Category Sourcing Manager - Specialty Materials

Medtronic•Minneapolis, MN

10d•$113,600 - $170,400•Onsite

About The Position

Join our Global Supply Management team as a Category Manager – Specialty Materials, where you will utilize your strong track record of delivering results in a matrixed organization and collaborate across diverse teams, functions, and supplier networks to support Medtronic’s Mission. As the Category Manager – Specialty Materials, you will support and execute sourcing strategies for highly specialized and regulated material categories, with an initial focus on biologics, animal tissue, collagen, xenograft-derived materials, and other specialty materials. In this role, you will help manage a complex and strategically important supply base where tissue source availability, biologic material requirements, supplier controls, quality systems, regulatory expectations, technical capability, and continuity of supply directly impact patient care, product availability, and business continuity. You will partner closely with Operating Units, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Technical Sourcing, Supply Network, and supplier partners to execute category strategies, negotiate supplier agreements, mitigate risk, and drive cost optimization. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. As a Category Manager – Specialty Materials, you will play a key role in shaping and executing Medtronic’s supply management strategy for biologics, animal tissue, collagen, xenograft-derived materials, and additional specialty material categories. This role requires strong sourcing discipline, supplier relationship management, cross-functional influence, and the ability to translate market, technical, quality, regulatory, and business requirements into actionable category plans.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant procurement experience or an advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant procurement experience.
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in category management for biologics, animal tissue, collagen, xenograft-derived materials, or other highly regulated specialty materials.
Understanding of supplier qualification, traceability, quality systems, regulatory requirements, and risk management considerations for biologic or tissue-based materials.
Strong negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to manage supply-constrained and technically complex categories.
Excellent communication, collaboration, organization, and project management skills; strong presentation abilities and comfort influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel, analytics tools, SAP, spend analytics, supplier scorecards, and business intelligence tools.
Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally to supplier sites, manufacturing locations, and business reviews as needed.

Responsibilities

Support the development and execution of global category strategies for biologics, animal tissue, collagen, xenograft-derived materials, and other specialty material subcategories.
Monitor tissue source availability, biologic material requirements, supplier capacity, supplier capabilities, inventory posture, and regulatory requirements to help protect continuity of supply for critical product portfolios.
Negotiate, establish, and monitor supplier agreements, pricing arrangements, service commitments, capacity commitments, and performance expectations to support quality, cost, delivery, risk, and compliance goals.
Identify and execute opportunities for cost savings, inflation mitigation, contract coverage improvement, process optimization, supplier consolidation, supplier development, and value improvement initiatives.
Assess market dynamics, supplier concentration, technical barriers to entry, tissue source availability, biologic material constraints, sub-tier dependencies, geopolitical or regulatory risks, and best-cost sourcing opportunities.
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 to prioritize work, track performance, and drive informed sourcing decisions.