Strategic Sourcing Prog Mgr
About The Position
The Strategic Sourcing Program Manager is based at MiniMed’s Northridge, California manufacturing site and serves as the Operations Sourcing liaison with Site Operations, Planning, Quality, and Finance to resolve supply-related issues. The position is expected to be onsite in Northridge four days per week. The role leads or participates in sourcing strategy activities related to product lifecycle and supplier management, local sourcing, supplier delivery performance, inventory management, and support of commodity management for pricing, terms and conditions, and quality agreements with strategic suppliers. The role works closely with suppliers and internal teams to identify and mitigate supply risks, communicate material shortages, support production and planning processes, manage supplier performance and capacity, and contribute to cost, inventory, cash flow, and supply continuity initiatives. It also supports audits, new product introductions, lifecycle transitions, and other assigned projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- At least 7 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Materials Management, or a supply-chain-related field.
- Strong Office 365 skills, especially Excel, including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, formulas, and macros.
- Strong analytical skills and experience using Power BI.
- Expert understanding of and experience with integrated manufacturing software systems.
- Working knowledge of Demand Flow, JIT, K-Loop, and Lean Manufacturing.
- Experience leading and influencing negotiations, project management, troubleshooting, problem-solving analysis, strategic thinking, and collaborative team building.
- Exposure to supply chain, planning, purchasing, materials, and inventory control environments.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and promote strong relationships with suppliers and internal partners, including Operations Scheduling, Supply Network Planning, Supplier Quality Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Operations Quality, and Category Management.
- Attend in-plant production meetings and report the status of key material issues and updates.
- Participate in Tier Escalation Meetings with functional and site leaders.
- Use or develop tools and processes, such as shortage reports and Clear2Build, to identify future component shortage risks and mitigate them.
- Communicate unmitigated component shortages to stakeholders so operational mitigations can be implemented.
- Attend Master Production Schedule consensus meetings and communicate changes to suppliers.
- Monitor Strategic Inventory Purchases and Last Time Buys, and maintain tracking files.
- Provide updates to Purchase Price Variance reports and inventory reserve files.
- Coordinate with shared services, engineering, new product development, materials and resin, and tooling management to track projects that ensure supply continuity.
- Initiate and schedule supplier-selection-related audits and provide site support for regulatory body audits.
- Manage or support supplier capacity initiatives to meet long-term Medtronic requirements.
- Manage and communicate critical and ongoing delivery issues.
- Support standard cost setting.
- Perform special projects, including new product introductions, phase-out coordination, lifecycle management, and material cost reduction initiatives.
- Support excess and obsolescence processes and raw material disposition at sites as needed.
- Provide guidance on site prioritization in conflicting situations.
- Attend and provide feedback for Supplier Relationship Management meetings, as applicable.
- Participate in cash flow initiatives.
- Create and present monthly and quarterly Procurement key performance indicator reviews.
- Lead periodic Supplier Performance meetings, including development of meeting content and scorecards.
- Liaise with Category Management on category strategies and supplier performance scorecards and reviews, including Quarterly Business Reviews, when applicable.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
- Short-term incentive (STI).
- Health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Health Savings Account.
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
- Life insurance.
- Long-term disability leave.
- Dependent daycare spending account.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Short-term disability coverage.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Potential eligibility for a Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
