Strategic Sourcing Spec.
Medtronic
- Location
- Alajuela Coyol, Alajuela, Costa Rica
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- H-1B history
- 106 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- 21h ago
Skills
About this role
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to join our Global Supply Management team. The primary focus of this position will be to advance data management and business intelligence services across Global Supply Management to drive cost savings, supplier optimization, and improved business outcomes. Job Specific Summary We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Analyst to join our Business Intelligence team within Global Supply Management. The primary focus of this position will be to advance data management and business intelligence services across Global Supply Management to drive cost savings, supplier optimization, and improved business outcomes.
Job Description
The ideal candidate will leverage expertise in data architecture, data analytics, and data management to provide insights and intelligence to Global Supply Management, driving forward decision-making and performance monitoring. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Develop, enhance and optimize integrated data models to meet the needs of the analytics team, supply management strategic programs and sourcing stakeholders. Optimize and standardize data collection and maintenance processes and tools to drive efficiency and improve accuracy and completeness of enrichment data. Drive improvement initiatives in collaboration with IT and analytics teams across Strategic Sourcing. Explore and leverage AI capabilities to improve work efficiency and enhance self-service analytics. Deploy data governance best-practices to ensure continuity, availability, security, integrity and accuracy of stewarded datasets. Solve problems and resolve issues, both independently and in collaboration with partners in IT and on the Analytics Team. Gain a clear understanding of business processes, data definitions and stakeholder requirements to develop practical data solutions that support strategic objectives.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 2 years relevant data analysis/architecture experience or advanced degree. Advanced English proficiency C1-C2.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of data analytics applied to strategic sourcing and related processes (e.g., supply chain, purchasing, quality). Hands-on experience with cloud-based data warehousing platforms (e.g., Snowflake) including advanced SQL programming skills and working knowledge of data architecture principles. Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Power BI. Experience developing tools to collect and maintain user-managed data leveraging platforms such as Streamlit or PowerApps. Strong project management capabilities with a proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives. Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident in presenting to diverse audiences across all organizational levels. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to our team’s success by leveraging your analytical skills and strategic sourcing experience. If you are passionate about data and eager to drive change within an organization, we would love to hear from you. 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. Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: Apply only through official