Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist
- Galway
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead strategic sourcing projects related to facility services, building utilities (electricity, water, natural gas), sustainability initiatives, print, and EHS.
- Work closely with Enterprise Risk & Facilities organisation, Facility Managers, and other key stakeholders across Medtronic’s 150+ locations.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies that will optimise Medtronic's position in terms of quality, response time, technology, risk, and total cost.
- Negotiate, establish, and monitor supplier agreements.
- Foster collaboration amongst peers, establish close relationships with stakeholders in a highly matrixed organisation, and influence decisions.
- Develop robust data gathering and quality maintenance protocols to ensure spend transparency.
- Act as primary point of contact for supplier-related issues, escalations, and mitigation efforts.
- Provide project management and sourcing expertise.
- Requires a minimum Level 8 degree in a relevant discipline and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
- Prior experience leading multiple RFx events and contract negotiations.
- Procurement, strategic sourcing, and/or category management experience.
- Ability to manage and influence stakeholders.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
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.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).About MedtronicWe 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