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The Commodity Manager is responsible for maintaining a robust and resilient supply chain by leading sourcing initiatives and effectively managing supplier relationships. This role involves close collaboration with internal and cross-functional stakeholders to capture business requirements, support the development and execution of sourcing strategies across multiple categories, evaluate supply market responses using a total cost of ownership model, and ensure the successful launch of new products as well as the sourcing transition of existing products.

Job Responsibility:

  • Collaborate with supply chain, program, engineering, and quality teams to align supply strategy to meet program goals
  • Assist in monitoring and tracking vendor performance through periodic financial reviews, and product performance
  • Develop sourcing strategies for existing suppliers across categories, and have the ability to identify, evaluate, and select new suppliers
  • Analyze spend data/trends to identify and develop overall strategic sourcing initiatives
  • Establish key sourcing performance indicators, monitor ongoing performance and drive continuous improvements
  • Identify potential suppliers and conduct thorough assessments to ensure they meet SEDAs quality & capability standards
  • Conduct RFQs, support cost analysis, and coordinate supplier selection decisions
  • Drive the assessment of supplier cost, quality, capability, capacity, and financials, in order to orchestrate the selection
  • Generate summary reports to present cost analysis to management for review and approval
  • Drive implementation of category strategies which will include spend/supply assessments, consolidation strategy, supplier selection, and financial analyses
  • Identify new and/or alternate sources of supply, develop and execute plan to consolidate supply base
  • Support compliance initiatives plus corporate commodity, logistics, and inventory strategies to achieve synergy across the operation
  • Support annual cost reductions, proactively manage purchase price variance and lead annual standard cost review
  • Support goals and objectives for the Supply Chain department that are flowed down by Company Supply Chain Roadmap and Operations objectives

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • MBA preferred, but not essential
  • CPM or CPSM certification is preferred
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in a Supply Chain organization and Sourcing role with increasing level of financial responsibility
  • Strong MS Office skills with advanced knowledge in Excel
  • Ability to use PowerBI preferred, not mandatory
  • Effective in using large datasets and presenting of information through PowerPoint
  • Knowledge and work experience of ERP/MRP systems is a must
  • SAP experience preferred, not mandatory
  • Integrity
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Judgement and problem solving
  • Leadership
  • Communication, both verbally and written and through active listening and reading comprehension
  • Proven negotiation skills
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to identify processes needing improvement and to recommend and carry out improvements
  • Customer oriented
  • Adaptable and flexible
  • Ability to summarize complex information
  • A deep understanding of root cause corrective action
  • Knowledge of change control management
  • Analytical thinking
  • Dependability
  • Change agent
  • Planning, organization and prioritizing
  • Ability to interact with C-level executives and make presentations

Nice to have:

  • MBA
  • CPM or CPSM certification
  • Ability to use PowerBI
  • SAP experience

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 17, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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On-site work
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