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Supply Chain
Commodity Manager
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Commodity Manager
Department: Supply Chain
ID# 10-020
Location: Davis, CA
Reports to: Purchasing Manager
Travel Required: None
Position Summary
The Commodity Manager is responsible for coordinating purchasing activities with manufacturing, planning, and engineering departments to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner.
Essential Job Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Takes part in developing, implementing, and managing supplier contracts.
- Measures and reports supplier performance metrics on a monthly basis, managing any actions accordingly.
- Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions.
- Processes purchase requisitions, purchase change orders, and requests for quotes to suppliers. Responsible for procurement business system data input and integrity.
- Participates in maximizing the procurement teams' changes, part parameters; quote table maintenance, supplier database information, error report analysis, and part number/supplier code information.
- Performs cost analysis and volume planning for major commodities (e.g. materials, components, equipment and services).
- Manages a Quarterly Business Review (QBR) with key suppliers.
- Monitors the cost, schedule, and scope of assigned subcontracts to negotiate highest quality at best value.
- Identifies new supply sources when vendors and suppliers are no longer competitive.
- May recommend cost saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis or alternative sourcing.
Interacts closely with suppliers, QA, and supplier development to resolve quality issues.
- Works with management to address all aspects of commodity management, including procurement support, commodity business plans, market trends assessment, pricing, and product availability.
- Other applicable duties, as assigned or required.
Minimum Requirements
- BS/BA Degree.
- Five to ten (5 -10) years progressive purchasing experience, to include strategic purchasing and sourcing experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefer experience with hydraulics, electronics, and fabrication processes.
Physical Requirements
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and arms to perform repetitive motions; to sit, talk, and/or hear.
- Standing or sitting for extended periods of time.
- Required to work on concrete floors, wearing steel toe shoes and safety goggles, when required.
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