Category Manager-Electronics Technology

Category Manager-Electronics Technology

Join our Global Supply Management team as a Category Manager-Electronics Technology, where you utilize your strong track record of delivering results in a matrixed organization. As the Category Manager-Electronics Technology, you will partner and lead several categories in electronics, including : Semiconductors, BLE / wireless chips, modules, and software / programming categories. You will utilize your strong negotiation skills, technical aptitude, and strong relationship-building skills. As the Category Manager, you will understand global markets for raw materials and possess technical expertise in secondary processes to develop global strategies that leverage Medtronic's global purchasing power and deliver cost-effective and innovative solutions to each operating unit within our network. Additionally, you will focus on multiple tiers in your supplier's supply chain to maximize leverage and awareness, ensuring compliance and continuity.

As the Category Manager-Electronics Technology, you will :

• Advocate on behalf of the supply management function with operating units and operational partners to ensure support for core business objectives.
• Prepare and manage complex contract negotiations with new or existing suppliers to facilitate favorable terms.
• Own and execute negotiations in collaboration with business partners(e.g., SaaS, ELAs, cloud commitments, license agreements), using advanced levers like benchmarking, financial modeling, and usage forecasting.
• Identify and develop business cases for a healthy year-over-year cost reduction pipeline with suppliers through lean, should costing, process improvement, tier 2 strategies, and yield improvements.
• Perform market analysis in identifying the best cost country sourcing of said category, provide guidance to technical sourcing and engineering with supplier innovations, and proactively develop forward buy agreements where appropriate.
• Utilize your technical and commercial know-how of the end-to-end embedded software / firmware market, including design, trends, and integration process technologies of the category, to define and manage winning category strategies and approaches with suppliers.
• Manage supplier relationships and drive year-over-year performance improvements with quality, delivery, and costs to ensure governance, strategic alignment, and continuous improvement.
• Use your working knowledge of IT concepts such as cloud infrastructure, software licensing, SaaS models, cybersecurity, IT service agreements, etc, to analyze received quotations, select or recommend new suppliers.
• Lead end-to-end supplier lifecycle management, including onboarding, performance optimization, and offboarding, with a focus on risk mitigation and value creation.
• Rationalize existing supplier base through stratification, market analysis, supplier development, and supplier consolidation.
• Support new and ongoing supplier quality audit activities to ensure the supply base has robust process controls and capabilities to meet existing and future Medtronic business requirements.
• Conduct supply chain risk reviews.
• Act independently to prescribe methods and new approaches for new and special assignments.
• Identify and utilize metrics, tools, business intelligence, and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities, and efficiencies, while working collaboratively with team members to prioritize and drive implementation.

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Physical Job Requirements

The 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. The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic 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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD) : $110,400.00 - $165,600.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification / education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week : Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance / reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees : Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.