Indirect Sourcing Manager

SUMMARY OF POSITION: The Senior Manager, Indirect Sourcing, Professional Services will be responsible for a major portion of Medtronic’s global professional services spend which in total is approximately $1 billion annually – the role will manage approximate $500M. The individual will be responsible for strategic sourcing activities, managing supply base risk, and tracking supplier performance. The Senior Manager of Professional Services will develop sourcing strategy with assigned key business stakeholders and execute to strategy through annual sourcing plans driving year over year savings. The Senior Manager of Professional Services will act as a key business and functional representative supporting Legal, Communications, Marketing, Clinical, Treasury and other Professional Services areas as required. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: •Sourcing lead with key stakeholders to develop sourcing category strategy, cross business unit leadership, and implementation of sourcing plans and demand management strategies for material and services related to the category. •Develop strong support relationships with functional leaders and key site operations personnel across global business. •Leverage spend through sourcing, demand management, and best practices. Develop and implement aggressive cost reduction strategies. •Effective negotiation skills as well as significant influencing skills needed to enlist support from across many levels in the organization. •Support functional leadership by providing benchmarking and subject matter expertise for key professional service areas, challenging spend behavior and ensuring strategic sourcing process and decision-making are firmly embedded. •Ensure Supplier Relationship Management is deployed for the suppliers deemed strategic and/or core in the professional services categories. Ensure governance, performance metrics, and actions are in place for continuous improvement. •Maintain awareness of changing market conditions and technologies that create new opportunity for cost savings. •Prepare and make presentations to senior management concerning major projects and milestones. •Demonstrate a measurable reduction in year over year total cost of ownership for the goods and/or services being sourced without compromising quality and/or service levels. •Manage contracting process and lead coordination with Legal to ensure commercial relationships are appropriately documented. •Champion use of eSourcing and Spend Visibility tools within areas of responsibility. DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS: •Cost Savings reporting •Management reports, as required. •Key Supplier Management metrics and reporting •Participate in annual Strategic Sourcing planning process •Closely work with other Sourcing colleagues in collaborative team projects MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: •Bachelor’s Degree required; Graduate Degree in Business (Preferred) •Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM, CPSM, CPIM) or equivalent experience •Minimum 10 years experience in sourcing / operational leadership •Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant savings year over year •Strong negotiation and presentation skills •Strong knowledge of the strategic sourcing process •Strong project management skills •Excellent leadership, teamwork, and effective business partnering capabilities •Must be able to work across all functions and levels of an organization •Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in a complex organization •20% global travel COMPETENCIES: •Exceptional communication skills, both orally and written •Superior negotiating skills, especially at an executive management level •Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing process and e-sourcing tools •Proven project management skills •Demonstrable process implementation ability •Problem solving and decision making talent •Outstanding quantitative skills •Leadership, team coaching, and people development skills To apply or to get any further information feel free to contact: Sagar Rathore 630-485-2166 Sagar.rathore(at) About Collabera: Established in 1991, Collabera is one of the fastest growing end-to-end information technology services and solutions companies globally. As a half a billion dollar IT company, Collabera's client-centric business model, commitment to service excellence and Global Delivery Model enables its global 2000 and leading mid-market clients to deliver successfully in an increasingly competitive marketplace. With over 8200 IT professionals globally, Collabera provides value-added onsite, offsite and offshore technology services and solutions to premier corporations. Over the past few years, Collabera has been awarded numerous accolades and Industry recognitions including. Collabera awarded Best Staffing Company to work for in 2012 by SIA. 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