Materials Commodity Manager - PCBs

Materials Commodity Manager - PCBs

The Materials Commodity Manager – PCBs is responsible for the strategic and tactical management of Rantec's Printed Circuit Board (PCB) portfolio and supply base. This position serves as the business-wide owner of the PCB commodity, with responsibility for developing and executing sourcing and procurement strategies that ensure Rantec has the supplier capability, capacity, quality, cost, and delivery performance necessary to support current customer commitments and long-term business growth.

In addition to strategic commodity management, this position will serve as the Buyer for PCBs and will be responsible for the day-to-day procurement activities required to support development, production, and customer demand.

Essential Duties and

Responsibilities include:

• Own and maintain Rantec's overall PCB commodity strategy, balancing technical capability, quality, cost, delivery, capacity, lead time, inventory, supply continuity, and long-term business requirements.
• Serve as the Buyer for Rantec's PCB portfolio, utilizing the MRP/ERP system to interpret demand, generate and confirm purchase orders, communicate requirements to suppliers, and ensure material availability supports production schedules and customer commitments.
• Manage PCB purchase orders from placement through receipt, including supplier acknowledgments, pricing, lead times, delivery commitments, expedites, reschedules, cancellations, and resolution of commercial or supply issues.
• Look beyond current MRP demand to anticipate future PCB requirements using Rantec's Strategic Master Plan, backlog, forecasts, historical demand, Business Development inputs, and other available information. Translate anticipated requirements into proactive sourcing, purchasing, capacity, inventory, and supplier strategies.
• Maintain timely and accurate visibility of PCB material availability and proactively communicate shortages, supplier constraints, and other supply risks. Develop and drive supplier recovery plans when material availability threatens production or customer requirements.
• Maintain comprehensive visibility of Rantec's PCB portfolio, including spend, suppliers, technologies, demand, inventory, lead times, pricing, capacity, quality, delivery performance, and supply-chain risk.
• Develop sourcing, procurement, and capacity strategies that position the PCB supply base to support Rantec's current requirements and anticipated growth. Proactively address capacity, lead-time, material, obsolescence, or other supply constraints before they impact customer delivery.
• Develop strong relationships with key PCB suppliers and serve as Rantec's primary commercial and materials interface for the PCB supply base. Negotiate price, lead time, delivery, capacity commitments, and other commercial terms while representing Rantec's best interests.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing Managers to develop and implement Long-Term Agreements (LTAs), pricing agreements, capacity commitments, volume arrangements, and other strategic commercial agreements with key PCB suppliers to improve cost, delivery, lead time, capacity assurance, and supply continuity.
• Identify opportunities to leverage Rantec's aggregate and anticipated PCB demand to negotiate improved commercial terms, consolidate purchases, secure capacity, optimize order quantities, reduce lead times, and achieve sustainable cost reductions.
• Analyze PCB cost drivers, supplier quotations, market conditions, and purchasing history to identify and execute cost-reduction initiatives while maintaining required quality, technical capability, delivery, and supply continuity.
• Establish supplier performance expectations and scorecards and regularly evaluate PCB suppliers based on quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness, capacity, technical capability, and overall performance. Conduct regular supplier business reviews and drive improvement plans where performance gaps exist.
• Partner closely with the PCB Engineering SME to understand Rantec's current and future PCB technology requirements and ensure the supply base has the technical capability and manufacturing processes necessary to support those requirements.
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