Sourcing Manager

What You Will Do - 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 initiatives across a defined supplier portfolio, driving excellence in service, quality, and cost. You will own a portfolio of primarily sustaining business, while also taking ownership of new products as they transition from development into production, ensuring seamless supplier integration and long-term performance. Strategic Sourcing Execution: Develop and implement sourcing strategies across key categories, including metals, plastics, and electronics, aligning with Stryker’s mission and global category goals while optimizing supplier performance across service, quality, and cost. Supplier Relationship Management: Set strategic direction for key supplier partnerships. Serve as the escalation point for supplier issues, including quality concerns, dispute resolution, and commercial implications of product field actions. Supplier Development: Drive continuous improvement in supplier capabilities to meet both short-term and long-term business needs. Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead global sourcing projects and strategic initiatives beyond the sourcing function, including program management efforts. Portfolio Ownership (Sustaining + NPI): Own supplier strategy for sustaining products while leading the transition and sourcing ownership of new products as they move into full-scale production. Executive Communication: Engage confidently with senior leadership and executive stakeholders across Stryker and supplier organizations. Required - 8+ years in Supply Management with focus on strategic sourcing and supplier development. Bachelors Degree Ability to negotiate effectively to obtain best prices and terms on products, materials, and services. Preferred - AS400 or ERP experience Power BI or similar applications Work in a manufacturing environment Work in medical device or other highly regulated industry $102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.