What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Commodity Manager position at Sage Parts?
Sage Parts is the world's largest supplier of GSE (Ground Support Equipment) and airport-related equipment replacement parts with operations in The United States, Canada, Chile, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Peru, South Africa, The Netherlands, and The United Kingdom. Sage Parts supplies replacement parts and accessories for all types and brands of GSE. Sage provides supply chain management, on site supply services, single source supply, logistics solutions, engineering solutions and other cost reduction programs.
Summary
We are seeking a Global Commodity Manager based out of one of our corporate offices located in Melville, NY and Fountain Inn, SC. This role acts a key relationship manager with our largest suppliers, expanding the Company’s contract coverage, negotiating terms and pricing at a strategic level, and managing ongoing supplier engagement activities. Role will require 25-50% travel to maintain vendor relationships and explore business growth activities.
Principal Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
If our values match yours, we would like to hear from you!
Benefits Offered Include
Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k) plan, HC-FSA, DC-FSA, HAS, Paid time off, Holidays.
Sage Parts is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, creed, age, disability, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, medical needs arising from pregnancy or childbirth, medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, including, but not limited to, lactation, or any other characteristics protected by law, unless a bona fide occupational qualification applies.
Summary
We are seeking a Global Commodity Manager based out of one of our corporate offices located in Melville, NY and Fountain Inn, SC. This role acts a key relationship manager with our largest suppliers, expanding the Company’s contract coverage, negotiating terms and pricing at a strategic level, and managing ongoing supplier engagement activities. Role will require 25-50% travel to maintain vendor relationships and explore business growth activities.
Principal Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Drive cost reduction, working capital, and gross margin return on inventory (GMROI) through various activities, for example RFQs, vendor consolidation, hotel bids, distributor selection, buying network engagement, cost, and value engineering.
- Lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with the Company’s largest suppliers. Manage the meeting calendar, ensure high quality meeting content, coordinate scorecard inputs, drive consistent rating guidelines from buying team and own task closure of meeting follow-ups.
- Negotiate and maintain long-term agreements (LTAs) with the Company’s largest suppliers.Achieve annual targets for LTA coverage percentage, improve relationships and clear roadblocks to LTA engagement.
- Provide vendors with commercial updates on major forecast changes that will impact overall business engagement. Maintain process to update LTA addendums accordingly.
- Organize supplier engagement activities, up to and including supplier summits, awards ceremonies, visits, etc.
- Own and improve supplier scorecard process. Drive development of supplier portal.
- Supplier selection for commoditized products where the Company can choose with which vendors it partners.
- Supplier relationship management and source engagement / volume growth with those vendors that develop a stronger partnership, resourcing focus through OCM identification and Private Label development with those vendors that do not support the Company’s objectives.
- Broad portfolio or market basket price negotiation to improve / maintain the business cost position in the market place or to correct delivery challenges, driving year over year cost efficiencies against global inflation / deflation trends.
- Strategic negotiation with minimal supervision or guidance, providing a win-win situation for the business.
- Supplier and Supply Line selection to improve / maintain the business cost position.
- Inventory commitment decisions to achieve business goals regarding inventory level, Inventory turns and Service Levels.
- Minimum of 5 years purchasing experience in an Automotive or GSE Parts related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in supply chain management (or Sourcing) in an Industrial marketplace.
- Minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in complex negotiations.
- Bachelor's degree is preferred.
- Fluent in written and spoken English. Additional languages are beneficial and would be considered an advantage.
- Experience working with an Enterprise Resource Planning system.
- Excellent Microsoft Excel Skills.
If our values match yours, we would like to hear from you!
Benefits Offered Include
Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k) plan, HC-FSA, DC-FSA, HAS, Paid time off, Holidays.
Sage Parts is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, creed, age, disability, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, medical needs arising from pregnancy or childbirth, medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, including, but not limited to, lactation, or any other characteristics protected by law, unless a bona fide occupational qualification applies.
