Commodity Lead

About the role

The Commodity Lead will drive strategic sourcing, supplier development, localization, and supply risk mitigation initiatives across multiple business units and manufacturing sites. In this role, you will manage critical supplier relationships, resolve supply challenges, develop alternative sourcing strategies, and deliver cost savings while ensuring supply continuity and operational excellence.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and resolve critical supplier issues affecting multiple BUs and manufacturing locations
• Maintain an overview of critical suppliers, commodities, single-source dependencies, and supply risks
• Lead cross-functional escalation and resolution of supplier capacity, quality, lead-time, commercial, and delivery issues
• Develop and execute supplier localization strategies for critical and high-risk commodities
• Identify single-source and high-risk components requiring second-source development and lead second-source strategies
• Monitor supplier performance related to delivery, quality, capacity, responsiveness, pricing, and commercial terms
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities through localization, second sourcing, negotiation, and supplier competition
• Lead commercial negotiations for strategic and critical commodities
• Coordinate supplier qualification activities with Engineering, Quality, and Operations
• Act as the central Procurement contact for critical commodity and supplier issues across BUs

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field
• 3-5+ years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Commodity Management, or Supply Chain
• Strong experience in supplier negotiation, sourcing, supplier development, localization, and/or second-source development
• Experience managing suppliers across multiple BUs, manufacturing sites, or regions is preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, semiconductor, electronics, industrial, or technology environments is preferred
• Strategic sourcing and commodity management capabilities
• Supplier risk management expertise
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence across functions without direct authority