Category Manager - IT Services

Category Manager-IT Services

At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. As the Category Manager-IT Services, you will be a key member of Medtronic's center-led Indirect Supply Management (ISM) team responsible for managing and influencing ~$250M in IT Services spend. In this global role, you will partner with stakeholders across Functions, Regions, and Businesses to drive value. Reporting to the Global Indirect Supply Management Leader for IT Services, you will utilize your strong business acumen and prior sourcing experience to select the appropriate suppliers, negotiating complex contracts that will protect Medtronic's interests. You will bring your intrinsic drive to make a difference not only in the category of IT Services but for Medtronic overall and the patients we serve. 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 four 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 the Category Manager-IT Services, you will:

• Create value across the entire portfolio of ~$250M of IT Services spend
• Work independently to build strategic relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies that result in a sustainable competitive advantage for Medtronic
• Lead supplier relationship management activities and strategic supplier programs with IT Services partners, in collaboration with IT Vendor Management Office
• Achieve year-on-year value improvement targets for all aspects of service, innovation, and cost
• Lead RF(x) events to drive competitive pressure and ensure maximum value is realized
• Lead strategic contract negotiations for large-scale engagements with sophisticated external partners
• Engage and influence multiple stakeholders to adopt and implement strategies developed by the category team; Medtronic is a highly matrixed organization, and having the ability to influence and leverage the matrix is key
• Interact and partner with IT, Legal, and other key stakeholder groups
• Recommend solutions to business problems and/or identify opportunities for improvement, and present ideas to leadership
• Advise internal stakeholders with a balanced view of contract risk and liabilities and advocate for their interests
• Gather market intelligence and industry trends; ability to use market benchmarking to justify and rationalize deal terms to Medtronic cross-functional teams/leadership
• Recommend solutions to business problems and identify opportunities for improvement
• Educate and train stakeholders on key indirect supply management initiatives and policies
• Work alongside experienced and motivated colleagues who are collaborative, creative, and know how to have fun

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant sourcing experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant sourcing experience

Nice to Have

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Sourcing, Supply Management, Procurement, Category Management, Finance, IT / Shared Services or any functional experience that developed analytical skills and commercial acumen
• Indirect sourcing experience (IT Services, Professional Services, Financial Services, Legal Services)
• Ability to partner and influence senior leadership
• Demonstrated leadership, customer service, problem-solving, communication, negotiation, judgment, and organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication with strong program management skills
• Experience in influencing and leading internal teams and external suppliers to deliver results
• Aptitude to prioritize and juggle many high-visibility projects at the same time
• Ability to manage and influence stakeholders
• Experience working in a large global organization
• Experience reviewing and drafting legal agreements

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.

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. Further details are available at the link below: Medtronic benefits and compensation plans.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

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