Strategic Sourcing Program Manager-M&A

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 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 Strategic Sourcing Program Manager for the Mergers & Acquisition Integration Team, where you will create and drive sustainable continuous improvements to address service, ensuring supply continuity, and enhancing supplier maturity. The Mergers & Acquisitions Integration team drives end-to-end integrations that safeguard continuity, accelerate synergy realization, and scale meaningful innovation with a mission to boost value for our patients.

This position is located onsite 4 days a week at one of the following sites:

Jacksonville, FL North Haven, CT Minneapolis, MN                     About the Position: As the Strategic Sourcing Program Manager, M&A, you will support the Mergers & Acquisition Team by leveraging project management/analytic skills: planning & coordinating, communicating, influencing, meeting milestones, resolving issues, and managing risks.  This role leads end-to-end integration planning, from diligence support and integration planning through operational handoff, with a high level of autonomy and delivery.

Primary Responsibilities: • Establish program governance, align resources, and baseline site maturity, systems, contracts, and sourcing processes to support a structured transition plan.

• Build and maintain comprehensive product and supply visibility through an integrated Path to Launch (P2L), including BOMs, forecasts, lead times, supplier data, risks, and mitigation actions.

• Assess and mitigate supply, capacity, quality, and continuity risks by partnering with Category management, SQE, site teams, and suppliers, while driving ASL migration, PPAP, and supplier readiness activities.

• Drive supplier engagement, sourcing events, outsourcing strategies, and contract manufacturer partnerships to realize integration synergies, deliver cost savings, and enhance supply chain efficiency.

• Support enterprise process and system adoption, including SAP transitions, procurement training, sourcing workflows, payment terms, MRP management, PO processing, and master data accuracy.

• Coordinate cross-functional reviews, manage sourcing escalations and material availability, and execute a comprehensive handoff to Operations Sourcing with documented risks, supplier status, product information, and launch readiness plans.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing, continuity/run the business experience, or an advanced degree with 3+ years of relevant strategic sourcing continuity/run the business experience.

Experience in one or more of the following areas: • Category Management

• Technical sourcing

• Risk Assessment and mitigation

• Supplier Integration

• Cost Saving Initiatives

Preferred Qualifications: • 7+ years in strategic sourcing operations, medical devices, or related industry

• Experience with manufacturing, operational excellence, and analytics-driven improvement

• Six Sigma Green Belt/Lean certification and DMAIC methodology

• Strong project management, leadership, and communication skills

• Skilled at leading multiple projects and collaborating across a matrixed organization

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, and ideally Minitab

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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