Sourcing Manager
Stryker
Summary
As Sourcing Manager, Strategic Sourcing, you'll play a pivotal role in driving innovation, efficiency, and value across our global supply base. This is a high-impact position with direct visibility to senior leadership and cross-functional teams. You will lead strategic sourcing and category management initiatives across a defined portfolio of direct materials, driving excellence in service, quality, cost, and supplier performance.
Job description
You will own a portfolio of primarily sustaining business, ensuring seamless supplier integration and long-term performance.
- Strategic Sourcing & Category Management: Develop and execute sourcing, category, and commodity strategies across key direct-material categories, including electronics and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), as well as metals and plastics. Align sourcing strategies with global category goals while optimizing supplier performance across service, quality, cost, and supply.
- Supplier Relationship & Commercial Management: Set strategic direction for key supplier partnerships. Lead supplier negotiations and commercial strategy and serve as the escalation point for supplier issues, including quality concerns, dispute resolution, and commercial implications of product field actions.
- Supplier Development & Performance: Drive continuous improvement in supplier capabilities and performance to meet both short-term and long-term business needs.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Build strong partnerships with Engineering and other cross-functional stakeholders to align sourcing, product, supplier, and business strategies. Lead global sourcing projects and strategic initiatives beyond the sourcing function, including program management efforts. The Engineering partnership is particularly important for this position based on the intake discussion.
- Portfolio & Spend Ownership (Sustaining): Own supplier and sourcing strategy for a significant portfolio of sustaining products and spend.
- Executive Communication & Influence: Engage confidently with senior leadership and executive stakeholders across Stryker and supplier organizations, using strong communication and influence to drive alignment and business outcomes.
- 20 - 25% travel based on business needs.
Required
- 8+ years in Supply Chain Management or closely related field with focus on strategic sourcing and supplier development.
- Bachelor's Degree
- Ability to negotiate effectively to obtain best prices and terms on products, materials, and services.
- Demonstrated ability to develop subject matter expertise in assigned spend categories
Preferred
- Extensive ERP experience
- Power BI or similar applications
- Work in a manufacturing environment
- Work in medical device or other highly regulated industry
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise in Electronics/PCBA spend categories
Requirements
- 8+ years in Supply Chain Management or closely related field with focus on strategic sourcing and supplier development.
- Bachelor's Degree
- Ability to negotiate effectively to obtain best prices and terms on products, materials, and services.
- Demonstrated ability to develop subject matter expertise in assigned spend categories
- Extensive ERP experience
- Power BI or similar applications
- Work in a manufacturing environment
- Work in medical device or other highly regulated industry
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise in Electronics/PCBA spend categories
Company overview
Stryker is a global leader in medical technology, founded in 1941 by Dr. Homer Stryker and headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. As one of the world's premier medical device companies, Stryker operates across three major business segments: Medical and Surgical Equipment, Orthopaedics and Spine, and Neurotechnology. The company impacts more than 150 million patients annually through its innovative products and services sold in over 75 countries worldwide. With approximately 53,000 employees globally and annual sales of $22.6 billion in 2024, Stryker maintains a strong commitment to research and development, investing $1.5 billion in R&D annually. The company's diverse portfolio includes surgical instruments, orthopedic implants, neurovascular devices, endoscopic systems, and advanced digital healthcare solutions. Stryker is recognized for its Mako robotic-assisted surgery systems and has been consistently ranked as one of Fortune's World's Best Workplaces for eight consecutive years, demonstrating its commitment to corporate culture and employee development.