Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

At Breg, we are dedicated to advancing orthopedic solutions that enhance the lives of patients and support healthcare professionals. As a leader in the orthopedic industry, we provide innovative products, consulting, technology, and services that help people move forward with confidence.

We are currently seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our team in Carlsbad, CA. If you thrive in a dynamic environment where innovation and impact go hand in hand, this is the opportunity for you.

You are a forward-thinking professional who values collaboration, innovation, and making a meaningful difference. You bring expertise in ownership and accountability, the ability to plan, execute, control and deliver, communicate effectively, work under tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy and are eager to contribute to a team that is committed to delivering exceptional patient outcomes.

• Evaluates sourcing procedures and presents improvement strategies to senior management for approval.
• Analyzes and calculates procurement costs and developing cost reduction strategies.
• Assess supplier and category spend to identify opportunities for consolidation, leverage, standardization, and improved commercial terms.
• Drives purchasing decisions based on cost and scenario analysis, as well as market trends.
• Negotiates contracts with key suppliers, including costs and terms of supply, service, and quality.
• Develop and maintain fact-based should-cost models using material, labor, overhead, tooling, logistics, and market inputs to establish cost targets, evaluate supplier quotations, support negotiations, and identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Collaborates with the procurement department to identify and pursue new supplier opportunities.
• Conducts market research, as well as creating cost estimates and forecasts.
• Maintains strategic sourcing relationships and developing strong partnerships.
• Helps define and implement the organization's overall sourcing strategy and builds value-driven vendor partnerships focusing on risk management, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develops vendor partnerships, sets KPI's and goals and utilizes scorecards to measure and evaluate vendor performance.
• Plans and leads Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with strategic and underperforming suppliers, including performance trends, corrective actions, capacity, risk, and improvement roadmaps.
• Explores and obtains new sources, methods, and vendors to ensure a reliable supply of materials.
• Studies market intelligence and conducts frequent market analysis and benchmarking to anticipate price fluctuations.
• Leads contingency planning efforts for negotiation, allocation and management of production when supply is limited.
• Coordinates risk mitigation actions such as safety stock, alternate materials, backup tooling, capacity reservations, and supplier recovery plans.
• Drives projects for the optimization of demand management and inventory availability, including minimizing cost while maximizing service levels.
• Collaborates with various internal teams, including Sales, Marketing, Operations, Engineering and Finance, to support various business processes to ensure the effectiveness of the supply chain organization.
• Responsible for behaving in a professional manner both internally and externally in relationships that positively impact the company's reputation and comply with the company's policies and practices.
• Responsible for being accountable and committed to demonstrating Breg's cultural beliefs and achieving the key results of the company.
• Responsible for promoting Breg's culture within the organization using established tools such as storytelling, providing…