Technical Sourcing Program Manager

Technical Sourcing Program Manager

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. Join our Global Technical Sourcing team as the Technical Sourcing Program Manager, where you will support the Spine and Biologics team and drive groundbreaking therapies. Be a part of revolutionizing medical technologies that transform lives worldwide!

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, the Technical Sourcing Program Manager will lead the reduction of overall supply risk and drive the adoption of capable technologies and 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). As the Technical Sourcing Program Manager, you will be the primary liaison between the product development team and suppliers, ensuring supplier capabilities align with project needs to meet NPD milestones and timelines. You will :

• Partner with cross-functional team members and suppliers to identify and plan GTS deliverables needed to support all phases of the NPD program through commercial launch.
• Lead Phase Gate and Transfer to Operations Reviews with stakeholders for each NPD phase.
• Lead the identification, evaluation, and selection of suppliers aligned to program objectives and sourcing strategies.
• Optimize supply chain flow to drive cost savings and cycle time efficiency.
• Ensure material costs and program budgets align with targets through supplier negotiations while influencing design and manufacturing strategies.
• Oversee supplier DRM activities and drive early engagement with suppliers on NUDs (New, Unique, Difficult components).
• Partner with Category Management and Legal to identify and create applicable legal agreements with suppliers.
• Identify and own mitigation plans to burn down supplier and supply-related BOM risks.
• Act as the liaison between suppliers and the project team to drive oversight and resolve supplier-caused issues.
• Manage product orders to ensure accurate quantities and configurations arrive on time for all program development stages.
• Manage inventories in alignment with NPD inventory policies, program build needs, and commercial launch plans.
• Partner with Supplier Quality Engineering to drive PPAP qualification activities at the supplier.
• Develop and oversee supplier capacity plans to ensure product availability after commercial launch.
• Identify and capture future supplier cost-down opportunities.
• Partner with Category Management to ensure supplier pricing agreements are in place.
• Oversee and support inventory and ERP production release activities.
• Provide hyper-care support after commercial launch.

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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.

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) : $115,200.00 - $172,800.00 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.

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will

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