Product Sourcing Leader

Job Description Summary

The Product Sourcing Leader for the Maternal Infant Care (MIC) modality will define and execute sourcing strategies across an assigned product line throughout its lifecycle. This role serves as the primary sourcing partner to Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Service, and Category Sourcing to ensure a competitive, resilient, compliant, and high-performing supply base.
The successful candidate will drive supply continuity, cost competitiveness, supplier performance, risk mitigation, and sourcing innovation while supporting both new product development and installed-base product portfolios. This role offers significant cross-functional visibility and the opportunity to influence product strategy, operational performance, and customer outcomes.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Own and execute sourcing strategies for the assigned Maternal Infant Care product line, aligning supplier capabilities with business, product, and operational objectives.
• Serve as the primary sourcing interface across Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Supply Chain, Service, Regulatory, and Category Sourcing teams.
• Develop and maintain sourcing roadmaps focused on cost, quality, delivery, capacity, lead-time reduction, localization, resiliency, and continuity of supply.
• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, contracting activities, and commercial agreements to optimize total landed cost, supplier performance, and business value.
• Drive productivity and cost-out initiatives through value engineering, competitive bidding, supplier optimization, localization, and design-to-cost strategies.
• Establish sourcing strategies and cost targets early in product development, ensuring sourcing considerations are integrated into product and business decisions.
• Support New Product Introduction programs by leading sourcing deliverables, managing supplier readiness, and mitigating supply chain risks.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to supply continuity, capacity constraints, obsolescence, single-source dependencies, inflation, and geopolitical factors.
• Develop and execute supplier resiliency strategies, including dual sourcing, supplier development, inventory strategies, and business continuity planning.
• Monitor supplier performance and lead corrective actions to address cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and responsiveness issues.
• Partner with Category Sourcing teams to leverage commodity strategies, preferred suppliers, market intelligence, and global sourcing opportunities.
• Identify supplier innovations and emerging technologies that improve product competitiveness, operational efficiency, and supply chain resilience.
• Present sourcing strategies, business cases, risks, and recommendations to business and functional leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience in sourcing, procurement, supplier management, operations, manufacturing, engineering, or supply chain leadership.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing sourcing strategies for products, manufacturing operations, or complex supplier portfolios.
• Proven track record leading supplier negotiations and delivering cost, productivity, and supply continuity improvements.
• Experience developing sourcing business cases, cost analyses, and fact-based commercial recommendations.
• Working knowledge of supplier contracts and commercial terms.
• Experience managing supplier performance and resolving complex cost, quality, delivery, capacity, or supply-related challenges.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including total landed cost, productivity, inflation, working capital, and ROI analysis.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and supplier networks.
• Ability to travel as business needs require.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience in medical devices, healthcare, regulated manufacturing, or similar industries.
• Familiarity with maternal and infant care technologies or related healthcare environments.
• Strong commercial judgment with the ability to balance cost, quality, compliance, innovation, and supply continuity.
• Skilled negotiator capable of building productive supplier relationships and influencing outcomes.
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction, supplier transitions, product transfers, or obsolescence management.
• Knowledge of supplier quality systems, qualification processes, purchasing controls, and change management.

If you are a commercially minded sourcing professional who enjoys owning a product portfolio, solving complex supply-chain challenges, negotiating meaningful supplier agreements, and converting cost and resiliency opportunities into measurable results, we encourage you to apply. …