Strategic Commodity Sourcing Lead - Medical Devices

Argon Medical Devices Inc; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Argon Medical Devices, a Plano, TX-based global medical device company, seeks a Commodity Manager to develop and execute sourcing strategies for direct materials and contract manufacturers. You will lead RFQ/RFP processes, negotiate terms, and build supplier partnerships across Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory.

You will drive cost reduction, supplier performance, and supply continuity while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance and product

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in direct materials procurement, commodity management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, or manufacturing sourcing.
• Experience with direct materials sourcing in a regulated medical device or life sciences environment.
• Strong knowledge of total cost of ownership, contract negotiation, supplier qualification, and supplier performance management.
• Ability to analyze cost structures, market dynamics, capacity constraints, supplier risk, and make-versus-buy opportunities.
• Experience collaborating with Quality, Regulatory, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Supply Chain teams to support compliant decisions.
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, project management, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute direct materials commodity strategies that support business objectives, total cost improvement, quality, regulatory compliance, price stability, and supply continuity.
• Identify, evaluate, qualify and develop third-party manufacturing partners and strategic suppliers to align with capacity, technology, quality, cost, and growth requirements.
• Participate in cross-functional project teams supporting new product introductions, outsourcing initiatives, supplier transitions, and lifecycle management activities.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing processes, including market analysis, supplier discovery, RFQ/RFP development, bid evaluation, supplier selection, award recommendations, and implementation.
• Negotiate contracts, supply agreements, pricing structures, commercial terms, and long-term partnership frameworks.
• Identify and execute cost reduction opportunities through negotiation, outsourcing, design-to-cost, and supplier productivity improvements.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Contract negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cost analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, or related field

Tools

QAD

SAP

Ariba

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Argon Medical Devices, a Plano, TX-based global medical device company, seeks a Commodity Manager to develop and execute sourcing strategies for direct materials and contract manufacturers. You will lead RFQ/RFP processes, negotiate terms, and build supplier partnerships across Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory.

You will drive cost reduction, supplier performance, and supply continuity while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance and product