Strategic Sourcing Analyst developing strategies for Advocate Health’s supply chain. Managing sourcing processes, supplier relationships, and cost optimization initiatives within a hybrid work environment.
About the role
- Senior Manager driving sourcing transformation initiatives in the Endoscopy Division for Stryker. Leading analytics, data management, and process transformation while collaborating across sourcing teams.
Responsibilities
- Drive analytics, data management, and process transformation for the Endoscopy Division.
- Lead a global team responsible for step function improvement in data quality, metrics, analytics, and knowledge management.
- Personally lead high-impact sourcing transformation initiatives, initially including cost reduction, new product development (NPD), and supplier performance.
- Collaborate with business unit sourcing teams.
- Design and implement a knowledge management strategy.
- Lead the creation of project charters, management plans, and execution oversight for all assigned initiatives.
- Drive cross-business unit operations reporting, meetings, and governance cadences to ensure alignment and transparency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply management, business, finance, engineering or related field
- 10 years of experience supply chain, operations or engineering
- Demonstrated capability to influence without authority
- Experience building advanced reporting with automation and tools such as PowerBI
- Effective integration with IT for solution delivery, but also ability to develop independently as needed
- Experience in process transformation experience with measurable results
- Effective communication skills globally and spanning leadership levels
- Self-starter with ability to use data and hands-on approach to identify opportunities
- Demonstrated experience in driving cost reduction and supplier performance improvement with measurable outcomes
- Growth mindset – ability to learn quickly and adapt to a changing environment.
- Demonstrated success in delivering high-impact transformation initiatives
Benefits
- bonus eligible
- benefits
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