Category Manager - Metals

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 12 Dec 2025

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeJoin our Strategic Sourcing team as a Strategic Sourcing Program Manager, Metals for the Category Management team, where you will develop and execute strategic category objectives and provide the leadership for the categories managed by our global operations and supply chain teams. You will utilize your strong influential skills to work directly with the operating units, production facilities, R&D teams, Technical Sourcing teams, Operations Sourcing, and Supply Chain. You will lead category strategy, cost reduction initiatives, on-time delivery, quality, supplier performance, supplier rationalization, and improvements in supplier relationships, providing vast and varied exposure across multiple disciplines and operating units.
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As the Strategic Sourcing Program Manager-Metals, you will have overall responsibility for leading a cross-functional, cross-divisional category team in the development and implementation of strategies for assigned commodities.  You will support business objectives by driving improved supplier relationship management, enhanced service and quality assurance, advancing technology through R&D/new product development teams, reducing/mitigating risk, and delivering the lowest total cost of ownership.  You will support an annual spend of over $150M, which, in addition to the metals category, includes our Wire and Wire Products category.  You will lead and drive strategies that span the entire supply chain, including primary and sub-tier component suppliers.  

Supporting Supply Strategy Development & Commercial Agreements, you will:

• Support development & deployment of Global Metals category strategies.

• Create spend profiles for assigned sub-categories, including detailed purchasing data, supply chain mapping, projected volumes, life-cycle plans, raw materials, secondary operations, and manufacturing processes.

• Negotiate cross-operation network agreements with suppliers, including purchasing, development, supply, VMI, etc.

• Monitor agreements for compliance and drive supplier accountability.  Partner closely with Medtronic's legal department to deliver the best in calls, working on contract terms/language.

Driving Material Cost Optimization Roadmap Strategy & Innovation, you will:

• Drive year-over-year total cost of ownership improvement through negotiation, contract management, competitive bidding, should/cost analysis, supplier consolidation, and VA/VE.

• Execute sourcing events and manage the Request for Proposal process to ensure thorough, accurate supplier responses.  Facilitate the resolution of technical and commercial questions throughout the process.

• Identify and appropriately leverage technology innovation from the category supply base.

• Utilize analytics & metrics to identify and organize suppliers accordingly.

Supporting Supplier Performance & Relationship Management:

• Lead Supplier Relationship Management process to further leverage our strategic partnerships to achieve our goals and objectives. 

• Lead efforts for supplier analysis, selection processes, make/buy, and business transitions.

• Develop market & category risk reduction strategies in partnership with each operating unit.

Driving Supply & Supplier Market Intelligence:

• Develop and deploy Global market intelligence for Metals, including Precious Metals (Platinum, Iridium, and Gold), and provide insights to support network optimization opportunities.

• Research and analyze the supply marketplace, maintain a working knowledge of cost drivers, product/service pricing, market conditions, and identify new and/or alternate sources of supply

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant sourcing experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant sourcing experience

 Nice to Have

• Deep knowledge of metals commodities

• Highly skilled in developing and executing negotiation strategies with strong organization and collaboration skills

• Technical and commercial know-how of commodity market trends and manufacturing process technologies of the metals category

• Skilled in developing category strategies, contract reviews, lean manufacturing, business case development, Best Cost Country (BCR) sourcing experience, and product/process transfer/change requirements in a regulatory environment, with strong presentation skills

• Experience in a low-volume and high-mix demand for products environment

• Negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Good organization, project management, and follow-through skills

• Ability to prioritize, multitask, and act in a proactive manner

• Microsoft, Excel, Analytics, and SAP experience

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$110,400.00 - $165,600.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: 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), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

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Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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