Key skills
CRAnalyticsBIPower BILeadershipDecision Making
About this role
Role Overview
- Assess, bundle, and prioritize a diverse pipeline of cost savings initiatives
- Develop and implement comprehensive cost management strategies for high-impact value streams
- Use advanced analytics tools (Power BI, Planisware) to analyze spend data
- Design and deploy improved business processes, systems, and tools across teams
- Lead operating mechanisms, track key performance indicators, and drive collaborative problem-solving
- Work closely with the evaluation team to develop and ensure robust financial analysis and high-confidence recommendations
- Prepare and present program updates to senior leadership during monthly operating reviews
- Lead and participate in cross-functional ideation events to uncover new material cost savings opportunities
- Partner with stakeholders across Category Management, Supplier Optimization, VAVE, and other organizations to generate, evaluate, and implement programmatic savings ideas
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 7 years strategic business or sourcing support experience, or a master's degree with 5 years of strategic business or sourcing support experience
- Proven experience in supplier bid analysis, supplier selection for medical devices, and make-vs-buy analysis to optimize sourcing decisions
- Hands-on experience with electro-mechanical assemblies, including PCB/PCA manufacturing, cable assemblies, and implantable device design requirements
- Skilled in leveraging analytics tools such as Power BI and Planisware for data-driven decision making and program management
- Demonstrated application of Lean methodologies to drive operational excellence and cost efficiency
- High degree of business acumen with the ability to analyze financial data and translate insights into actionable cost savings strategies
- Track record of leading cost savings initiatives and achieving measurable savings goals across diverse product portfolios
- Ability to balance and manage priorities across a wide range of products and projects
- Strong ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)