Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Acquisitions

Additional Location(s):US-CA-Irvine

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At Boston Scientific, we'll give you the opportunity to harness all that's within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we'll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you'll be supported in progressing - whatever your ambitions.

About the role:

As part of a cross-functional acquisition integration team, the Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist leads integration activities for the supply base of newly acquired entities and ensures a seamless alignment with Boston Scientific's sourcing standards, objectives, and acquisition goals. This role partners closely with stakeholders in the sustaining Global Sourcing organization and divisional teams along withsuppliers andkey contacts at the acquired entity to identify and mitigate risks, deliver on integration milestones within defined timelines, and drive sourcing strategy and initiatives. The role also establishes and enhances supplier relationships to support commercial deliverables and ensure successful integration outcomes.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Execute acquisition commercial sourcing activities, partnering crossfunctionally to deliver defined sourcing deliverables aligned to the acquisition process flow and milestones, acting as a key sourcing point of contact between the acquired entity, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
• Support and coordinate the Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the Commercial Sourcing Acquisition Integration team and Global Sourcing teams, ensuring agreed scope, contract execution activities, and a structured transition of responsibilities in line with integration timelines
• Manage component cost and pricing activities for assigned acquisitions, including supporting standard cost setting at the acquired entity, ensuring accurate cost setup in BSC systems, maintaining pricing visibility, and escalating proposed increases to mitigate unfavourable PPV.
• Own assigned elements of the bidding process and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) inputs, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely coordination of supplier pricing, forecasts, and cost assumptions
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers during integration to support continuity of supply, commercial performance, quality readiness, and risk mitigation, and support the transition of supplier ownership to sustaining Global Sourcing teams postintegration
• Support acquisitionspecific supplier strategies by assessing supplier capability, performance history, and risk, and providing input to categoryaligned sourcing approaches under guidance from senior sourcing or category leadership
• Apply standard strategic sourcing tools and methodologies (e.g. spend analysis, benchmarking, negotiation support, contracting, and continuous improvement) to support quality, service, cost, and risk objectives throughout the integration lifecycle
• Monitor relevant market and supplier dynamics and communicate insights to internal stakeholders, supporting informed decisionmaking and continuous improvement within the sourcing and procurement team
• Collaborate with crossfunctional partners across NPD, integration, and transfer activities to support sourcing execution, identify supplier risks, and deliver projects in line with agreed cost, quality, and schedule expectations

Required qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience in strategic procurement (sourcing) or supplier relationship management
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing supplier contracts and negotiating value improvements
• Minimum 5 years of experience with quantitative tools such as cost modeling and data analysis
• Ability to travel up to 25% globally

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience working in medical device or similarly regulated industries
• Strong knowledge of negotiation principles, business and legal considerations, and stakeholder decision-making
• Experience working on acquisitions integration projects

Requisition ID:627538

Minimum Salary: $97900

Maximum Salary: $186000

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) - see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com-will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life byprovidinga broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological,neurologicaland urological diseases and conditions. Learn more atwww.bostonscientific.comand follow us onLinkedIn.

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