Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist (m/f/d)

Job title: Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist (m/f/d)

Company: Medtronic


Job description: 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 Are you seeking for a career with purpose, working on groundbreaking medical technologies that directly improve outcome and quality of life of millions of Patients around the world ? Are you passionate about developing a high performing supplier base, and excited by the challenges of solving complex supply issues to ensure the best service to our Customers and Patients ?Medtronic is seeking for a proactive and action-oriented Procurement professional with natural curiosity and passion for continuous improvement, to join our Global Supply Chain Management team as Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist for our Swiss Manufacturing Organization (SMO).Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Partner with suppliers and cross functional teams to ensure seamless operations, managing escalation process, solving complex real-time supply issues with impact to operations continuity ;
• Identify mid- and long-term business continuity risks within the supply base, define recommend and align strategies to prevent future supply disruptions, lead risks mitigation projects ;
• Drive Last Time Buy and Strategic Inventory Purchase activities to secure Products end of life and supply continuity ;
• Be responsible of supply base operational performance and metrics, manage suppliers’ performance reviews, lead supplier-specific performance improvement plans, negotiate and monitor execution of Service Level Agreements ;
• Foster a culture of continuous Improvement and Lean, driving progress in the supply base pertaining to Service, Quality, Cost and Cash ;
• Lead local execution of cost and cash optimization programs. Contribute to Products improvement, collaborating with various stakeholders such as Supplier Quality, Engineering, Global Category Management, VAVE and Suppliers Optimization teams to identify and execute value opportunities.
• Identify metrics, tools, and opportunities to optimize internal processes, supplier activities, efficiencies, and work collaboratively with stakeholders to prioritize and drive implementation.

Required knowledge and experience:

• Master’s degree or Swiss Federal Diploma of Higher Education, in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering or Business Administration ;
• 5-10 years of business experience in Procurement and Sourcing activities ;
• Fluency in French and English – oral and written ;
• Successful experience in driving supplier performance, issues resolution, and commercial negotiations, in a context of mono-sourced or inter-dependent supply base
• Organizational skills and attention to details while handling multiple ongoing projects ;
• Curiosity, initiative and autonomy, adopting a hands-on practical approach to solve short terms issues while seeking and implementing ways to optimize processes and performance on mid term.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, facilitation, and influencing / negotiation skills in a matrixed business environment.

Physical Job RequirementsThe 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.Benefits & CompensationMedtronic 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.
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 90,000+ 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

Expected salary:

Location: Lausanne

Job date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 05:10:40 GMT

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