Category Sourcing Lead - MRO at Medtronic in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Apr 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 Life
At Medtronic, we not only can manage indirect categories for the largest medical device company in the world, but we also get to experience the immense sense of purpose that comes from knowing that the money we save is reinvested into technology that helps alleviate pain, restore health, and extend lives of millions of patients around the world. The work we do supports the Medtronic Mission, and it matters.

As the Category Sourcing Lead - MRO, you will be a key member of Medtronic's center-led Indirect Supply Management (ISM) team, reporting to the Sr. Sourcing Manager of Global MRO. You can create and execute value-driven strategies across many functions, regions, and businesses in this role. These strategies will leverage Medtronic's global scale to drive year-over-year value within the MRO Industrial Supplies and Services sub-categories. You will partner with the center-led business engagement teams in this role to implement pan-Medtronic category strategies globally.
The opportunities to create value within this ~$500M category are limitless, and we are seeking a candidate who thrives on building new opportunities every day to learn and make a difference. You will bring your demonstrated history of quickly identifying new value opportunities, establishing and building relationships in a matrixed environment, working collaboratively to ensure team performance, and successfully influencing various stakeholders at all levels.

As the Category Sourcing Lead - MRO , you will:

• Identify strategies across multiple sub-categories in the MRO Industrial Supplies and Services categories that utilize multiple levers and approaches to drive value


• Build strategic relationships with internal stakeholders and assigned suppliers


• Work with the internal Sourcing Administration team to expand and utilize internal purchase catalogs to support guided buying processes reflective of broader category strategies


• Engage and influence multiple stakeholders to create and implement strategies in a highly matrixed organization


• Develop and implement sourcing strategies that result in a year-over-year new value improvement


• Gather market intelligence and trends for relevant categories and sub-categories


• Achieve year-over-year value improvements for all quality, service, innovation, and cost aspects


• Perform RF(x) activities to drive competitive pressure and ensure maximum value is realized


• Partner closely with key functions that support supply management (e.g., legal, finance, quality/compliance)


• Lead and assist in Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) activities and develop governance for suppliers in your assigned sub-categories


• Lead contract negotiations that support and align with key stakeholder needs and requirements and overall Medtronic strategies


• Recommend solutions to business problems and/or identify opportunities for improvement and present ideas to leadership


• Educate on key indirect supply management initiatives and policies


• Develop robust data gathering and perform data maintenance to ensure spend transparency and support the development of a baseline for sourcing cost reduction efforts


• Identify insourcing and outsourcing opportunities

Must-Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.


• Minimum of 7 years of relevant sourcing or supply chain experience or advanced degree with 5 years of relevant sourcing or supply chain experience

• Demonstrated experience in building and executing successful category strategies in the MRO/Operations space


• Category management experience with a global company (strategy development and execution following strategic sourcing methodology)


• Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI


• Demonstrated leadership, customer service, problem-solving, communication, negotiation, tact, judgment, high attention to detail, and organizational skills


• Demonstrated strength in analytical skills


• Continuous improvement mindset


• Demonstrated written and verbal communication


• Working knowledge of SAP/Ariba spend management tools


• Experience building and presenting Sourcing business cases


• Ability to partner with and influence internal technical experts


• Influencing teams and external suppliers to deliver results


• Strong program management skills


• Solid business and legal acumen


• Positive and energetic team player with strong cross-functional team 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):$104,800.00 - $157,200.00

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

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 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.

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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. ("Medtronic") in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.