Commodity Buyer III

Apogee Architectural Metals

As a Commodity Manager III, you will play a key role in supporting the sourcing and procurement objectives of the Architectural Metals organization through strategic leadership of critical commodities and supplier relationships. You will be responsible for developing and executing long-term category strategies, leading complex supplier negotiations, mitigating supply chain risk, and delivering value creation opportunities aligned with business objectives. This role serves as the organization’s subject matter expert for assigned categories, providing market intelligence, supplier expertise, and strategic sourcing leadership to support operational and financial performance across the business.

• Manage critical commodities and strategic supplier relationships across the AM organization
• Develop, execute, and maintain short and long-term category strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Lead complex RFQ, bid, supplier selection, and sourcing recommendation activities for assigned categories.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, commercial proposals, market intelligence, benchmarking data, and total cost of ownership opportunities.
• Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships and executive-level supplier engagement.
• Lead supplier onboarding, implementation activities, and supplier transitions.
• Serve as the recognized subject matter expert for assigned commodities, supply markets, and industry trends.
• Provide market intelligence, benchmarking, and category expertise to support strategic business decisions.
• Lead highly complex sourcing initiatives involving significant business impact, supply risk, or cross-functional coordination.
• Mentor and provide guidance to Commodity Manager I and Commodity Manager II team members.

• Identify, develop, and implement significant cost savings and value improvement opportunities within assigned commodities.
• Develop and maintain a multi-year pipeline of sourcing, productivity, risk mitigation, and value improvement initiatives to support category strategies and business objectives.
• Lead complex contract negotiations, renewals, and implementation activities.
• Develop, negotiate, and maintain strategic supply agreements and commercial terms with suppliers.
• Analyze market conditions, pricing trends, commodity indices, and supply risks to support category strategies and business decisions.
• Develop and execute risk mitigation and business continuity plans for assigned commodities.
• Lead cost recovery efforts associated with supplier quality, delivery or service performance eissues.
• Monitor supplier adherence to contractual, commercial, and service requirements.
• Develop and execute initiatives to achieve annual cost savings and value improvement objectives.
• Develop long-ter sourcing roadmaps to support operational, financial, and strategic business objectives.
• Provide recommendations to leadership regarding supplier strategy, market conditions, commercial risk, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Develop, negotiate, and maintain supply agreements and commercial terms with suppliers.
• Lead cost recovery efforts associated with supplier quality, delivery, or service performance issues.
• Monitor supplier adherence to contractual, commercial, and service requirements.

• Develop supplier performance expectations and lead supplier revies through scorecards, metrics, and business reviews.
• Lead corrective action activities associated with supplier quality, delivery, and service issues.
• Lead supplier development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead supplier transitions and support new product…