Associate Commodity Manager
Core
Develop and lead sourcing strategies for packaging and labels direct material commodities to support supply chain initiatives including cost containment, regionalization, and trade working capital improvement.
Role type
Associate Commodity Manager (Direct Materials)
Builds
Sourcing strategies and supplier agreements for packaging and labels
Domain
HVACR / Climate Technology / Supply Chain
Required skills
Direct material sourcing, cost containment, trade working capital management, capacity planning, regionalization planning, supplier agreement negotiation, electronic bidding, supplier quality collaboration, project management, process improvement, data analysis
Preferred skills
Commodity management experience, supplier development in packaging and labels, blueprint reading
Technologies
Spreadsheets, word processing, charts
Responsibilities
Develop and implement direct material sourcing strategies, forecast containment and inflation projects, establish goals to improve trade working capital, develop capacity and regionalization plans, establish agreements with suppliers, perform electronic sourcing bid events, collaborate with Supplier Quality to improve supplier performance
Seniority
Associate, entry-level IC
