Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager - Mechanical Assembly & Materials

1 DexCom Inc; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Growth opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

Career development programs

Job summary

Dexcom Corporation seeks a Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead sourcing across Mechanical Assembly and key materials within the Direct Materials Sourcing team. You will partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance, Legal, and suppliers to deliver business results.

You will own supplier relationships, lead supplier selection, negotiations, cost improvements, capacity planning, and continuity initiatives, building strategies across the full value chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8–12 years in strategic sourcing in regulated manufacturing.
• Experience managing Tier 1 and sub-tier suppliers.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder influence skills.
• Ability to translate market and supplier insights into clear recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for mechanical assemblies and related materials.
• Own supplier relationships across Tier 1 and sub-tiers; lead sourcing events and negotiations.
• Collaborate with R&D, Operations, and Quality to ensure supplier readiness and continuity.
• Drive cost improvements, capacity planning, and risk mitigation across the supply chain.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Project management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Contract lifecycle management systems

Spend analytics tools

eProcurement systems

Job description

The Company Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health. We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

The Direct Materials Sourcing team is a group of category experts responsible for building resilient supply networks, securing capacity, managing total cost, enabling new product introduction, and reducing supply risk. As the Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager, you will lead sourcing strategy across Mechanical Assembly and key material categories, partnering closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance, Legal, and external suppliers to deliver business results.

Where you come in:

Develop and execute short- and long-term category strategies for mechanical assemblies, molding, metal stamping, needle manufacturing, converting, adhesives, and resins. Own the supplier relationship for assigned categories and serve as the primary commercial leader across Tier 1 suppliers and critical sub-tier suppliers. Lead supplier selection, sourcing events, negotiations, contracting, cost improvement, capacity planning, and business continuity initiatives. Build strategies that extend through the full value chain, including raw materials, tooling, manufacturing processes, contract manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, and sub-tiers. Partner with R&D, Sustaining Engineering, Operations, Quality, and NPI teams to ensure supplier readiness, manufacturability, continuity of supply, and successful product launches.

What makes you successful:

• Proven strategic sourcing or category management experience supporting mechanical assemblies and related direct materials in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of molding, metal stamping, needle manufacturing, converting, adhesives, and resins, including key manufacturing processes, cost drivers, capacity constraints, and supply market dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to manage Tier 1 and sub-tier supplier relationships, including performance, commercial strategy, risk, capacity, quality, and continuity of supply.
• Strong negotiation, contracting, supplier relationship management, and stakeholder influence skills.
• Credible, engaging, and knowledgeable communication style, with the ability to build trust across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to become a trusted business advisor for assigned categories by translating market, supplier, technical, and financial insights into clear recommendations.
• Ability to develop quantitative and qualitative business cases, communicate tradeoffs, and gain support from senior leadership.
• Proven record of delivering results in a matrix organization while leading cross-functional initiatives with clear ownership and follow-through.
• Strong financial analysis, market analysis, strategic planning, project management, and problem-solving capabilities.
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to extract insights from complex data and communicate them with executive-level clarity.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in medical device, life sciences, or another highly regulated manufacturing industry. Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, value engineering, should-cost, and total cost of ownership principles. Experience supporting new product introduction, supplier transitions, tooling, capacity expansion, and business continuity planning. Practical knowledge of eProcurement, spend analytics, supplier performance, and contract lifecycle management systems.

Leadership impact:

Success in this role means creating category strategies that the business trusts, suppliers understand, and cross-functional teams can execute. The Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager is expected to bring informed judgment, strong commercial leadership, and a collaborative presence that elevates supplier relationships and positions Strategic Sourcing as a source of competitive advantage for Dexcom.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology.
• Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
• A full and comprehensive benefits program.
• Growth opportunities on a global scale.
• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Travel Required:

15-25%

Education and Experience:

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8-12 years of related experience. At this level a graduate degree may be desirable with 4 years of related experience.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at [e-mail].

Salary: $116,600.00 - $194,400.00 #DexcomUS

Since 1999, Dexcom has simplified and revolutionized diabetes management, positively impacting millions worldwide. At Dexcom, we're more than just a medical device company; we're a collective of visionary thinkers, trailblazers, and problem solvers. Our mission transcends the ordinary. We aim to revolutionize healthcare, one groundbreaking technology at a time.