Commodity Manager

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of sourcing strategies for lasers & optics.
• Partner with SQE, Engineering and other internal stakeholders during the initial sourcing and vetting phases.
• Cost analysis, benchmark comparisons, and support commercial supplier negotiations.
• Review technical artifacts to draft RFx packages for lasers & optics.
• Drive cross‑functional actions to improve supplier performance, decrease risk, and reduce total cost of ownership.
• Maintain supplier KPIs to measure supplier risk and performance.
• Support supplier contractual negotiations as needed.
• Evaluate supplier capability, capacity, and scalability relative to forecast demand and design changes.
• Support purchase order execution, export compliance, monitor delivery performance, and proactively raise supply or quality risks.

• 3+ years experience in strategic supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity sourcing lasers, optics and camera systems.
• Demonstrated negotiation and supplier management experience.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with engineering, operations and quality teams, and navigating through cross‑functional corporate layers.
• Comfortable working with high levels of ambiguity.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, physics, or other technical field.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Google suite (e.g., Google Sheets, Google Slides) skills.
• Familiarity with ERP systems with experience in MRP.