Principal Procurement Specialist

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Working in the Procurement and Supplier Management (PSM) team within IHS (Integrated Health Solution) Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) you will focus primarily on UK market, supporting the sourcing of medical products and services into the IHS Managed Cath Labs and Theatres.

In this role, you will manage strategic sourcing and address operational issues. This role will also require you to work closely with the hospitals we support as well as a selection of IHS strategic suppliers, including those that compete directly with Medtronic in the medical device business. This is a remote role, based in the UK, with the ability to work from home and a willingness to travel (approximately 25%), typically in the London area but could include international travel.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Manage internal relationships with stakeholders and ensure that needs are consistently met, which includes ensuring on-time activation of new accounts, ensuring IHS is able to procure our client’s preferred products, and maintaining price lists
• Negotiate, maintain, and analyse pricing
• Establish sourcing strategies for each market, balancing an optimal mix of the best price, switching to consignment, negotiating return policies, securing allocation of stock, etc
• Management of supplier relationships—ensuring continuity of supply for our IHS managed service accounts
• Identify saving initiatives that go beyond unit price reduction.
• Be the point of contact for issues concerning product sourcing, including preparing effective presentations and presenting the data
• Regular interaction with and visiting of customers to consult with customers to discuss clinical strategy and how materials management services can support the department's strategic direction

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree requiring numerate skills, such as business, science, or economics
• High level of data analysis skills (including very strong Excel skills) as well as the ability to prepare effective data presentations (Power Point)
• Contract management/sourcing experience 
• Strong verbal and written communications skills (in English) with the ability to liaise, influence, and negotiate effectively at all levels
• Previous hospital procurement experience is a plus, ideally in a Cath lab or Theatre environment and ideally exposed to the National Healthcare System Supply Chain (NHS SC) environment
• Previous Finished Sourcing (OEM- Original Equipment Manufacturer) procurement experience is a plus

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. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here