Sr. Category Sourcing Manager - Specialty Materials
About The Position
Join our Global Supply Management team as a Sr. 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 Sr. 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of procurement experience, or an advanced degree and a minimum of 5 years of procurement experience.
- Experience developing and executing category strategies and managing supplier relationships within a strategic sourcing or procurement environment.
- Experience negotiating supplier agreements, commercial terms, and pricing arrangements.
- Experience analyzing supplier performance, market conditions, and sourcing risks to support business objectives.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing biologics, animal tissue, collagen, xenograft-derived materials, or other highly regulated specialty material categories.
- Knowledge of supplier qualification processes, traceability requirements, quality systems, regulatory considerations, and risk management practices for biologic or tissue-based materials.
- Experience supporting supplier audits, corrective actions, change control activities, and material validation processes.
- Proficiency with SAP, Microsoft Excel, spend analytics platforms, supplier scorecards, and business intelligence tools.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders across technical, operational, quality, and regulatory functions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute category strategies for biologics, animal tissue, collagen, xenograft-derived materials, and other specialty material categories.
- Manage supplier relationships and performance to support quality, delivery, cost, compliance, and business continuity objectives.
- Negotiate supplier agreements, pricing structures, capacity commitments, and commercial terms aligned with organizational goals.
- Analyze market conditions, supplier capabilities, supply constraints, sub-tier dependencies, and risk factors to inform sourcing decisions and category plans.
- Identify and implement opportunities for cost reduction, inflation mitigation, supplier development, process optimization, and value improvement.
- Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Research and Development, and Technical Sourcing teams to support supplier qualification, audits, validations, traceability, and change management activities.
- Monitor supplier capacity, material availability, inventory considerations, and regulatory requirements to help ensure continuity of supply for critical product portfolios.
- Utilize spend analytics, supplier scorecards, contract data, and business intelligence tools to prioritize initiatives, measure performance, and support strategic decision-making.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
