Commodity Manager

Roles and Responsibility : 1. Lead the development and implementation of sourcing strategies and supplier network capabilities for assigned Plastics and Metal commodities to achieve key business goals. 2. Develop and communicate Commodity strategies across the organization and NPI Operations to ensure sourcing decisions and product development aligns with strategic supplier selections. 3. Formulate negotiation strategy to proactively drive cost reduction with suppliers in a complex, high mix/ low volume environment that will meet strategic, operational and financial performance targets. 4. Total commodity ownership, including supplier relationship management in alignment with the needs of the business, the supply strategy and specific commodity strategies. Inclusive of actively approaching the supplier market by means of investigating, screening, pre-selection of and negotiation with new or alternative suppliers for a product group/line of business. 5. Responsible for total supplier performance: measure and manage vs. key targets, compliance to agreements and implementing improvement roadmaps to address gaps. 6. Work effectively with internal stakeholders cross-functionally and cross-regionally, as well as those of external partnerships who are critical to meeting key objectives. 7. Maintain and provide current understanding on industry and technology trends for the assigned Plastics, Metal or Build to Print Commodities. 8. Acting as escalation interface between suppliers and business regarding tactical issues, pricing, quality while maintaining continuity of supply by taking ownership of tactical issues, facilitating work through others, and driving the team to closure. 9. Routinely performs supply risk assessments, and drives mitigation plans accordingly, including setting up and working alternative supplier options for respective Commodity.