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

A Day in the Life

The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. Were committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions is designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health helping them achieve better glucose control while spending less time managing their disease.
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The Director will serve as the primary interface and thought leader between our organization and our contract manufacturing partners while working cross functionally with R&D Quality Operations finance legal and supply chain teams to deliver business objectives and supplier excellence. This role is responsible for building managing and optimizing relationship with contract manufacturers to ensure quality cost competitiveness and supply resilience.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronics Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

Position Responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing & Category Management

• Lead thought leader for Contract manufacturing Category and Operations sourcing focused on high value CM relationships.
• Analyze competitive landscape spend market trends and supplier performance to identify cost reduction and service improvement opportunities.
• Develop and execute category strategies that align with manufacturing and enterprise goals ensuring compliance with FDA and ISO 13485 regulations.
• Alignment of contract Mfg strategy with R&D and Manufacturing roadmaps.

Supplier/CM Selection & Contract Management

• Manage end-to-end sourcing processes including RFPs negotiations Supplier evaluation and contract development.
• Partner with Finance Legal Compliance and Quality to ensure contracts meet regulatory and operational requirements.
• Negotiate terms of engagement and cost in line with needs of the business.
• Drive supplier selection based on total value innovation capability scalability and risk profile.

Supplier Leadership

• Serve as the point of contact for contract manufacturers ensuring strong governance performance management and relationship development to deliver value to the business.
• Monitor Supplier risk and support the development of contingency and continuity plans across global regions.
• Drive cost and efficiency improvements across the value stream by leveraging suppliers.
• Drive portfolio performance across the CM covering pre and post market engagements. Ensure we are capturing value across the entire business at the supplier

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Program Management

• Work closely with Global Manufacturing IT Finance Quality and Compliance teams to ensure sourcing solutions support business needs and compliance standards.
• Manage project timelines stakeholder expectations and communication across all internal stakeholders. Must have executive presence to lead at all levels of the organization.
• Track and report on savings value realization and program status to senior leadership. Drive ideation of ideas across functions.

Required Qualifications: Requires a Bachelors degree in a related field and a minimum of 10 years relevant experience with 7 years of managerial experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years prior relevant experiencewith 7 years of managerial experience.

Nice to have

• Manufacturing operations leadership experience
• Experience in medical device pharmaceutical or life sciences industries is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings and service improvements in a global matrixed environment.
• Strong knowledge of contract negotiation supplier performance management and regulatory compliance (FDA ISO 13485).
• Excellent communication stakeholder engagement and project management skills.
• Proficiency in sourcing and contract management
• MBA or Masters in Engineering Healthcare or Operations
• Lean Six Sigma PMP or relevant certification a plus
• Experience with digital sourcing platforms or analytics tools
• Global sourcing experience with specific focus on contract manufacturing is a strong advantage

Travel

• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time

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):$168800.00 - $253200.00

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

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

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 insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple 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 matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital 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

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 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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It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.