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** 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 to anticipate financial, operational, and supplier implications of sourcing decisions
* Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment without direct authority
* Highly analytical with strong problem-solving capability and experience using structured root cause analysis, corrective actions, and countermeasure development
* Demonstrated ability to make sound commercial decisions with incomplete data and in dynamic business conditions
* Strong financial acumen with experience building business cases, savings models, sourcing recommendations, and executive-ready…