Sr Director Strategic Sourcing

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

 

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

Dexcom is seeking an accomplished leader to head its Global Direct Materials Strategic Sourcing organization. This executive will shape and execute sourcing strategies across critical direct material categories, build strategic supplier partnerships, and help ensure supply continuity, quality, innovation, and cost competitiveness in support of global growth. The ideal candidate brings deep experience across procurement, engineering, and manufacturing environments, along with the ability to lead complex supplier ecosystems spanning traditional suppliers, contract manufacturers, and toll manufacturing relationships. This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for someone who can influence across functions, drive transformational change, and position the organization for long-term scale, resilience, and value creation.

This role oversees a broad range of supplier relationship models.

• Traditional supplier relationships: suppliers produce components on their own assets and retain responsibility for product or component design and process control; the sourcing leader manages the commercial relationship with accountability for quality, service, and cost.
• Contract manufacturing relationships: suppliers produce components or finished goods on their own assets while Dexcom defines the product design and manufacturing requirements. In these engagements, the sourcing leader must align commercial strategy with cross-functional execution across R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality.
• Toll manufacturing relationships: Dexcom develops the manufacturing process and invests in supplier-based assets. Here, the sourcing leader must operate with a general manager mindset, balancing commercial, operational, technical, and financial considerations to optimize total business performance across the relationship.

Where you come in:

• You will lead the global direct materials strategic sourcing organization, including category management and new product introduction sourcing, with accountability for category strategies, supplier selection, supplier performance, and long-term supply continuity across critical spend areas.
• You own sourcing strategy and execution for a complex global supplier network spanning electronics, assemblies, sterilization and converting, wires, metals, chemicals, plastics, packaging, and related direct material categories.
• You drive year-over-year value creation through cost savings, productivity improvements, working capital optimization, and supplier-enabled innovation while balancing quality, service, risk, and continuity of supply.
• You develop and implement enterprise sourcing processes and governance, including category strategies, requirements definition, RFQ/RFP standards, sourcing recommendations, contract management, and supplier performance reviews.
• You lead complex commercial negotiations and global contracts that leverage business scale, geographic footprint, and growth plans while addressing risk, capacity, and total cost of ownership.
• You partner closely with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Finance, and Legal to engage sourcing early in product development and ensure strategic supplier involvement across the product lifecycle.
• You lead the NPI sourcing team to support the product development process, supplier strategy for development programs, pre-transfer sourcing execution, and effective transition into volume production.
• You establish supplier performance expectations and management systems across cost, quality, delivery, technology, capacity, compliance, and responsiveness, using clear KPIs, scorecards, and executive business reviews.
• You provide leadership for supplier capacity planning, allocation strategy, and capital-related decisions required to support growth, resilience, and operational flexibility.
• You build and develop a high-performing global team, fostering procurement excellence, fact-based decision-making, strong negotiation capability, and inclusive leadership across geographies and cultures.
• You advance digital enablement, analytics, and visualization capabilities to improve sourcing insights, forecast accuracy, risk monitoring, and decision quality.
• You drive sourcing programs that support supplier diversity, sustainability, and responsible supply chain practices in alignment with enterprise priorities.

What makes you successful:

• You have demonstrated success building, leading, and developing high-performing teams, with a strong track record of growing organizational capability and bench strength.
• You have extensive experience leading end-to-end supplier relationships, including supplier selection, commercial negotiations, performance management, contract compliance, and long-term strategic planning.
• You have proven ability to deliver measurable value through material cost optimization and disciplined total cost management.
• You have strong leadership capability in fostering alignment, accountability, and consistent execution across teams and business partners.
• You have experience designing scalable processes and building agile, effective organizations in complex business environments.
• You have expertise establishing meaningful KPIs and sourcing control tower capabilities to improve visibility, monitor performance, and drive accountability.
• You have demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence across the sourcing organization.
• You have highly effective cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to build strong partnerships that enable sound decision-making and successful execution.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
• A full and comprehensive benefits program.
• Growth opportunities on a global scale.
• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Travel Required:

• 25 to 50%

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of industry experienc
• Typically requires 9+ years of successful management experience in relevant industry

Workplace: Your primary location will be a home office. You will not have an assigned workstation and will work with your manager to determine office visit needs. You must live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km).

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com. 

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com. 

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Salary:

$220,100.00 - $366,800.00