Global Commodity Manager

Boxborough, MA, United States Global Commodity Manager Position Summary Reporting to the Global Procurement Manager, the Commodity Manager owns the development and execution of global commodity strategies for spend categories. This role is accountable for cost productivity, supplier performance, supply continuity, risk mitigation, and long-term value creation across a global supply base. The position requires a strategic, competitive, and execution-focused leader who can convert market intelligence, spend analytics, and business priorities into sourcing actions that deliver measurable business results.

Business Impact Directly influences cost competitiveness, working capital, supplier performance, and continuity of supply

Shapes sourcing decisions, supplier selection, and commodity strategies that support business growth and accelerated operational performance

Serves as a strategic partner to operations, engineering, quality, materials, and finance in driving enterprise value through strategic procurement

Responsibilities & Deliverables Own and execute global commodity strategies that improve cost, quality, delivery, innovation, supplier capability, and long-term total value

Lead and coach cross-functional teams, providing direction, accountability, and support to drive sourcing execution, supplier performance improvement, and business results

Lead strategic sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification through supplier selection, negotiation, implementation, and results realization

Analyze spend, market conditions, supplier economics, commodity trends, and business demand to identify sourcing opportunities, supply risks, and competitive advantages

Own supplier selection, sourcing recommendations, commodity decisions, and award strategies with accountability for business outcomes

Build and maintain a robust productivity pipeline including PPV, VAVE, negotiations, should-cost opportunities, make/buy analysis, supplier consolidation, and low-cost region sourcing initiatives

Manage supplier performance through segmentation, scorecards, quarterly business reviews, corrective actions, development plans, and escalation management

Negotiate and manage commercial agreements, pricing structures, long-term sourcing commitments, and key contractual terms that protect the business and improve competitiveness

Lead supply risk mitigation and continuity planning through dual sourcing, capacity reviews, lead time reduction, inventory strategy alignment, resourcing, and business continuity actions

Project manage cross-functional sourcing and supplier improvement initiatives involving suppliers, engineering, operations, quality, materials, and finance

Monitor market intelligence including commodity movements, supplier capability changes, tariffs, regional sourcing opportunities, and geopolitical risks, and translate them into proactive business actions

Collaborate with enterprise commodity leaders and internal stakeholders to leverage scale, align sourcing approaches, and share best practices across the organization

Operate with high throughput and urgency, managing multiple sourcing programs, supplier actions, and performance initiatives simultaneously

Travel up to 20% to assess, develop, and manage domestic and global sources of supply

Organizational Alignment This role reports directly to the Global Procurement Manager and works closely with Materials Management, Buyers/Planners, Supplier Quality, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Product Management, and other key stakeholders

Qualifications, Skills & Work Traits Management experience with the ability to lead, coach, and develop individuals or cross-functional project teams while creating accountability for results

Strong strategic judgment with the ability…