Associate Buyer/ SupplyChain PM
Posted 3 days ago by CXC
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Associate Buyer/Supply Chain PM role involves providing project management and sourcing expertise to cross-functional teams at Medtronic. The position focuses on developing long-term strategies to optimize quality, technology, and cost while mitigating risks and improving processes. The individual will negotiate supplier agreements and may mentor lower-level professionals while managing projects from design to implementation. This role requires advanced knowledge and experience in project management and supply chain operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide project management and sourcing expertise to cross-functional commodity teams.
- Facilitate the development and execution of long-term strategies to optimize quality, technology, and cost.
- Mitigate risk and improve processes and systems to reduce overall cost of ownership.
- Negotiate, establish, and monitor supplier agreements.
- Deliver and manage assigned projects while adhering to policies.
- Coach and review the work of lower-level specialists.
- Communicate with senior internal and external customers and vendors to influence decision-making.
- Provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the job area.
Key Skills:
- Advanced knowledge of project management and supply chain operations.
- Baccalaureate degree or equivalent with relevant experience.
- Ability to work independently under limited supervision.
- Strong communication and influence skills.
- Experience in negotiating supplier agreements.
- Ability to coach and mentor lower-level professionals.
- In-depth analytical skills for process improvements.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Hertfordshire
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Provides project management and sourcing expertise to cross-functional, cross-divisional commodity teams. Facilitates these teams in the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize Medtronic's position in terms of quality, cycle/response time, technology, risk, and total cost. Mitigates risk, leverages technology and purchase power, improves processes and systems, and reduces overall cost of ownership and acquisition. Negotiates, establishes and monitors supplier agreements.
SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects – from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.
Differentiating Factors
- Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor. Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions. Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.
- Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
- Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties. Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area. Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.
- Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors. Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.
- Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work product.
Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have practical knowledge of project management. Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.