Commodity Manager

Commodity Manager

** Job details*
* ** General information*
* ** Entity*
* Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated 31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.

Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's ""World's Best Companies 2025"" ranking.

Safran Cabin is the world's No. 1 in aircraft interiors. Safran Cabin provides innovative, smart and sustainable cabin interiors, as well as advanced water and waste management systems.

Here, you will develop your skills and grow within a community of experts who enrich your experience every day.

Here, collaboration connects our teams across the globe.

Did you know? We have probably already flown together!

Would you like to join us? Learn more about Safran Cabin here.

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* ** Job details*
* ** Domain*
* Performance and Support

** Job field / Job profile*
* Purchasing - Commodity purchasing

** Job title*
* Commodity Manager

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* Employment type

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* Permanent

** Professional category*
* Employees / Staff

** Part time / Full time*
* Full-time

** Job description*
* Here, we craft excellence together. Your mission? Making the journey the most enjoyable part of the trip.

Join our first-class team to reinvent in-flight experience. In the role of Commodity Manager, you'll play a pivotal part on our Supply Chain team. The Commodity Manager is responsible for the Commodity Strategy that will be or will have been established for assigned commodities in the Branch and will oversee a group of strategic suppliers that constitute the Safran Cabin supply base.

This position contributes to our vision by:

Responsible for the Commodity Strategy

- For a defined list of commodities, establishes the Commodity strategy with the full involvement of the other Operating Sites of the Branch, as applicable.

- Defines the sourcing and supplier base strategy (Make or Buy, consolidation, reduction, development of new source).

- Reports, communicates on a regular basis the strategy progress and outputs at the Branch and Divisions leadership levels.

- Consolidates all data related to the commodity from the Sites. Stays abreast of all innovations and technical evolutions with the view to integrate into a supplier management and contractual relationship.

- Builds the planning, KPIs assessment related to the strategy.

- Ensures follow-up of the strategy commodity implementation within the site level.

- For commodities, is the referent externally and internally

Consolidation of data related to the common Strategic Suppliers

- Drives market analysis, outlooks and competition analysis, Turn-Over evolution and dependency ratios from the different sites and for the Branch.

- Gathers and updates the supplier data.

- Operational Performance at each Site:

- On Time Deliveries (SOTD including VLD)

- Quality of the deliveries (SNCR)

- Consolidates the annual Purchasing Performance achieved related to their commodity and builds the visibility on 3 out years.

- Leads with the support of Supplier Development team the risks analysis - including follow-up of the mitigation plan.

- Provides a consolidated picture updated before each Performance Review.

Management of the Suppliers Contractual Relationship

- Prepares and processes Global RFQ: includes the needs and volumes of the concerned sites in the commodity.

- Negotiates the LTA and defines the acceptable Terms and Conditions applicable with support from Branch Contracts.

- Prepares and gets the approval for global sourcing decisions.

- Gets the contract signed by the applicable Legal entities.

- Checks the provisions of the contract are applied and respected by the Sites.

- Twice per year, consolidates the forecast volumes and checks compliance with the allocated volumes.

- Leads an annual capacity survey towards the suppliers on at least a 12 month's forecast with the consolidated volumes forecast for all Branch Sites.

- Triggers requests on quality/capacity/process audits and dedicated countermeasures.

** But what else? (advantages, specificities, etc.)*
* Monitoring of the Suppliers Performance

- Reviews non-conformance reports written against his/her suppliers and relays information to them.

- Organizes, defines frequency and prepares the Supplier Performance Review Meeting. In this context, ensures coordination with the sites, Purchasing Quality, Supplier Development Team, Engineering and Program when relevant.

- Supports the Supplier Development team and the Supplier Quality team, as needed, when the implementation of Operational Excellence initiatives at the supplier (SOTD, VLD, SNCR) are triggered.

- Collaborates for innovation:…