Sourcing Manager

Stryker • Kalamazoo, MI

1d • $102,600 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Sourcing Manager, Strategic Sourcing, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving innovation, efficiency, and value across our global supply base. This is a high‑impact position with direct visibility to senior leadership and cross‑functional teams. You will lead strategic sourcing initiatives across a defined supplier portfolio, driving excellence in service, quality, and cost. You will own a portfolio of primarily sustaining business, while also taking ownership of new products as they transition from development into production, ensuring seamless supplier integration and long-term performance.

Requirements

• 8+ years in Supply Management with focus on strategic sourcing and supplier development.
• Bachelors Degree
• Ability to negotiate effectively to obtain best prices and terms on products, materials, and services.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading sourcing activities for product transfers, insourcing initiatives, contract manufacturing transitions, or large-scale supply chain projects.
• Demonstrated success onboarding suppliers and managing complex supplier qualification efforts.
• Strong commercial negotiation and supplier relationship management skills.
• Ability to lead multiple high-priority projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments, preferably medical device, electronics, electromechanical assembly, or industrial products.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing workstreams for product transfers, insourcing initiatives, and manufacturing transformation projects, ensuring supplier readiness, risk mitigation, and successful execution against quality, service, cost, and timeline objectives.
• Identify, assess, select, and onboard suppliers through RFQs, capability assessments, supplier qualification activities, and Approved Supplier List (ASL) management to support project requirements.
• Drive competitive sourcing outcomes through pricing negotiations, contract execution, cost reduction initiatives, and long-term supplier agreements that deliver sustainable value.
• Lead sourcing activities for component transfers, supplier transitions, and new SKU implementation across multiple commodity categories, ensuring seamless transition into production.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Regulatory teams to manage supplier deliverables, qualification milestones, sample builds, and launch readiness activities.
• Proactively identify sourcing risks, develop mitigation plans, and provide clear updates to project teams and senior leadership on supplier performance, project status, and financial impact.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior