Medline · 17 hours ago
Sourcing Specialist
Northfield, Illinois
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$62K/yr - $93K/yrMedline Industries is a growing worldwide organization seeking a Sourcing Specialist. This role is responsible for coordinating and executing the planning, procurement, and distribution of purchased finished goods, as well as developing supplier relationship strategies and leading negotiations for cost savings initiatives.
Consumer GoodsHealth CareHospitalityManufacturingMedical
Responsibilities
Prepare and process requisitions and Purchase Orders for the procurement of goods, services and supplies. While resolving and/or maximize opportunities regarding vendor issues, stocking, sourcing, pricing, terms and service
Analyze purchase requisitions versus inventory targets, service considerations, demand and sourcing options prior to generating Purchase Orders. Manage the PO release process through vendor minimum and alternative means to satisfy MRP demand
Analyze assigned commodities, as well as develop global implementation plans to source new items and re-source existing items to optimize total cost suppliers
Validate, revise and/or recommend changes to system data via interaction/communication with product divisions and vendors. This includes analyzing quotations, providing strategic component, material and supplier sourcing recommendations
Communicate vendor backorder issues to Inventory Management, Customer Service and vendor teams and managing the vendor set up process, externally with vendor and internally with Finance and Legal
Maintain timely control of orders, amendments, shipping notices and other documents. Review/analyze month-end reporting. Ensure MIOH, Service, Surplus and Stock transfer fees are in with targets. Negotiate lower minimum order quantities to maintain facility inventory levels and lower carrying cost
Assist in developing and managing vendor or Medline product allocations. Coordinating the raw material SKU allotment based on pricing and availability
Coordinates samples, trial orders, and new orders with new and existing suppliers Quality and Process Engineers
Lead Project Management steering meetings to ensure alignment across departments and track the progress of assigned deliverables
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree, or relevant experience in lieu of degree
Ability to assimilate diverse information and communicate across internal departments and external vendors
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns)
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling)
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages and volume
Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and statistics in the interpretation and relationships in SAP
Previous buying experience in a systems driven environment
Background in inventory supply chain, customer service or operations
Experience with SAP, Access, AS400 and/or FoxPro
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.
Founded in 1966
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Medline has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (344)
2024 (144)
2023 (142)
2022 (143)
2021 (137)
2020 (113)
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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