Medline · 3 hours ago
Sourcing Category Manager - Primary Care
Chicago, Illinois
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$85K/yr - $128K/yr
3+ years expMedline Industries is a global leader in the healthcare sector, and they are seeking a Sourcing Category Manager for Primary Care. This role is responsible for managing significant purchasing volumes, negotiating supplier contracts, and developing sourcing strategies to optimize costs while ensuring a stable supply chain.
Consumer GoodsHealth CareHospitalityManufacturingMedical
Responsibilities
Manage direct spend categories to drive to best-cost, supply continuity and reducing risk. Negotiate favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers and vendor partners. Leader and owner of category management driving key vendor conversations
Manage $75-100M in spend across key medical and raw material categories
Provide strategic insights on Global and geopolitical changes impacting tariffs, raw materials and regulatory requirements. (Tariff rates, new laws, and natural resources). Define strategies to overcome obstacles driving higher costs and supply instability
Provide high-level product expertise on all managed categories including raw material inputs, manufacturing techniques, key vendors. Provide guidance and recommend actions to reduce costs based continuous improvement processes within Manufacturing, raw material changes, or other cost-down initiatives. Understand how Medline product compares to the competition
Manage supplier relationships to secure cost reductions through effective negotiation on pricing and product development opportunities. Contribute to the creation of long-term vendor contracts, rebate plans, and growth incentives to drive cost efficiency
Review analysis from the Global Sourcing Operations team on vendor and supplier price increases, evaluating their net impact against rebates. Develop and implement negotiation tactics to mitigate price hikes, utilizing Medline’s volume, sourcing tools, and exploring options such as dual sourcing or engaging new global vendors
Develop and execute a risk profile for each sourced country. Consider multiple country sourcing, dual sourcing, and geopolitical factors. Recommend vendors based on that strategic risk assessment
Manage a broad mix of product categories and become the subject matter expert on product requirements, manufacturing processes, raw materials, and other key value drivers. Analyze and evaluate cost inputs to contribute to cost optimization efforts and drive best-cost outcomes for Medline
Evaluate sourcing strategies for domestic versus import suppliers, assessing factors such as cost, quality, and lead time. Conduct Make vs. Buy analysis for sourced products to identify the most cost-effective and efficient solutions
Assist in the creation and implementation of a global sourcing strategy to drive vendor performance. Including vendor allocation optimization, re-sourcing and cost containment/reductions for assigned categories. Provide insights based on market research and supplier performance to help optimize the strategy
Identify new cost-savings opportunities within the product category to drive GM growth. Support the identification and implementation of Medline-branded opportunities and assist in negotiating long-term deals with both domestic and import suppliers to secure favorable pricing and terms
Work collaboratively with Medline Shanghai, Supply Chain, Quality and Product Management teams to maintain and develop vendors and products to reduce supply risk and ensure a healthy supply chain
Work closely with the reorder buying group to address ongoing issues with problem suppliers when initial communication efforts have failed. Help analyze the situation, gather necessary data, and facilitate discussions to find resolutions and improve supplier performance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
At least 3-5 years of sourcing experience
Experience leading category strategies, supplier relationship management, sourcing initiatives
Experience negotiating with outside vendors, including negotiating contracts, prices and reconciling differences
Experienced in documenting procedures and internal controls
Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions
Experience controlling and coordinating concurrent projects, competing priorities and critical deadlines
Ability to work across multiple time zones and locations
Benefits
Health insurance
Life and disability
401(k) contributions
Paid time off
Company
Medline
Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
North Carolina Department of Commerce
2025-12-17IPO
2021-06-05Private Equity
2019-09-12Grant· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Steve Miller
Chief Operating Officer
Amanda Laabs
Chief Product Officer
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