Global commodity manager

On behalf of our multinational Client we are currently looking for a commodity manager
Job Description

• Driving a cross-functional supplier management to win the bestsuppliers and guarantee optimal supply chain with target of highest quality and availibility
• Supplier management includes: selection of suppliers, - qualification, - release, - evaluation, - development, - risk management and target agreements with the suppliers
• Carrying out the regional and international bundling of demands of the different source teams / locations and projects in order to achieve optimum use of purchasing power
• Monitoring of technologies and roadmaps of east European suppliers
• Material Cost reduction and Contract Management
• Supplier performance & development – operational and tactical ownership and accountability for ongoing performance of defined strategic and normal suppliers
• Analyzing the needs, markets and suppliers in order to create a basis for decision-making for the optimal source strategy
• Supplier relationship / escalation – lead day to day supplier relationships for defined suppliers to ensure internal stakeholder satisfaction is achieved
• Managing global commodity tasks & supporting local
• Pursuing and implementing set goals, planning local or global negotiations or carrying them out independently and documenting the results if necessary (e.g. SAP).
• Defining and tracking targets for Commodity Manager regarding supplies
• Market research for suitable suppliers, technology trends / clusters
• Keeping update commodity strategies regularly with relevant stakeholders
• Communicating updates, trends, and risks to relevant stakeholders
• Ensuring global coordination of supplier base in close collaboration with stakeholders for current & future requirements
• Responsible for the global supplier management of the assigned commodity groups
• Controlling of awarding strategies
• Negotiating, approving negotiation results of Commodity Manager (set targets and/or participatenegotiation)
• Aligning and agreeing to awarding proposal.
• Being a Functional lead of all local Commodity Manager belonging to the dedicated commodities (meaning coordination of strategy, target setting & tracking, final decision making, first line escalation to local if capacity or availability issues within commodity)
• Ensuring professional risk/contract management
• Ensuring escalation and risk management and ensuring that actions are initiated and tracked Job Requirements
  • Several years purchasing experience working within a global supply marketplace with a strong technical knowledge of electronics / electromechanics components
  • Responsibility for one or more dedicated commodities, such as cable harness systems
  • Several years manufacturing and/or training experience in electronics manufacturing and mechanical componentry
  • Experience of successfully managing and completing projects, which involve the cooperation of other functions and third-party organisations
  • Able to achieve goals/objectives as an individual and also preferably in a team environment
  • Able to manage and maintain complex contracts across a regional and global supply chain
  • Qualified as an Electrical engineer or Industrial engineer can be a strong benefit
  • Excellent English language skills is a must and German language skills is preferable and at least one additional East European language, preferably Hungarian is a must. and you like to travel Compensation Benefits