We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 16 Nov 2026

At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

About the Role

At MiniMed, every decision we make is driven by our mission to make every day a better day for people living with diabetes. As Sr. Director, Indirect Strategic Sourcing, you will play a critical role in advancing that mission by unlocking resources, driving enterprise-wide transformation, and enabling investments that fuel innovation, improve patient outcomes, and support sustainable growth. This is an opportunity to lead bold change and redefine how the organization creates value through strategic sourcing, supplier partnerships, and operational excellence. If you're energized by making a measurable impact and driving meaningful results, we invite you to help shape the future of diabetes care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive Enterprise Value: Lead aggressive cost transformation across all indirect spend categories, delivering measurable savings, cost avoidance, productivity improvements, and sustainable financial results.
• Build Strategic Supplier Partnerships: Rationalize the supply base, establish high-value supplier relationships, and hold suppliers accountable for competitive pricing, service performance, innovation, and continuous productivity improvements.
• Transform Category Strategies: Develop and execute comprehensive category strategies that go beyond price negotiations to challenge demand, optimize specifications, consolidate suppliers, and redesign commercial models.
• Drive Sourcing Excellence rigor for indirect: Build a high-performance sourcing organization that leverages competitive market intelligence, advanced negotiation strategies, supplier economics, and innovative sourcing approaches.
• Own Enterprise-Wide Indirect Spend: Provide strategic leadership across IT and Digital, professional services, contingent labor, facilities, MRO, marketing, travel, capital services, and other enterprise categories.
• Spend Management: Partner with functional executives to eliminate unnecessary spending, optimize consumption, standardize services, and improve enterprise purchasing decisions across all categories.
• Financial Accountability: Establish a robust, Finance-validated savings pipeline with clear ownership, measurable milestones, and demonstrated P&L impact.
• Influence Enterprise Leadership: Challenge conventional spending practices and partner with senior executives to drive difficult decisions, organizational change, and adoption of new operating models.
• Accelerate Procurement Transformation: Leverage analytics, AI, automation, and digital capabilities to improve sourcing effectiveness, spend visibility, compliance, and team productivity.
  

Leadership Expectations:

• Proven track record delivering significant, measurable indirect procurement savings through large-scale transformation programs.
• Deep expertise across multiple indirect categories, including IT and Digital, professional services, contingent labor, and enterprise services.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge business demand, redesign commercial models, and influence senior functional leaders.
• Strong financial acumen, including savings validation, business case development, and translating procurement initiatives into measurable business results.
• Experience building and leading high-performing global category management and strategic sourcing teams.
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