings targets
• Work with Operations and the Labs to manage the vendor contracts that lab personnel and site managers rely on, and help set up the process behind inventory, ordering, replenishment, and maintenance schedules
• Support senior leadership on major purchases and vendor decisions.

Procurement Specialist

• Join our Global Supply Management team as a Category Manager – Specialty Materials.
• Support and execute sourcing strategies for highly specialized and regulated material categories.
• Help manage a complex and strategically important supply base.
• Partner closely with Operating Units, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Technical Sourcing, Supply Network, and supplier partners.
• Negotiate supplier agreements, mitigate risk, and drive cost optimization.
• Monitor tissue source availability, biologic material requirements, supplier capacity and capabilities, inventory posture, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify and execute opportunities for cost savings, inflation mitigation, contract coverage improvement, process optimization, supplier consolidation, supplier development, and value improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, R&D, and Technical Sourcing to support supplier qualification, audits, change control, material validations, supplier corrective actions, traceability expectations, and compliance with Medtronic requirements for biologic and tissue-based materials.
• Lead and support cross-functional teams, facilitate alignment across stakeholders, communicate project and supplier developments, and influence internal and external partners without direct authority.
• Use spend analytics, supplier scorecards, contract coverage data, savings and inflation dashboards, risk tools, and business intelligence.

Category Sourcing Manager – Specialty Material

• Develops outsourcing strategies and plans for R&D departments, with focus on Clinical Studies
• Acts as the lead point of contact for R&D financial needs including procurement
• Lead competitive sourcing initiatives, RFP development and bid analysis
• Evaluate outsourcing models and provide recommendations that balance quality, timelines, operational feasibility, and financial impact
• Provides input into the negotiation of financial business terms and conditions, and management of all R&Ds contracts in close cooperation with the other departments
• Supports and coordinates discount programs with key vendors
• Assists in negotiating vendor business terms in contracts such as scope, price, payment terms, and service level agreements
• Develop and maintain forecasts for clinical programs and other R&D activities, providing visibility into projected spending, risks, and opportunities
• Monitor actual spending against budget and forecast, identify variances, and provide actionable recommendations to stakeholders
• Support monthly and quarterly financial close activities, including accrual calculations, invoice forecasting, and budget reconciliation
• Analyze resource utilization, vendor spend trends, and portfolio investment requirements to support strategic decision-making
• Collaborate with Finance and R&D leadership to develop long-range planning assumptions and multi-year development cost projections
• Support the preparation of executive-level reporting and dashboards on R&D expenditures, study financial performance, vendor spending, and key financial metrics
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that optimize procurement, outsourcing, financial governance, and operational effectiveness
• Additional duties assigned as needed

Associate Director, Strategic Procurement

• Lead the design and execution of sourcing strategies that deliver high-quality pipelines aligned to business hiring needs across priority talent segments, leadership portfolios, and enterprise workstreams
• Translate demand forecasts, workforce plans, and market intelligence into proactive market mapping, talent pooling, engagement strategies, and multi-quarter sourcing plans
• Own sourcing support for designated senior leader portfolios and critical teams, ensuring aligned execution against evolving business priorities and organizational bandwidth
• Partner with recruiters and hiring leaders to calibrate profiles, refine messaging, and adjust strategies based on real-time feedback and results
• Serve as a strategic advisor to recruiting leaders and business stakeholders on talent market trends, competitive intelligence, and proactive strategies for critical skill areas
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sourcers, creating a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement
• Set clear goals and metrics aligned to Talent Acquisition priorities, including pipeline health, conversion rates, time-in-stage, quality of slate, and candidate generation outcomes, and regularly review performance
• Define team priorities, roles, responsibilities, and workload allocation to ensure the team is focused on the highest-impact business needs
• Stand up and lead a sourcing training and enablement process that provides clear onboarding and capability-building for both new and current recruiters
• Build a roadmap for sourcing capability development, including training, onboarding, best practices, and ongoing learning assets that accelerate enablement and improve productivity across the broader TA organization
• Drive operational excellence in how the team uses our ATS, CRM, and sourcing tools, with a strong focus on data quality, tracking, hygiene, and scalable execution
• Build and refine repeatable processes, playbooks, standard operating procedures, and workflows that enable consistent, scalable delivery across requisitions, portfolios, and talent segments
• Partner with TA Operations, Process, Enablement, and Solutions teams to shape, implement, and optimize tools, features, and workflows that enhance sourcing productivity and candidate generation capacity
• Help define and drive the execution roadmap for sourcing-related capabilities, including process improvements, tool adoption, and role clarity across partners
• Develop scalable mechanisms that strengthen sourcing effectiveness across the TA organization and support broader enterprise hiring outcomes
• Use data and analytics to diagnose bottlenecks, optimize sourcing channels, and inform decision-making for TA leaders, recruiters, and business stakeholders
• Lead competitive landscape mapping for key talent segments, generating insights on market conditions, talent availability, competitor activity, and hiring trends
• Translate market intelligence into actionable sourcing strategies, target lists, and recommendations for recruiters and hiring leaders
• Use performance data and market insights to influence sourcing priorities, improve execution, and strengthen delivery against Talent Acquisition OKRs
• Drive candidate generation capability as a key Talent Acquisition objective by developing strategies, processes, and tools that expand sourcing capacity and improve pipeline outcomes across the organization
• Act as a strategic partner to recruiters, TA leaders, HR, and business stakeholders, aligning sourcing priorities with business needs and long-range talent objectives
• Partner closely with leaders and members of COE teams, including Marketing, Solutions Enablement, Process, and business-aligned recruiting leaders, to align sourcing capabilities with enterprise talent priorities
• Build strong relationships across the People organization and TA to ensure a positive candidate, recruiter, and hiring manager experience
• Collaborate across TA and partner teams to pilot and scale new sourcing approaches, such as campaigns, events, talent communities, referral strategies, and enablement initiatives
• Influence senior TA and business leaders through data-driven recommendations, roadmap planning, and strategic insight that improve organizational sourcing outcomes over time
• Lead sourcing-related initiatives that improve our ability to find and engage talent, including new channels, tools, processes, training mechanisms, and experiments
• Demonstrate flexibility as new initiatives and priorities emerge in the sourcing space, quickly standing up support for evolving business needs and leadership demand
• Champion a test-and-learn mindset, using insights to refine strategies, improve execution, and share best practices across the broader TA team
• Build and scale organization-wide sourcing mechanisms, standard operating procedures, playbooks, and enablement assets that drive consistency, efficiency, and quality across the team
• Drive change through cross-functional partnership, helping shape how sourcing capabilities, recruiter enablement, and candidate generation evolve across Talent Acquisition

Sourcing Manager

• Own the category narrative. Define the category Affirm is building, what it is and how the space should be understood, and ensure that through-line holds whether someone encounters it in a press story, an earnings call, or a policy conversation.
• Develop and maintain messaging frameworks. Guide how Affirm talks about credit, financial experience, and consumer protection.
• Partner with Legal, Policy, and Product. Ensure the category narrative reflects how the product actually works and keeps pace as it evolves, framing new capabilities in the context of the broader credit ecosystem — and push for language that's both legally sound and narratively strong.
• Proactively build consumer clarity. Identify where confusion has eroded trust and turn those friction points into brand opportunities.
• Keep the narrative current. Work closely with cross-functional partners to identify when the consumer financial narrative needs to evolve, and lead the process of updating it when it does.
• Stay ahead of the conversation. Identify the conversations shaping the future of payments that we want to enter and lead, and monitor the media, policy, and competitive landscape for narrative risks and opportunities before they become obvious.
• Support high-visibility moments. Bring the narrative infrastructure to earnings, policy milestones, and category-defining press, ensuring Affirm shows up with a clear, consumer-centered point of view.
• Adapt the narrative for global markets. Ensure Affirm's forward-looking narrative translates across markets with different cultural contexts around credit and lending — consistent in belief, sensitive in perspective.

Senior Manager, Category Narrative

• Conduct In-Depth Research: Perform detailed market and company research to identify potential candidates using Boolean search, resume databases, social media, networking sites, and other creative channels.
• Source & Screen Candidates: Engage potential candidates through referrals, networking, and advanced sourcing techniques to build a strong talent pool.
• Collaborate & Communicate: Work with the recruiting team to align sourcing strategies with client needs and provide regular updates on search progress.
• Solicit and pursue referrals from business networks and/or internal referrals.
• Leverage Technology: Use proprietary tools, technology platforms, and email campaigns to engage with and attract candidates.
• Track, record, and monitor recruitment activities and progress with company systems.
• Metrics & Reporting: Measure the success of sourcing efforts, adjusting strategies as needed to optimize results.

Sourcing Specialist

• Maintain and deepen Nava’s relationships with existing cooperative purchasing vehicles, state-specific procurement mechanisms, and schedule contract holders
• Conduct regular outreach and engagement with vehicle administrators and state procurement officials to keep Nava positioned as an active, compliant, and preferred vendor on existing vehicles
• Monitor utilization rates and activity on current vehicles; identify underperforming vehicles and develop strategies to increase engagement or reactivate dormant relationships
• Track contract vehicle renewal timelines, compliance requirements, and reporting obligations; coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure Nava meets all vehicle-level requirements proactively
• Serve as Nava’s primary relationship owner with vehicle administrators, cooperative purchasing organizations, and state procurement bodies
• Identify procurement vehicles, cooperative agreements, and acquisition pathways in priority states where Nava currently lacks coverage or where gaps create a competitive disadvantage
• Develop and execute a vehicle establishment roadmap, prioritizing new cooperative agreements, schedule contracts, and state-specific vehicles that open doors in key target states before pursuits require them
• Lead the application, onboarding, and activation process for new vehicles; coordinate with Legal, Finance, and Contracts to ensure compliance and timely execution
• Build and maintain a current vehicle map that tracks which vehicles Nava is on, which are actively used, and which represent untapped entry points by territory
• Lead the early operationalization of Nava’s NASPO ValuePoint agreement, including identifying the incremental infrastructure, processes, and marketing efforts required to support NASPO at scale
• Develop a NASPO-specific go-to-market plan that identifies target states, outreach strategies, and activation milestones for the first 6–12 months
• Coordinate with the GTM and Communications teams to develop NASPO-specific marketing and nurturing materials that increase state awareness of and confidence in purchasing through the vehicle
• Track NASPO pipeline activity and utilization; report on vehicle performance and surface recommendations for improving activation and revenue contribution
• Provide per-territory acquisition pathway recommendations integrated directly into Capture Engineer territory capture plans, answering “how does this state buy services like ours” before the relationship conversation advances far enough to matter
• Conduct competitive vehicle analysis: identify where competitors are positioned on cooperative vehicles that could lock Nava out of procurements, and develop strategies to close those gaps preemptively
• Advise Capture Managers on activated pursuits where vehicle selection is a competitive variable
• Research and analyze state-specific procurement authority, sole-source pathways, emergency procurement options, and cooperative vehicle eligibility to ensure Nava has a viable acquisition route for every priority opportunity
• Maintain a landscape of cooperative purchasing organizations (NASPO, NCPA, SEWP, state-specific cooperatives) and advise on Nava’s positioning relative to each

Procurement Vehicle Strategist

• Own top-of-funnel sourcing for the Growth team, partnering closely on role requirements, intake, and pipeline priorities.
• Source and engage passive talent through creative outreach, boolean search, research, and market mapping — with a focus on technical and STEM-background candidates.
• Provide market insights and strategic guidance, leveraging your close partnership with the team to advise on what’s working, what isn’t, and broader market trends.
• Conduct initial candidate screens and manage handoffs to the project teams.
• Track and report recruiting metrics, ensuring data integrity in Ashby and other tools, and leverage insights to refine sourcing strategies and improve outcomes.

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Associate Editor – MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing

Manager, Licensing Contract Management – Operations

Construction Purchasing Agent

Procurement Manager

Director, Agile Procurement – Transformation Categories

Labor Category Manager

Sourcing Manager, Corporate Services

Manager – Contract Management

Manager, Contract Management

Manager – Contract Management

Manager, Contract Management

Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Vendor Management

Procurement Specialist

Category Sourcing Manager – Specialty Material

Associate Director, Strategic Procurement

Sourcing Manager

Senior Manager, Category Narrative

Sourcing Specialist

Procurement Vehicle Strategist

Talent Sourcing Specialist – Contract