Commodity Management Specialist

The Commodity Management Specialist will maintain global and/or regional responsibility for a complex commodity or group of commodities, develop and execute procurement strategies, and participate in corporate negotiation teams. The role requires strong knowledge of the marketplace conditions, purchasing principles, and computer applications. The incumbent will work under minimum supervision and will have frequent interaction and negotiation with senior executives of industry leading multi-national companies.

Requirements

• Maintains global and/or regional responsibility for a complex commodity or group of commodities
• Develops and executes a procurement strategy for commodity or services
• Responsible for all product or service sourcing
• Participates in the Commodity Council Corporate negotiation teams
• Quotes and negotiates quarterly all products or major services either regionally or globally
• Conducts customer bids within the response time objectives
• Responsible for supplier performance reviews
• Identifies the supply vs.demand for all allocated products and communicate the proportioning of these items by geography and customer
• Consolidates and escalates all critical shortages and resolves issues
• Provides product cost support for products in assigned geographies
• Prepares bids including generation of BOM, cost analysis, negotiate with suppliers, and present bids to management
• Updates material prices database, analyze bill of materials for competitiveness and customer compliance, review with management

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment