Senior Global Indirect Sourcing Manager
- Location
- Athlone, Ireland
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
About this role
Expected Travel : Up to 10% Requisition ID : 14513 About Teleflex Incorporated As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare. Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, LMA™, Pilling™, QuikClot™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose. At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit teleflex.com. Position Summary
The Senior Global Indirect Sourcing Manager is a key commercial leadership role supporting multiple business units and sites across North America, Mexico, and the European Union. The position develops and executes global category strategies for indirect materials and services that drive sustainable cost savings, optimise total cost of ownership, improve supplier performance, and mitigate enterprise risk. Working closely with senior stakeholders, the role aligns procurement strategies with business objectives while ensuring compliance with corporate policies and governance requirements. The Senior Global Indirect Sourcing Manager leads strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, supplier management, and continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities for innovation, sustainability, digital transformation, and value creation. Through strong leadership and cross functional collaboration, the role drives procurement excellence, strengthens supply continuity and resilience, delivers measurable business value, and supports Global Operations and enterprise wide objectives. Principal Responsibilities
Key responsibilities will include (but are not limited to) the following: • Develop and implement global indirect sourcing strategies for various categories that leverage the global spend of the enterprise to ensure proper economies of scale are achieved, while ensuring risk levels are appropriate and allow efforts to positively contribute to the business unit(s) and/or region in scope. • Provide support to multiple legal entities, business units, and departments including, but not limited to the following: Professional Services, IT & Telecoms, Corporate Services, Finance, Facilities, Marketing, Engineering, Manufacturing and Human Resources. • Identify and drive cost reduction and process improvement opportunities across assigned categories and key suppliers, partnering closely with internal stakeholders to deliver sustainable value. • Lead contract negotiations, establish supply & service agreements and lead dispute resolution with our supply base, while ensuring proper communication and interaction with internal stakeholders. • Maintain an ability to generate and evaluate alternatives, analyse data, reach logical conclusions, and formulate recommendations for management review and consideration. • Support all corporate level purchasing related activities for the region to ensure compliance with internal procedures and policies as a publicly traded medical device manufacturer (Teleflex Code of Ethics, SOX, FDA, Conflict Minerals, etc.). • Perform other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
• BS or BA degree in Business, Engineering, Science or a related field (MBA preferred) • CPM or similar accreditation preferred • A minimum of 10 years experience in managing regional procurement groups and/or efforts of diverse teams(preferably with a medical device manufacturer or large manufacturing-based