Sr. Category Sourcing Manager - Specialty Materials

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 Sep 2026   Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year.

Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life Join our Global Supply Management team as a Sr. Category Manager – Specialty Materials, where you will utilize your strong track record of delivering results in a matrixed organization and collaborate across diverse teams, functions, and supplier networks to support Medtronic’s Mission.

As the Sr. Category Manager – Specialty Materials, you will support and execute sourcing strategies for highly specialized and regulated material categories, with an initial focus on biologics, animal tissue, collagen, xenograft-derived materials, and other specialty materials. In this role, you will help manage a complex and strategically important supply base where tissue source availability, biologic material requirements, supplier controls, quality systems, regulatory expectations, technical capability, and continuity of supply directly impact patient care, product availability, and business continuity.

You will partner closely with Operating Units, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Technical Sourcing, Supply Network, and supplier partners to execute category strategies, negotiate supplier agreements, mitigate risk, and drive cost optimization. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work.

We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. As a Senior Category Manager, you will develop and execute sourcing strategies for specialty material categories while balancing supply continuity, cost, quality, regulatory, and business requirements.

You will work across functions to manage supplier performance, assess market and supply chain risks, negotiate agreements, and support sourcing decisions for complex and regulated materials. Primary Responsibilities Develop and execute category strategies for biologics, animal tissue, collagen, xenograft-derived materials, and other specialty material categories. Manage supplier relationships and performance to support quality, delivery, cost, compliance, and business continuity objectives.

Negotiate supplier agreements, pricing structures, capacity commitments, and commercial terms aligned with organizational goals. Analyze market conditions, supplier capabilities, supply constraints, sub-tier dependencies, and risk factors to inform sourcing decisions and category plans. Identify and implement opportunities for cost reduction, inflation mitigation, supplier development, process optimization, and value improvement.

Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Research and Development, and Technical Sourcing teams to support supplier qualification, audits, validations, traceability, and change management activities. Monitor supplier capacity, material availability, inventory considerations, and regulatory requirements to help ensure continuity of supply for critical product portfolios. Utilize spend analytics, supplier scorecards, contract data, and business intelligence tools to prioritize initiatives, measure performance, and support strategic decision-making.

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of procurement experience, or an advanced degree and a minimum of 5 years of procurement experience. Experience deve