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Commodity Manager

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JOB DESCRIPTION: A leading diversified, multi-platform industrial company with over seven thousand employees located at more than thirty manufacturing facilities worldwide, is in need of hiring a Commodity Manager. The individual will be responsible for supporting three plant sites (one division). Responsibilities are as follows:

• Establishes division level procurement strategies for assigned spend, collaborates to insure incorporation and business unit participation.


• Champion of the Strategic Sourcing processes, ensures consistent application of processes, drives strategic thinking within the supply chain organization.


• Oversees all activities related to the management of assigned spend, from intent to purchase through delivery of commodity/service.


• Recruit, maintain and manage world-class suppliers with focus on total systems cost improvements while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct.


• Plans, organizes, directs, controls and communicates all strategic sourcing activities related to assigned spend.


• Drives participation on Global Supply Chain advisory team assuring coordination and communication of agreed upon activities.


• Proactively and routinely drives spend analysis activities identifying strategic sourcing opportunities within assigned commodities and throughout the SC environment where applicable.


• Prepares and reviews contracts, bids, proposals, and vendor agreements for legal correctness, terms/ conditions, and acceptability of items to specifications.


• Develops a system to evaluate vendor quotations that utilizes appropriate negotiation and purchasing techniques to ensure quality, price, delivery, and service across multiple global locations.


• Negotiate or supervise the negotiation of complex requests for products, equipment, supplies, and services from suppliers and subcontractors.


• Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future (industry trends in pricing and availability that will impact the business) material availability, and prepares market analysis reports.


• Proactively establishes and implements countermeasures to negative market trends and missed objective performance.


• Jointly develop and monitor with Group Level SC leaders adherence to agreed upon policies and procedures.


• Support development and implementation of enabling technologies.


• Drives innovation and a focus on continuous improvement within the supply chain organization.


• Designs, implement, manage, and monitor procurement reporting systems to assure company requirements are attained.


• Responsible for timely reporting to agreed upon KPI’s and presenting Strategic Sourcing plans.

        JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, or Business.Masters / MBA a major plus.


• C.P.M. or C.P.I.M. a major plus.


• 5 + years of direct Procurement experience.


• Must have experience in LCR, Supplier Qualification, and Contract Negotiating.


• Understanding of Lean principles and Demand Flow techniques.


• Ability to analyze strategic options.


• Project management & problem solving skills.


• Experience leading cross functional teams.


• Effectively works under a matrix management structure.


• Travel (global) up to 50%.

Industry: Manufacturing / Diversified
Discipline: Purchasing & Procurement
Experience: 5 - 7 Years
Compensation: $95K - $110K
Company: A diversified, multi-platform industrial company

Contact information

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