Strategic Procurement Specialist

hace 1 día

Alajuela, Alajuela, Costa Rica Medtronic A tiempo completo

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Procurement Specialist to join our team at Medtronic. As a key member of our procurement team, you will be responsible for sourcing, purchasing, planning, and scheduling the movement of raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, services, supplies, and finished goods through our production and inventory process.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify raw material, component, and related requirements from engineering and production specifications and schedules.
  • Analyze data and determine factors that affect prices and determine the lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules.
  • Coordinate and follow up with production, warehouse, and engineering personnel to ensure appropriate procurement, scheduling, and movement of materials and services.
  • Serve as an Ariba knowledge expert user and enter Purchase Requisitions through Ariba.
  • Provide technical assistance to a team of Super Users on PR entry and act as a point of contact between Mozarc and Medtronic for all vendor adds and maintenance.
  • Administer the Super User MS Teams site, update all Super User tools, and maintain online PR request forms.
  • Generate reporting from the Ariba system and perform audits on PR entries to validate correct entry and approval flow.
  • Host bimonthly Super User Office Hours.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience or 2+ years of Ariba Catalog order experience.
  • Program and customer relationship management experience.
  • Deep knowledge of Ariba solutions/services and understanding of procurement processes and buyer/supplier interfaces in Ariba.
  • Experience preparing and delivering analyses from Ariba data and experience in B2B ecommerce.

Preferred Qualifications

  • APICS, CSCP, CPIM, ISM, CPSM, or CPSD certification.
  • Experience with sourcing and/or supplier management for products or services within an FDA-regulated medical device, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical industry.
  • Strong communication skills (verbal/written) and internal/external partnering skills.
  • The ability to negotiate with suppliers to reach agreement on optimal contract terms and conditions.
  • Strong working knowledge of contract documentation, interpretation, and strategic sourcing processes and trends.
  • Excellent organizational skills, strong quantitative skills, independent thinking, and a high level of initiative.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver to project milestones.
  • Requires exceptionally sound judgment, decision-making abilities, proven management skills, and ability to influence others across the company.
  • Ability to work well independently and as a member of a team is essential for success.
  • Ability to quickly establish credibility and earn trust of others at all levels of the organization.
  • Ideally will have MS Teams, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, and MS Word skills.

About Medtronic

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies, and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

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