Associate Manager - Metals

What You Will Do - The Associate Sourcing Manager is responsible for developing and executing strategic sustaining sourcing initiatives that drive cost, quality, service, and supply continuity improvements. This role partners with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to optimize the supply base, mitigate risk, support new product development, and deliver value aligned with divisional and enterprise objectives.

• Develop and execute commodity and sourcing strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Lead supplier selection, supply base optimization, and spend analysis initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while driving performance through scorecards, business reviews, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Negotiate and manage supplier agreements to achieve optimal commercial, quality, and service outcomes.
• Conduct cost analyses, benchmarking, and make-versus-buy evaluations to support sourcing decisions.
• Identify and implement cost reduction, productivity, and value improvement initiatives.
• Monitor market conditions, industry trends, and emerging technologies to inform sourcing strategies.
• Identify supply chain risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure business continuity.
• Partner with engineering, operations, quality, finance, and product development teams to align sourcing strategies with business needs.
• Demonstrated success in supplier negotiations, contract management, cost reduction, risk mitigation, and supplier performance management.
• Strong analytical, project management, and influencing skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across all organizational levels.

Required -

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply management, or supplier development.

Preferred -

• Experience in metals
• Experience within a highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of ISO 13485, FDA QSR, and ISO 9001 standards.
• Supplier performance management.
• Master's degree and/or professional certifications APICS, ISM, CSCMP, PMP.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Large ERP experience

United States of America Pay Ranges: $89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.