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 and category management initiatives across a defined portfolio of direct materials, driving excellence in service, quality, cost, and supplier performance.

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

Posted Date: 10/15/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN: $102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual
• US5: $107,700 - $179,600 USD Annual
• US10: $112,900 - $188,100 USD Annual
• US15: $118,000 - $196,600 USD Annual
• US20: $123,100 - $205,200 USD Annual
• US30: $133,400 - $222,300 USD Annual

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