Senior Strategic Sourcing Project Specialist – Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico – Full time – Posted Today – Requisition ID: R
At Medtronic you can begin a lifelong 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
Careers that Change Lives
At Medtronic, we not only get the opportunity to manage indirect categories for the largest medical device company in the world, but we also get to experience the immense sense of purpose that comes from knowing that the money we save is reinvested into technology that helps alleviate pain, restore health, and extend lives of millions of patients across the world.
The work we do supports the Medtronic Mission, and it matters. In this role, you will be a key member of Medtronic’s center‑led Indirect Supply Management (ISM) team and will report to the ISM Ops Network leader. This is a global project‑based role that allows you to partner with stakeholders across many functions, regions, and businesses to drive value. You will be assigned specific manufacturing sites and have direct responsibility for identifying, initiating, and executing improvement projects that reduce spend and generate value within indirect categories. You will partner with the center‑led category management teams to implement pan‑Medtronic procurement strategies and provide critical input to drive future strategies. The best candidate will possess an intrinsic drive to make a difference not only in the indirect category space but for Medtronic overall and the patients we serve. The opportunities are limitless, and we are seeking a candidate who seeks out new opportunities every day to learn and make a difference. The adecuado candidate will be able to quickly build and leverage relationships, work both independently and collaboratively, and successfully influence. Our team culture is one where every individual is expected to “Lead from Every Seat.”
Responsibilities
Identify, lead, and execute projects that deliver economic value to the global Operations Networks.
Conduct complex analysis of sourcing information for process improvement while maintaining high‑quality product and service delivery.
Partner closely with the center‑led category managers to understand and implement key pan‑Medtronic strategies.
Represent and share network and site‑specific requirements and strategies with the center‑led category management organization.
Partner closely with key functions that support supply management (e.g., legal, finance, quality/compliance).
Ensure that manufacturing sites are being adequately supported; this includes but is not limited to consistent engagement with key stakeholders, developing and sharing dashboards with information on key metrics at a defined cadence, conducting site‑level diagnostics and leading workshops to identify savings opportunities, managing supplier quality, and ensuring supply continuity.
Facilitate the supplier capacity assurance process, including providing capacity guidance to suppliers, analyzing, and proposing potential solutions for capacity constraints, and facilitating allocation discussions if required.
Build strong supplier relationships; serve as primary contact for issue resolution with suppliers.
Develop robust data gathering and data quality maintenance protocols to ensure spend transparency and support the development of a baseline for sourcing cost reduction efforts.
Initiate and implement appropriate category strategy change.
Create and establish internal and external benchmark analysis, including gap analysis, and required actions to achieve functional advantage.
Lead supplier negotiation efforts.
Manage strategic supplier contracts.
Qualifications – External
Must have: Minimum requirements – Bachelor’s degree and minimum 4 years of strategic sourcing experience in Strategic Sourcing including Supply Chain projects in a multi‑divisional corporation.
Negotiate new contracts with suppliers (facilities, IT, consulting, legal).
Experience in indirect sourcing and executing the category strategies.
Strong stakeholder management skills to be a recognized Trusted Advisor.
Strong analytical skills.
Strong negotiation skills.
Strong supplier management skills.
Experience with sourcing projects.
Project management skills.
Track record in achieving cost savings and contract management.
Knowledge of the Procure‑to‑Pay process.
Additional language skills (verbal & written) are a plus; advanced English.
Nice to Have
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, information systems, or business discipline plus 2 years of work experience in strategic sourcing, category management, supply chain, operations, or any functional area with demonstrated analytical and project‑based acumen.
Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI.
Ability to engage and influence stakeholders; Medtronic is a highly matrixed organization and having the ability to influence and leverage the matrix is a key requirement.
Collaborative team player.
Critical thinking skills.
Exceptional communication skills (both written and in‑person).
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations – but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive plan. The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply to others). The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co‑workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
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