Category Manager, Direct Materials

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $64k - $96k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🛒 Procurement

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Insulet Corporation

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

🔧 Hardware

Healthcare • Hardware

Insulet Corporation is a medical device company headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, best known as the maker of Omnipod, a line of tubeless, wearable, Pod-based insulin management systems that provide continuous insulin delivery and automated insulin delivery (Omnipod 5). Founded in 2000, the company develops, manufactures, and distributes connected insulin pumps globally, serving over 600,000 customers in 26 countries and reporting $2. 7B in 2025 revenue. Insulet emphasizes engineering next‑generation medical devices, research and development to simplify diabetes management, and sustainability and community impact across its operations.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, and execute global sourcing strategies for packaging materials and related supplier categories • Develop and execute supplier agreements supporting business growth, supplier performance, risk mitigation, and total cost of ownership reduction • Lead sourcing events, supplier evaluations, competitive bids, benchmarking, and negotiations for packaging materials, components, tooling, specifications, and related supplier services • Partner with Packaging Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Planning, and Manufacturing teams to ensure packaging solutions meet quality, regulatory, capacity, service, and cost requirements • Establish collaborative relationships with packaging suppliers and senior management teams • Hold suppliers accountable through business reviews, action tracking, scorecards, quality reviews, and corrective action plans • Ensure packaging material availability, continuity of supply, and production schedule support • Serve as escalation point for supplier, capacity, service, quality, and shortage-related issues • Maintain a pipeline of cost reduction, productivity, packaging improvement, supplier consolidation, and specification optimization opportunities • Drive projects improving gross margin, working capital, service reliability, lead times, packaging utilization, and operational resilience • Provide cost/benefit analysis, should-cost modeling, supplier performance reporting, and packaging cost analysis • Identify packaging solutions that reduce waste, improve material efficiency, and support sustainability goals • Perform other duties and lead projects as required

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, operations, engineering, packaging science, or related discipline • 8+ years’ relevant experience leading procurement categories in sourcing, negotiating, contracting, supplier management, packaging procurement, and project management • Prior experience in global strategic sourcing and supplier management for packaging materials using strategic category management techniques • Strong understanding of packaging materials, packaging conversion processes, tooling, specifications, supplier capabilities, quality requirements, and relevant industry trends • Success in selecting suppliers and negotiating contracts for robust, scalable, cost-effective, and compliant packaging solutions • Demonstrated track record of measurable cost savings, productivity improvements, and service-level improvements • Experience using benchmarking, RFx processes, cost analysis, should-cost modeling, and supplier performance tools • Social intelligence to influence and lead stakeholders and suppliers at senior levels • Ability to prioritize and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with cross-functional teams and global supply chain partners • Proficient with Microsoft Windows and Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel • Excellent supplier management, negotiation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills • Contract development and analysis skills • Supplier evaluation skills • Price, packaging cost, and should-cost analysis skills • Strong communication and presentation skills • Project management skills • Risk management and business continuity planning skills • Market and packaging trend analysis skills • Strategic and long-range category planning skills • Financial analysis skills • Medical device, regulated manufacturing, life sciences, packaging, or global manufacturing experience highly preferred • 20% travel requirement

🏖️ Benefits

• Incentive compensation eligibility • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401(k) with company match • Paid time off (PTO) • Additional employee wellness programs • 100% remote working arrangements; may also work hybrid on-site/virtual as desired