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Join Medtronic’s Global Sourcing team as the Category Manager for Specialty Materials- Pharmaceuticals, Drugs, Lithium, Glass, etc. to develop and execute category plans. You will lead category strategy, cost reduction initiatives, on-time delivery, quality, supplier performance, supplier consolidation/rationalization, and improve vendor relationships. 

To be successful in this position, you will require strong negotiation skills, technical aptitude, and strong relationship-building skills.  As a successful Category Manager, you will understand the industry and category environment, and identify and develop strategies that can leverage the supplier’s capabilities and Medtronic’s purchasing power at a global scale. 

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result — and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. 

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide. 

Remote flexibility is possible based on the candidate's location.

A Day in the Life

As the Category Manager-Specialty Materials, you will engage with Operating Units leadership to ensure delivery of effective procurement strategies and standards that deliver to Medtronic’s overall operations and business results. You will support and own key initiatives relevant to global commodity strategies. Through strategic leadership, you will facilitate or support Operation Networks discussions that will optimize the commodity in terms of quality, service, technology, market intelligence, risk, and total cost of ownership. You will work to leverage cross Operations Network strategies at an enterprise level and continuously develop and improve leveraging opportunities by consolidating spend with key business partners supporting the broader interests of Medtronic. In addition, you will leverage strategic sourcing processes across Medtronic by maximizing the company’s combined purchase power to reduce the overall cost of ownership and acquisition through strategic negotiations and optimize supplier relationship management opportunities through partnerships within their primary categories of oversight.

As the Category Manager-Specialty Materials you will:

  • Manage an estimated ~ $40M annual spend on specialty materials (Pharmaceutical, Drugs, Lithium, Glass, etc).
  • Advocate on behalf of supply management function with business units and operational partners to ensure support for core business objectives.
  • Negotiate contracts that provide year-over-year benefits in performance
  • Identify and develop business cases for a healthy year-over-year cost reduction pipeline with suppliers through lean, should costing, process improvement, tier 2 strategies, and yield improvements
  • Perform market analysis in identifying the best cost country sourcing of said category, provide guidance to technical sourcing and engineering with supplier innovations, and proactively develop forward buy agreements where appropriate
  • Define and manage winning category strategies and approaches with suppliers.
  • Manage vendor relationships and drive year-over-year performance improvements with quality, delivery, and costs
  • Lead regular business reviews with suppliers
  • Analyze received quotations, select or recommend new suppliers
  • Rationalize existing supplier base through stratification, market analysis, supplier development, and supplier consolidation
  • Lead new and ongoing supplier audit activities to ensure the supply base has robust process controls and capabilities to meet existing and future Medtronic business requirements
  • Conduct supply chain risk reviews

Supporting Supply & Supplier Market Intelligence, you will:

  • Global market intelligence for the Specialty Materials category and provide insights to support network optimization opportunities.
  • Obtain and communicate the market condition and technology trend information regarding commodities and suppliers. Implement appropriate business opportunities driving value to the enterprise.

Supporting Supplier Risk Management, you will:

  • Develop market & category risk reduction strategies in partnership with the operating unit.

  

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelors degree required
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant Category Management experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant Category Management experience

Nice to Have
  • Minimum of 5 years sourcing Global Pharmaceutical/Chemical, in commodity management and with strong negotiation experience. 
  • Experience in forming and maintaining strategic alliances. 
  • Category strategy development experience 
  • Experience in cross-functional commodity teams.
  • Master’s Degree and/or Engineering Degree 
  • CPIM Certification 
  • Knowledge of e-commerce initiatives 
  • Knowledge of FDA-regulated industries 
  • Knowledge of the lithium market & industry
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Previous experience in a medical device industry

 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

A commitment to our employee's lives is 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. Learn more about our benefits here. 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic’s Incentive Plan (MIP) here

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. (ADA-United States of America)

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