Medical devices
10 Chief Procurement Officers in Medical Devices
These ten executives hold or have held a chief procurement officer title at medical device and medical technology companies, in several cases for a single business or materials area. A reader can learn from them how medtech procurement leaders manage direct materials, supplier quality and cost in a regulated supply base.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alison Jones
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer, Direct Materials · Philips
Chief Procurement Officer, Direct Materials at Philips since 2025. The profile says the role is globally responsible for leading Philips' Direct Procurement Organization by developing strategies, people, processes and systems. Former COO at Canyon (2022–2024), former Chief Operating Officer at schleich® (2020–2022) and former VP, Head of Strategic Alliances Sourcing at Philips (2017–2019).
Carrie Uhl
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Danaher
Chief Procurement Officer at Danaher since 2023, and former Chief Procurement Officer at GE HealthCare (2019–2023). The profile describes Danaher as a medical equipment manufacturing company and a global life sciences and diagnostics company. Former Vice President of Purchasing and Supply Chain, the Americas at Magna International (2010–2019).
Gabriela Tizon
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer - PDx · GE HealthCare
Chief Procurement Officer - PDx at GE HealthCare since 2025, and former Global Sourcing Executive -MICT (2023–2025), former Sourcing Director (2020–2023) and former Global Sourcing Manager (2018–2020) at GE HealthCare. The profile describes GE HealthCare as providing digital infrastructure, data analytics and decision support tools for the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients.
Gustav Svensson
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Chief Procurement Officer · Getinge
Corporate Chief Procurement Officer at Getinge since 2025, and former Head of Purchasing (2019–2025), former Director Purchasing Development (2018–2019) and former Director Purchasing (2016–2018) at Getinge. The profile describes Getinge as a medical equipment manufacturing company that serves clients in healthcare and life sciences.
Karen Weinstein
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Operations & Chief Procurement Officer · Hologic, Inc.
Vice President, Operations & Chief Procurement Officer at Hologic, Inc. since 2016, and Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer at Hologic, Inc. since 2015; the profile lists both as current and describes Hologic as a medical equipment manufacturing company. Former Vice President, Global Sourcing at Boston Scientific (2000–2012).
Maria Magiera
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · CARDIMED B.V.
Chief Procurement Officer at CARDIMED B.V. since 2023, based in Maastricht, and Department Sales Manager at CARDIMED B.V. since 2020; the profile lists both as current and describes CARDIMED B.V. as a medical equipment manufacturing company. Former Sales Manager Hospital Care at CARDIMED B.V. (2019–2020).
Matteo Stefani
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer - Head of Global Procurement · Straumann Group
Chief Procurement Officer - Head of Global Procurement at Straumann Group since 2025; the profile lists Straumann Group as a medical equipment manufacturing company. Former VP Head of Procurement Europe at Novartis (2021–2025), former Head of Procurement NGSC Prague at Novartis (2020–2021) and former Head of Procurement Europe at UCB (2019–2020).
Ramon Suarez
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Health Systems SVP Global Procurement Direct Materials · Philips
Former Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Health Systems SVP Global Procurement Direct Materials at Philips (2023–2026), former Vice President Global Procurement & NPI (Medical Devices) at Philips (2021–2023) and former Vice President Global Procurement (Medical Devices Precision Diagnostics) at Philips (2018–2021). The profile headline cites €4B+ of global direct materials spend across MedTech, automotive and industrial.
Sejla Holland
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Baxter International Inc.
Chief Procurement Officer at Baxter International Inc. since 2024, and Vice President Integrated Planning at Baxter International Inc. since 2021; the profile lists both as current and describes Baxter as a medical equipment manufacturing company. Former Vice President, Analytics and Data Science at BD (2017–2021) and former Vice President, Operations at Becton Dickinson (2016–2017).
Vanish Dabra
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer- Imaging · GE HealthCare
Chief Procurement Officer- Imaging at GE HealthCare since 2025. Former Vice President, Procurement & Head of Sustaining Engineering (2021–2025), former Vice President, Procurement & Head of Supplier Quality (2019–2021) and former Senior Director, Head of Procurement Engineering-Ultrasound (2015–2019) at Philips. The profile headline lists a $9B business, $3B spend and a 700+ global team in MedTech and regulated industries.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to yours, since a group-wide CPO, a business-unit CPO and a direct-materials leader see different parts of the supply base. For questions about regulated components and supplier quality, favor people whose listed roles pair procurement with engineering, quality or new product introduction.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you qualify and manage single-source suppliers for regulated components without slowing product launches?
- 02How do you balance cost reduction targets with supplier quality and regulatory change-control requirements?
- 03What changed in your supplier strategy after recent supply disruptions, and what would you do differently?
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