全球品类经理
Manager, Global Category
商品经理负责为其负责的直接物料商品制定和执行采购策略。该职位管理供应商关系，协商商业协议，识别成本节约机会，降低供应风险，并确保可靠的供应以支持制造运营。
商品经理是所负责品类和供应商的主要商业负责人，与业务合作伙伴协作，确保采购解决方案符合运营和战略目标。
主要职责
战略采购
- 为指定的商品品类制定并执行采购策略
- - 进行市场和供应商分析，识别采购机会并利用竞争情报。
- - 管理RFI/RFP/RFQ流程和供应商谈判，确保以具有成本效益的方式采购，重点关注总拥有成本（TCO），同时满足质量和性能要求。
供应商与风险管理
- 根据财务健康状况、合规性、技术能力和战略一致性评估和认证新供应商。
- - 建立并维护与关键供应商的牢固合作关系，确保绩效、风险缓解和持续改进。
- - 解决供应问题并执行合同条款和义务
- - 制定并实施针对已识别风险（如地缘政治风险、供应中断、产能限制和单一来源依赖）的缓解计划。
- - 进行市场分析，识别并跟踪相关指数
成本管理
- 通过供应商整合、合同优化和价值工程举措识别成本节约机会。
- - 分析所负责产品和服务的总拥有成本（TCO）
- - 协商和管理供应商合同，确保协议符合TPI的财务、运营和质量标准。管理合同续签、修改和绩效评审。
- - 制定并跟踪关键采购指标（例如成本节约、供应商绩效、合规性）。
跨职能协作
- 与运营、工程、财务和行政团队紧密合作，确保采购策略与项目和业务需求一致。
- - 与必要细节一起领导项目规划和管理，及时做出决策和升级。
- - 作为采购流程和系统的专家。
- - 支持生产连续性和客户交付需求。
查看英文原文
The Commodity Manager is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for assigned direct material commodities. This role manages supplier relationships, negotiates commercial agreements, identifies cost reduction opportunities, mitigates supply risks, and ensures reliable supply to support manufacturing operations.
The Commodity Manager serves as the primary commercial owner for assigned categories and suppliers and works collaboratively with business partners to ensure procurement solutions align with operational and strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Sourcing
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned commodity categories
- - Conduct market and supplier analysis to identify sourcing opportunities and leverage competitive intelligence.
- - Manage RFI/RFP/RFQ processes and vendor negotiations to ensure cost-effective sourcing with focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while meeting quality, performance requirements.
Supplier & Risk Management
- Evaluate and qualify new suppliers based on financial health, compliance, technical capability, and strategic alignment.
- - Establish and maintain strong partnerships with key suppliers, ensuring performance, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.
- - Resolve supply issues and enforce contractual terms and obligations
- - Develop and implement mitigation plans for identified risks such as geopolitical exposure, supply disruptions, capacity contraints, and single-source dependencies.
- - Conduct market analysis, identify and track relevant indices
Cost Management
- Identify cost-saving opportunities through supplier consolidation, contract optimization, and value engineering initiatives.
- - Analyze total cost of ownership (TCO) for product and services under responsibility
- - Negotiate and manage supplier contracts, ensuring that agreements meet TPI’s financial, operational, and quality standards. Manage contract renewals, modifications, and performance reviews.
- - Develop and track key procurement metrics (e.g., cost savings, supplier performance, compliance).
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Operations, Engineering, Finance and Administrative teams to align sourcing strategies with project and business needs.
- - Lead project planning and management with necessary details and timely decision making and escalations
- - Act as a subject matter expert for procurement processes and systems.
- - Support production continuity and customer delivery requirements.
Reporting & Analytics
- Analyze spend and market trends, and track savings, contract compliance, and procurement performance metrics.
- - Prepare business cases, sourcing recommendations, and management presentations.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies and support supplier compliance with contractual, regulatory, and ethical requirements.
- - Promote sustainability and responsible sourcing initiatives
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, engineering, business, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing and procurement
- Strong expertise in developing and executing comprehensive supply chain strategies that deliver cost savings and improve operational efficiency.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on and execute category strategies
- Negotiation expertise with a track record of securing favorable terms.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced global environment, ensuring successful execution.
- Ability to analyze complex spend data, market trends, and supplier performance to inform sourcing decisions and strategy development.
- Deep understanding of supplier relationship management and the ability to build and maintain strategic partnerships with key indirect suppliers.
- Experience with procurement tools and systems, as well as spend analysis platforms, to track and report on category performance and savings.
- A self-starter who can independently manage priorities, drive results, and proactively identify and solve problems.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Procurement certifications (e.g., CIPS, CPSM) are a plus.
Originally posted on Himalayas