Sr. Strategic Sourcing Director

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 9 Nov 2026

At Mini Med, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

Lead the partnerships that power Mini Med’s ability to deliver life-changing therapies to patients around the world. As Sr. Sourcing Director for external manufacturing, you’ll shape the strategy behind critical contract manufacturing, OEM, and sterilization service relationships, ensuring the capacity, performance, and resilience needed to support growth and innovation. This is a highly visible supply management role where you’ll influence executive-level decisions, drive operational excellence, and help bring new products from launch to scale.

If you’re energized by building strategic partnerships and solving complex supply chain challenges, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Core Responsibilities

• Supplier Relationship Management & Executive Partnerships with contract manufacturing
• Commercial Agreements & Contractual Obligations
• Drive Supplier Performance, Business Reviews & Accountability
• Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
• Capacity Planning, Launch & Ramp Readiness
• Manufacturing Footprint & Partner Strategy
• Supplier Risk Management & Business Continuity
• Provides project management and sourcing expertise to cross-functional, cross-divisional commodity teams.
• Facilitates these teams in the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize Minimed’s position in terms of quality, cycle/response time, technology, risk, and total cost.
• Mitigates risk, leverages technology and purchase power, improves processes and systems, and reduces overall cost of ownership and acquisition.
• Negotiates, establishes and monitors supplier performance and compliance with agreements.
• Partner with suppliers to deliver value through Quality, Delivery and Cost

Must Have

Minimum Qualifications:

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related discipline and 15+ years of progressive experience in global supply chain or logistics and 10+ years managerial experience

OR

Advanced degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related discipline and 10+ years of progressive experience in global supply chain or logistics and 10+ years managerial experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Global experience across multiple regions (North America, EMEA, APAC, LATAM)
• Demonstrated experience executing global DC network initiatives
• Experience working in regulated environments (medical device, pharmaceutical, or healthcare preferred)

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements…