Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Metals

Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Metals Job Title Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Metals Department Global  Strategic Sourcing Location Largo , FL - Remote Reports To Director, Strategic Sourcing Level Senior  Manager POSITION SUMMARY: The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Metals owns the enterprise Metals category strategy and delivers measurable cost, continuity, supplier, and risk outcomes. The Metals portfolio is one of the most significant direct-material portfolios supporting CONMED's Largo operation.

This role requires sustained stakeholder engagement, disciplined supplier management, ownership of critical escalations, and the ability to influence without direct authority and lead cross-functional solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Category Strategy:
Own and lead the multi-year enterprise Metals category strategy across suppliers, sites, functions, and business priorities, connecting category choices to CONMED transformation goals.

Complex Negotiations:
Lead complex negotiations using commodity indices, should-cost models, benchmarking, and TCO, with material business, continuity, and commercial implications.

Commercial Structuring:
Design complex commercial structures, including indexation, capacity commitments, tooling ownership, LTAs, and balanced risk-sharing terms.

Advanced Analytics:
Build and challenge should-cost, index, benchmark, TCO, PPV, and financial scenario analyses to shape strategy and negotiations.

Supplier Governance:
Establish strategic-supplier governance, lead recovery and development plans, and hold suppliers accountable for sustainable results.

Risk & Escalation Ownership:
Anticipate commodity, capacity, quality, commercial, geopolitical, and continuity risks; lead critical supplier escalations with clear decision paths and recovery plans; maintain executive-level continuity governance.

Enterprise Influence:
Influence senior, cross-functional, and supplier stakeholders across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Planning, and R&D/NPI; resolve competing priorities and lead decisions without direct authority.

Compliance & Responsible Sourcing:
Anticipate qualification and compliance risk, and integrate responsible-sourcing and supplier-accountability expectations into category strategy.

Financial Impact:
Connect category actions to financial outcomes and communicate investment, savings, cash, working capital, and risk tradeoffs to leaders.

Executive Communication:
Translate complex market, cost, supplier, and risk matters into concise, persuasive executive recommendations and maintain stakeholder confidence during critical escalations.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation Excellence Metals Commodity Expertise and Market Intelligence Should-Cost Modeling and Cost Analytics Supplier Development and Performance Management Manufacturing and Engineering Partnership Regulatory Compliance and Supplier Qualification Risk Mitigation and Supply Continuity Planning Sustainability and Responsible Sourcing Financial Acumen and Advanced Analytics Contracting and Commercial StructuringLEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES Strategic Thinking and Long-Range Planning Cross-Functional Influence and Collaboration Managing Ambiguity and Risk-Based Decision Making Results Orientation and Accountability Executive Communication and Stakeholder InfluenceREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field.

8+ years of progressive strategic sourcing experience, including ownership of a significant direct-material category. Minimum 3+ years of leadership experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS MBA or advanced degree.

APICS/ASCM (CSCP, CPIM) or ISM (CPSM) certification.

Deep knowledge of metal manufacturing processes, alloys, and…