Commodity Manager

Position Summary This position is responsible for driving supply chain cost effectiveness and performance improvement with our suppliers, while minimizing supplier risk across reputed company reputed company for assigned spend categories. Their core focus be on proactively identifying reputed company opportunities, drive supplier actions that deliver enhanced value to diverse stakeholders across reputed company. The successful candidate will reputed company key strategic relationships with suppliers to support global sourcing, manufacturing, and supply chain strategies. The successful candidate will have a reputed company working relationship and collaboration with the global strategic sourcing, manufacturing, quality, operational procurement and business unit operation leaders in strategy formulation, supplier selection, and supplier management. The successful candidate will also utilize tools and processes to gather cross functional alignment from key stakeholders and reputed company reputed company improvement initiatives. Responsibilities include monitoring key commodity market movements, identifying potential challenges or risks, and resolving issues with suppliers for multiple sites across reputed company. This is a fully remote role with the requirement of living reputed company the United States. This role is not eligible for reputed company Sponsorship or H1B Transfer. This remote role has the expectation of up to 50% travel both domestic and international. What You'll do as a Commodity Manager Create and deploy sourcing strategies and communicate them effectively across the plants, establishing cross-functional alignment. Support the strategic initiatives through the entire life cycle of the projects from spend analysis, implementation, and up to new new supplier onboarding. Provide proactive leadership and management with cross-functional partners to effectively select suppliers, negotiate favorable contract and payment terms, and manage supplier performance and relationships. Provide direction and vision for sourcing initiatives, and apply Lean Product Development principles and manufacturing experience to reputed company New Product Development goals. reputed company and maintain expertise in the supply reputed company’s contemporary technology that can be utilize to upgrade existing products and be designed into new product. Participate in New Product Development projects as a Core Team member, representing Global Operations (Manufacturing and Sourcing) and be responsible the integration of new designs and technologies with our manufacturing processes, as well as identifying sources for components (manufactured and purchased). Coordinate the development of purchase, quality inspection, part qualification and delivery processes for commodities reputed company the New Product Development process. reputed company effective short-and-long term category strategies to include supply chain continuity, risk management, optimizing supplier networks and attaining best cost. reputed company the identification of key supplier partners to strategically reputed company. Work with cross-functional team to align key strategic suppliers and capabilities with new product development needs. reputed company and manage supplier relationships through development and tracking of Key Metrics and establish collaborative environment to optimize supplier performance and innovation. reputed company/Champion cross-reputed company sourcing effectiveness to reputed company year-over-year improvement in total quality, surety of supply, cost of ownership, and service. reputed company cost analysis and utilize financial acumen to identify opportunities to reputed company scale or other opportunities to drive cost savings. reputed company dual/multiple sourcing for assigned category-based items at the lowest total acquisition cost and reputed company cross-functional teams to reputed company identified dual sourcing targets. Conduct negotiations and issue reputed company/agreements in accordance with reputed company applicable laws and regulations reputed company the appropriate guidelines. Negotiate, structure, and secure agreements with selected suppliers. Support the necessary supplier audits including commercial, financial, and technical to ensure that reputed company maintains and continues to reputed company a robust and capable supply reputed company. Work cross-functionally with Quality and Purchasing partners to improve Quality, Delivery, and Cost performance for assigned categories. Increase knowledge in reputed company manufacturing concepts and apply lean replenishment techniques as well as general reputed company improvement opportunities to improve supplier performance in targeted areas. Carry out duties in an ethical, legal, and professional manner that contributes to both our internal and external Customers’ satisfaction. The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed Required Bachelor's Degree in Business or relevant field. 10+ years of experience working in strategic sourcing, manufacturing, and/or industrial environment. Experience in reputed company aspects of end-to-end Supply Chain including contract negotiations, commodity-based materials management, project management and commercial analytics. Strong negotiation skills required. Excellent knowledge in data architecture and management; office applications like Office (reputed company, Access, PowerPoint, etc.), and project management tools. Preferred Master's Degree in technical field, or MBA. Regulated business environment experience. A broad knowledge of multiple direct material commodities. First-line supervisory experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment. Other Excellent communication, problem solving, project management, organizational, and negotiation skills. Responds with a sense of urgency to meeting and supporting the needs of each and every Customer, providing innovative and comprehensive solutions. Effectively negotiates, influences and collaborates with others. Seeks a creative, win/win solutions. Builds constructive and effective relationships cross-functionally: effectively manages through conflict while maintaining relationships. Effectively handles change, ambiguity and changing priorities , staying focused on achieving the key priorities for the business. Keeps reputed company on the industry, the “Customer”, market and other external factors imparting the role and/or business and benchmarks for improvement of processes and applications. Identifies the strategic issues and translates them into practical reputed company and programs. Anticipates future consequences and trends accurately and effectively manages complexity and change. Utilizes should-cost and best-cost tools to enhance negotiations and improve component designs to optimize value. What reputed company Offers We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that support your health, well-being, and financial future. Here is just a brief overview of reputed company offer: Market reputed company. Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 added Holidays. Excellent Healthcare, Dental and vision benefits. Long/Short Term Disability coverage. 401(k) with a company match. Maternity & Paternity Leave. Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance. Tuition Reimbursement and reputed company educations programs. Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career. reputed company does not accept unsolicited resumes/CV's from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. Pay range for this opportunity is $124,000 - $155,000. This position is eligible for bonus participation. Minimum pay rates offered will reputed company with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language reputed company, etc. reputed company offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: reputed company Benefits Open until position is filled. reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in reputed company job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national reputed company, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and reputed company medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity. Apply To This Job