Sourcing Manager

Stryker; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 102,600 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Life and AD&D

Short-term disability

Wellbeing program

Tobacco cessation program

Job summary

Stryker in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a Sourcing Manager, Strategic Sourcing, to drive innovation, efficiency and value across our supplier base. You will lead strategic sourcing initiatives for a defined portfolio, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure quality, service and cost objectives.

The role combines project leadership, supplier qualification, and negotiation to deliver sustainable value as we transition products from development to production, with direct visibility to senior

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Supply Management with focus on strategic sourcing and supplier development.
• Bachelor's Degree
• Ability to negotiate effectively to obtain best prices and terms on products, materials, and services.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing workstreams for product transfers, insourcing, and manufacturing transformation projects.
• Identify, assess, select, and onboard suppliers through RFQs and supplier qualification activities.
• Drive pricing negotiations, contracts, and long-term supplier agreements to deliver value.
• Lead component transfers and new SKU implementation across commodities.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Regulatory teams to manage deliverables.
• Identify sourcing risks and provide updates to leadership on performance and status.

Skills

Strategic Sourcing

Supplier Development

Negotiation

Cross-functional Collaboration

Project Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

What You Will Do - As Sourcing Manager, Strategic Sourcing, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving innovation, efficiency, and value across our global supply base. This is a high‑impact position with direct visibility to senior leadership and cross‑functional teams. You will lead strategic sourcing initiatives across a defined supplier portfolio, driving excellence in service, quality, and cost. You will own a portfolio of primarily

• Project Sourcing Leadership: Lead sourcing workstreams for product transfers, insourcing initiatives, and manufacturing transformation projects, ensuring supplier readiness, risk mitigation, and successful execution against quality, service, cost, and timeline objectives.
• Supplier Sourcing & Qualification: Identify, assess, select, and onboard suppliers through RFQs, capability assessments, supplier qualification activities, and Approved Supplier List (ASL) management to support project requirements.
• Commercial Strategy & Negotiation: Drive competitive sourcing outcomes through pricing negotiations, contract execution, cost reduction initiatives, and long‑term supplier agreements that deliver sustainable value.
• Component & Supply Chain Transfer Execution: Lead sourcing activities for component transfers, supplier transitions, and new SKU implementation across multiple commodity categories, ensuring seamless transition into production.
• Cross‑Functional Project Leadership: Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Regulatory teams to manage supplier deliverables, qualification milestones, sample builds, and launch readiness activities.
• Stakeholder Communication & Risk Management: Proactively identify sourcing risks, develop mitigation plans, and provide clear updates to project teams and senior leadership on supplier performance, project status, and financial impact.

What You Will Do -

As Sourcing Manager, Strategic Sourcing, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving innovation, efficiency, and value across our global supply base. This is a high‑impact position with direct visibility to senior leadership and cross‑functional teams. You will lead strategic sourcing initiatives across a defined supplier portfolio, driving excellence in service, quality, and cost. You will own a portfolio of primarily sustaining business, while also taking ownership of new products as they transition from development into production, ensuring seamless supplier integration and long‑term performance.

• Project Sourcing Leadership: Lead sourcing workstreams for product transfers, insourcing initiatives, and manufacturing transformation projects, ensuring supplier readiness, risk mitigation, and successful execution against quality, service, cost, and timeline objectives.
• Supplier Sourcing & Qualification: Identify, assess, select, and onboard suppliers through RFQs, capability assessments, supplier qualification activities, and Approved Supplier List (ASL) management to support project requirements.
• Commercial Strategy & Negotiation: Drive competitive sourcing outcomes through pricing negotiations, contract execution, cost reduction initiatives, and long‑term supplier agreements that deliver sustainable value.
• Component & Supply Chain Transfer Execution: Lead sourcing activities for component transfers, supplier transitions, and new SKU implementation across multiple commodity categories, ensuring seamless transition into production.
• Cross‑Functional Project Leadership: Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Regulatory teams to manage supplier deliverables, qualification milestones, sample builds, and launch readiness activities.
• Stakeholder Communication & Risk Management: Proactively identify sourcing risks, develop mitigation plans, and provide clear updates to project teams and senior leadership on supplier performance, project status, and financial impact.

Required -

• 8+ years in Supply Management with focus on strategic sourcing and supplier development.
• Bachelors Degree
• Ability to negotiate effectively to obtain best prices and terms on products, materials, and services.

Preferred -

• Experience leading sourcing activities for product transfers, insourcing initiatives, contract manufacturing transitions, or large‑scale supply chain projects.
• Demonstrated success onboarding suppliers and managing complex supplier qualification efforts.
• Strong commercial negotiation and supplier relationship management skills.
• Ability to lead multiple high‑priority projects simultaneously in a fast‑paced, cross‑functional environment.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments, preferably medical device, electronics, electromechanical assembly, or industrial products.

$102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short‑term disability insurance.

Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.