Sr Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Business Services

Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist Business Services

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

Northridge, CA (Hybrid) 3 days onsite per week required/ 2 day remote

MiniMed is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist Business Services to support the organization's sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and procurement transformation initiatives across a broad portfolio of indirect spend. This is an individual contributor role with significant stakeholder influence and no direct people-management responsibility.

This individual will play a critical role in driving business value through strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, contract execution, and stakeholder partnership across Business Services categories including Corporate Services (Finance, Human Resources, Marketing & Communications, Subscriptions) and Non-Technology Professional Services (Consulting, Training & Learning, Research & Advisory Services, Translation & Localization Services, and other specialized professional/business support services categories).

This is a highly visible, cross-functional role requiring a sourcing professional who can independently lead complex initiatives while effectively managing a significant volume of day-to-day sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and stakeholder support activities. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted partner to Senior Sourcing Manager Business Services and business leaders, helping execute category strategies, support organizational priorities, and drive procurement excellence.

In addition to supporting ongoing business operations, this individual will play a key role in supporting MiniMed's Transition Services Agreement (TSA) exit activities and supplier transitions, helping establish the supplier, contracting, and service foundations necessary for a successful standalone organization.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, demonstrates strong business acumen, exercises sound judgment, and can seamlessly shift between strategic projects and urgent operational needs while maintaining exceptional customer service and stakeholder engagement.

This role reports to the Senior Sourcing Manager Business Services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across assigned categories.
• Manage complex RFP, RFQ, and supplier selection processes, driving value, cost optimization, service improvements, innovation, and risk mitigation.
• Negotiate and execute contracts, statements of work, amendments, renewals, and other commercial agreements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders by providing supplier recommendations, market intelligence, pricing benchmarks, and commercial contracting guidance.
• Independently manage a high volume of concurrent sourcing projects, contract negotiations, supplier engagements, and business requests while supporting Senior Sourcing Managers in executing category strategies and procurement objectives.
• Balance strategic, high-priority initiatives with day-to-day sourcing and contracting activities while meeting aggressive timelines and evolving business needs.
• Support TSA exit initiatives by identifying, sourcing, negotiating, and onboarding replacement suppliers and services required to support MiniMed's standalone operating model.
• Lead sourcing and contracting activities associated with supplier transitions, ensuring continuity of service, effective risk management, and timely execution of replacement agreements.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Communications, Marketing, HR, PMO, Quality, Compliance, and business stakeholders to support contract lifecycle management and supplier onboarding.
• Ensure sourcing activities comply with applicable corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and supplier governance standards.
• Proactively manage supplier performance, contract renewals, commercial risk assessments, and business continuity considerations.
• Monitor industry trends, supplier capabilities, and market conditions to identify opportunities for value creation and process improvement.
• Support procurement transformation initiatives, governance programs, and process standardization efforts.
• Contribute to category planning, supplier relationship management, and long-term sourcing strategies.

Required Qualifications

Must Have

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Communications, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, contract management, or supplier management.
• Proven experience sourcing and negotiating Corporate Services and Non-Technology Professional Services.
• Demonstrated success leading complex negotiations and delivering measurable cost savings, cost avoidance, and business value.
• Strong understanding of supplier pricing models, contract structures, statement of work development, and commercial negotiations.
• Experience managing multiple high-priority projects and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to successfully handle a substantial workload while maintaining responsiveness, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Proficiency in sourcing and contract management platforms such as SAP, Ariba, Coupa, or similar tools.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and effectively prioritize competing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work onsite in Northridge, California, three days per week.

Nice To Have:

• Experience in the medical device, healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical industries.
• Experience supporting TSA transitions, carve-outs, spin-offs, mergers, acquisitions, or large-scale business transformations.
• Experience sourcing Corporate Services (Finance, Human Resources, Marketing & Communications, Subscriptions) and Non-Technology Professional Services (Consulting, Training & Learning, Research & Advisory Services, Translation & Localization Services, and other specialized professional/business support services categories). Experience supporting global suppliers and stakeholders.
• Experience with procurement analytics, supplier performance management, and category strategy development.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is an experienced sourcing professional who combines strong commercial and negotiation skills with a positive, customer-focused mindset. This individual thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys solving complex business challenges, and is energized by opportunities to build, improve, and transform processes.

Success in this role requires the ability to independently drive strategic sourcing initiatives while simultaneously managing a substantial volume of contracting, supplier management, onboarding, and stakeholder support activities. The successful candidate must be adaptable, resilient, highly organized, and capable of effectively balancing multiple priorities without compromising quality or service.

Most importantly, this individual demonstrates a strong sense of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and urgency while serving as a trusted partner to business stakeholders and contributing to MiniMed's continued growth and transformation.

Travel

Travel as needed based on business requirements, supplier meetings, sourcing events, and stakeholder support activities.

Benefits & Compensation

MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package.

At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life journey.

Why Join MiniMed?

As MiniMed continues its transition to becoming a standalone company, this role offers a unique opportunity to help build a world-class procurement organization while supporting critical business functions that enable innovation, growth, and operational excellence. You will gain broad exposure to senior leaders, transformation initiatives, critical business decisions, and make a meaningful impact across the organization while helping improve the lives of people living with diabetes.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$75,000.00 - $127,000.00

For roles located in California, Seattle WA, Washington DC, Boston MA, and New York City, the salary range is $75,000.00 - $101,000.00 USD.

Actual compensation may vary based on factors including experience, education, certifications