Hybrid Senior Manager, Sourcing

at Stryker

• Job title: Senior Manager, Sourcing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: React
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cork, Ireland

About the role

• Senior Manager in Sourcing overseeing global procurement strategies for sterilisation at Stryker. Leading category management and supplier negotiations with a strong focus on cost reduction and quality enhancement.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership of category strategy activities for Sterilisation for a significant portion of global category spend.
• Lead overall category direction and ensure effective strategy development and execution for the category portfolio.
• Develop a succession plan and onboard the talent needed to build a strong organisation.
• Partner and coordinate with Divisional Procurement, Supplier Quality, Global Engineering, Advanced Operations, Materials Management, Operations, Senior Leadership, Legal, and Compliance.
• Obtain the best Quality, Service, and Value for products and services through effective bidding, negotiation, and supplier management.
• Responsibility for leading cross-functional efforts to develop and implement Global Category Plans that include cost reduction initiatives, new product development, supply base and optimisation and rationalisation , quality improvement, risk assessment, contract negotiation, and may include responsibility for cross-divisional, group-wide , and/or global strategies and initiatives.
• Resident expert in strategic sourcing and procurement practices and serves as a mentor to others.
• Engagement at all levels within the organisation to drive change engagement and ensure the actions and decisions are aligned to the broader category strategy.
• Lead the development and implementation of enterprise-wide strategies and goals for assigned commodities in support of overall divisional business objectives.
• Drive year-over-year productivity improvements and cost savings while maintaining or enhancing quality, compliance, and service levels.
• Collaborate with Global Sterilisation Services, Engineering and Finance to enhance processes and governance frameworks that clearly demonstrate the long-term strategic and financial value of indirect procurement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain contractual and business relationships with the senior management of key suppliers.
• Champion supplier-enabled innovation in sterilisation technologies and support sustainability and regulatory compliance goals.
• Lead critical program initiatives.
• Formulate and implement processes to build a best-in-class strategic sourcing organisation.
• Lead sourcing analysis and selection process and perform cost analyses and make vs buy analyses as required.
• Advise others on selection/cost analysis.
• Align on strategic investments for new technologies or capabilities externally at suppliers and internally with R&D or Business Development Teams.
• Negotiate, establish , monitor, and enforce supplier contracts and agreements.
• Drive negotiation with large-scale , high-impact suppliers.
• Develop strong partnership relationships with key suppliers as well as other disciplines within the businesses.
• Mobilise teams to deploy risk mitigation strategies, including dual sourcing, IP acquisition, market assessments, suppliers' financial assessments, social responsibility, environment, ethics etc.
• Partner with finance to drive total cost of ownership strategies and react to changing market conditions.
• Obtain and communicate market condition information and technology trends related to commodities and suppliers.
• Utilise market trends to identify and implement appropriate cost controls and business strategy changes.
• Ensure cost standards are established for annual operating budgets.
• Organise and lead scorecard review meetings and executive business reviews.

Requirements

• 8-10 years of / Sourcing / Procurement Supply chain experience, preferably in medical devices or other highly regulated environments.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, operations or equivalent.
• Prior experience within sterilisation is preferred.
• Strategic thinker – understands the details but can operate at a higher level.
• Strong leadership & interpersonal skills with the ability to engage & influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and talent management skills.
• Experience with world-class strategic sourcing & category management practices.
• Strong negotiation skills, negotiating and implementing commercial contracts to include supply and quality agreements (QAA).
• Strong written & verbal communication skills across all levels.
• Ability to multi-task and coordinate initiatives with a virtual, global/regional team.
• Persuasive ‘change agent’ capable of challenging conventional wisdom.
• Track record of success in capturing value and driving spend to preferred suppliers.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and improve vendor performance.
• Hands-on mentality.
• Ability to align with peers / stakeholders and build and maintain strong networks.
• Must be willing to work in a results-based, fast-paced environment, with minimal supervision.
• Travel: 30-40%.

Benefits

• Work Flexibility: Not available