Sourcing Manager

Stryker • Greenwood Village, CO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role leads the development and implementation of strategies and goals for assigned commodities to support overall divisional business objectives. The Sourcing Manager will formulate and implement processes to build a best-in-class strategic sourcing organization. This includes developing and leading cross-functional teams to create strategic commodity plans, consolidation strategies, and spend/supply assessments, considering total product life cycle needs. The position involves leading sourcing analysis and selection, performing cost and make-vs-buy analyses, and advising others on these processes. It also includes leading the development of contract strategy, negotiating, establishing, monitoring, and enforcing supplier contracts and agreements. Building strong partnerships with key suppliers and other business disciplines is crucial, as is developing relationships with senior executive leadership at strategic suppliers. The role requires identifying supply base risks and developing/implementing mitigation plans, including market, financial, social responsibility, environmental, and ethical assessments. Obtaining and communicating market condition information and technology trends related to commodities and suppliers is essential for identifying and implementing appropriate cost controls and business strategy changes. Collaboration across functions, divisions, and campuses is necessary to develop sourcing strategies and key supplier scorecards and business reviews, including organizing and leading review meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Management, Business, Finance, Engineering or related field.
• 8 years in Supply Management with focus on strategic sourcing and supplier development.

Nice To Haves

• SAP experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of strategies and goals for assigned commodities in support of overall divisional business objectives.
• Formulate and implement processes to build a best-in-class strategic sourcing organization.
• Develop and lead cross functional teams and lead the process to create strategic commodity plans, consolidation strategy, and spend/supply assessments taking into account total product life cycle needs.
• Lead sourcing analysis and selection process and performs cost analyses and make vs buy analyses as required.
• Advise others on selection/cost analysis.
• Lead development of contract strategy.
• Negotiate, establish, monitor, and enforce supplier contracts and agreements.
• Develop strong partnership relationships with key suppliers as well as other disciplines within the businesses.
• Partner and develop relationships with senior executive leadership at strategic suppliers.
• Identify supply base risk and develop/implement mitigation plans including market assessments, supplier's financial assessments, social responsibility, environment, ethics etc.
• Obtain and communicate market condition information and technology trends related to commodities and suppliers.
• Utilize market trends to identify and implement appropriate cost controls and business strategy changes.
• Collaborate across functions, divisions, and campuses to develop sourcing strategies and key supplier scorecards and business reviews.
• Organize and lead scorecard review meetings and business reviews.

Benefits

• Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
• Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.
• Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees