Technical Sourcing Program Manager at Medtronic in Mounds View, Minnesota

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 22 Nov 2024

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 Life
Global Technical Sourcing (GTS) bridges Global Supply Management (GSM) with Technology and New Product Development (NPD) Project Teams, aligning Medtronic Product and Supplier Technology Roadmaps. GTS accelerates innovation through suppliers to create a sustainable competitive advantage.

As part of the GSM Project Management function, Technical Sourcing leads the reduction of overall supply risk and drives the adoption of Capable Technologies & Sources in New Product Development, ensuring predictable supply and competitiveness through full Product Launch. Technical Sourcing is responsible for the timely execution of all project deliverables in the Product Development Process (PDP).
At Medtronic, we celebrate what makes you unique. Join a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

A career at Medtronic is unlike any other. We're purposeful, committed, and driven by our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend the lives of millions of people worldwide. Join our Global Technical Sourcing team as the Technical Sourcing Program Manager supporting the Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) Operating Unit.

This exciting role will support the Cardiac Ablation Solutions business, which offers cardiac mapping and ablation solutions to treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. Our vision is to help patients worldwide by advancing innovation for diagnosing and ablating cardiac arrhythmias, enabling clinicians to perform procedures with superior outcomes. As the Technical Sourcing Program Manager, you will manage supplier interactions with NPD & Technology, aligning the Medtronic products and supplier technology roadmaps.

You will:

• Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate, develop, qualify, and manage supplier projects for new product development programs.


• Oversee and manage the supplier aspects of projects and liaise with Ops-Core Team Members, project management, and project team.


• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and develop resolutions to meet schedule, budget, cost, productivity, quality, and functionality goals and objectives.


• Partner and drive suppliers to ensure components are designed for reliability, manufacturability, and cost.


• Define supplier objectives and communicate design requirements.


• Identify and communicate sourcing risks early to drive mitigating designs and focused supplier development.


• Drive supplier identification, evaluation, selection, development, qualification, and product launch ramp-up in line with category and product development strategies.


• Provide front-line negotiation with knowledge of category strategies and influence design/technology/source decisions.

Must-Have:

• Bachelor's degree required.


• Minimum of 7 years of relevant technical and/or sourcing experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant technical and/or sourcing experience.

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain discipline.


• Experience sourcing/managing contract manufacturers and/or capital equipment or electronics suppliers.


• General Manufacturing Process knowledge and experience.


• PMI Certification.


• Extensive relevant experience in project management and supplier-related negotiation skills.


• Ability to manage multiple technologies and priority changes while consistently meeting customer needs.


• Broad technical knowledge/background.


• Lean and Six Sigma experience.


• Design for Reliability & Manufacturability experience.


• Proficient experience in the management of suppliers and supply chains.


• Ability & willingness to travel 10 - 25%.


• Proficient business understanding and the ability to influence program objectives in a matrix organization.

Join us to make a difference in the lives of millions. Apply now and be part of a team that's changing lives every day.

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):$109,600.00 - $164,400.00

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).

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 90,000+ 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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

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 law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.