Stryker
Senior Manager, Sourcing - Sterilization
Portage, Michigan, USA · Senior · Contract
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About the role
- United States of America Pay Ranges: $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 40% 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead category strategy development and execution while building organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, and strategic hiring.
- Partner across Divisional Procurement, Global Sterilization Services, Supplier Quality, Engineering, Advanced Operations, Materials Management, Operations, Finance, Legal, Compliance, R&D, Business Development, and Senior Leadership to deliver the best quality, service, value, and supply continuity.
- Lead the development and execution of enterprise-wide category strategies aligned with overall business objectives.
- Drive year-over-year productivity improvements and cost savings while maintaining or enhancing quality, compliance, service, and supply continuity.
- Develop and execute Global Category Plans encompassing cost reduction, new product development, supply base optimisation and rationalisation, quality improvement, risk management, and strategic sourcing.
- Lead complex sourcing initiatives, including supplier selection, cost and make-versus-buy analysis, contract negotiations, and agreements with large-scale, high-impact suppliers.
- Establish strategic relationships with key suppliers and lead supplier performance through scorecard reviews, executive business reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Champion supplier-enabled innovation in sterilisation technologies and partner with R&D, Engineering, Operations, and Business Development to align investments in new technologies and capabilities.
- Develop and execute supply risk mitigation strategies, including dual sourcing, IP acquisition, market and supplier financial assessments, sustainability, environmental considerations, and ethical sourcing.
- Leverage market intelligence, supplier insights, and technology trends to identify opportunities, manage risk, and influence category and business strategies.
Requirements
- 10 years of progressive experience in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Category Management, or Supply Chain
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills:
Skills
- Prior experience within sterilization or a related regulated environment.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and align senior stakeholders across functions and geographies.
- Experience with best-in-class strategic sourcing and category management practices.
- Strong negotiation and commercial contracting experience, including supply and quality agreements (QAA).
- Strong financial and commercial acumen with a track record of delivering measurable value and productivity improvements.
- Strategic, hands-on, and results-oriented approach with the ability to operate effectively with a high degree of autonomy.
- United States of America Pay Ranges:
- $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual
- Travel Percentage: 40%
- Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.
- Stryker is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability.
Compensation
- Partner with Finance to drive total cost of ownership strategies, establish annual cost standards, and demonstrate the long-term strategic and financial value of procurement initiatives.
Company info
- Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing global team while establishing processes and best practices that support a best-in-class strategic sourcing organization.
- This role will lead a global team of category management professionals and subject matter experts, with responsibility for multiple areas of direct and indirect spend within the global Sterilisation portfolio.
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