Senior Manager, Global Sourcing

USA - California – Irvine

Full time

Req-52099

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Operations & Quality team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.

In the Senior Manager, Global Sourcing position, you will work extensively across Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, Finance, Legal, and external suppliers to build a resilient and technically capable global supply base. This highly visible role combines commercial leadership, manufacturing industry experience—preferably in injection molding—supplier strategy, and negotiation expertise. This is an individual-contributor role that leads through cross-functional influence.

How you'll make an impac t:

• Serve as the strategic leader for a critical global direct-material category (custom injection-molded parts and related components) that supports the development and manufacture of innovative medical technologies

• Develop long-term category strategies that balance supply assurance, quality, cost competitiveness, innovation, and business continuity

• Lead supplier identification, competitive sourcing, selection, and award recommendations in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders

• Lead supplier business reviews and negotiate long-term supply agreements in partnership with Legal and relevant stakeholders

• Build a resilient, technically capable global supply base in partnership with Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, Finance, Legal, and external suppliers

• Use your subject-matter expertise to strengthen supply chain infrastructure and inform leadership decisions

• Plan and deliver complex supply chain projects with moderate financial impact, guide project teams, and own all project deliverables

• Assess business risks and opportunities (for example, for a product line or a limited global scope) to shape supply chain strategy, improve processes, and change direction when needed

What you'll need (required) :

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with 10 years of related supply chain experience, or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria, or

• Master's degree or equivalent in a related field with 8 years of related supply chain experience, or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

What else we look for (preferred) :

• Demonstrated experience leading complex supplier negotiations and strategic sourcing initiatives

• Commercial leadership and supplier strategy experience in manufacturing, preferably injection molding

• Strong executive communication and supplier relationship-management skills, with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders across organizational levels

• Experience in a highly regulated industry, preferably in the medical device industry

• Certification in a related field (for example, CPIM or CSCP)

• Proven project management skills, including experience representing leadership on projects and consulting within a specialized area alongside project managers and cross-functional teams

• Recognized expertise and specialized depth in your area, with the ability to share knowledge and mentor team members

• Extensive understanding of Edwards policies, procedures, and guidelines for local and global supply chain, including FDA and ISO regulations

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, organizational, and critical thinking skills, with sound judgment, discretion, and attention to detail

• Ability to work through ambiguity and build business frameworks to manage complexity

• Excellent documentation, facilitation, and presentation skills

• Ability to drive adoption of standardized practices and see objectives through to completion

• Ability to escalate issues to the right level of management when needed

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $121,000 to $171,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. Through breakthrough technologies, world-class evidence and partnerships with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders, our employees are inspired by our patient-focused culture to deliver life-changing innovations to those who need them most.