Commodity Manager Indirect

Role Overview

Employment and Level

• Employment type is full-time.
• The role is described as mid-level to senior.

Strategic Sourcing and Category Management

• Develop commodity strategies, category roadmaps, sourcing plans, and solutions for assigned indirect-spend categories.
• Manage MRO, facilities, professional services, IT services, CapEx support, logistics, and other indirect categories.
• Lead RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, tenders, supplier evaluations, competitive bidding, supplier selection, and onboarding.

Commercial and Supplier Management

• Lead negotiations covering pricing, payment terms, service levels, warranties, contract terms, quality, delivery, and risk.
• Manage supplier relationships, KPIs, scorecards, quarterly business reviews, escalations, disputes, and improvement plans.
• Drive supplier consolidation, demand pooling, standardization, value engineering, cost reduction, and cost avoidance.

Governance and Risk

• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, approval procedures, purchasing controls, and governance requirements.
• Support Source-to-Contract and Procure-to-Pay processes and maintain sourcing, contract, supplier, spend, and procurement records.
• Monitor market trends, inflation, supplier capacity, commodity movements, and supply risks, and develop continuity strategies.

Stakeholder and Reporting Duties

• Track and report savings, procurement KPIs, spend performance, supplier metrics, and sourcing results.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Engineering, HR, IT, EHS, Legal, and other functions on procurement initiatives.
• Lead or participate in regional and global procurement projects and provide recommendations to senior management.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategic procurement, commodity management, indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or supply chain management.
• Typically 5 or more years of relevant procurement or commodity-management experience.
• Strong experience with indirect procurement categories, supplier portfolios, cost reduction, negotiations, commercial optimization, spend analysis, and procurement governance.
• Ability to manage multiple sourcing projects and priorities while building effective supplier and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, electronics, semiconductor, EMS, industrial, technology, or other complex supply-chain environments.
• Multi-site, regional, or global procurement experience.
• Proficiency in SAP, Ariba, Coupa, ERP systems, Excel, Power BI, or other procurement and analytics platforms.
• Knowledge of sustainable procurement, ESG, supplier risk, and responsible sourcing.
• A relevant bachelor’s degree, MBA, or procurement qualification such as CIPS or CPSM is preferred or advantageous.

What the Employer Offers

• Opportunity to lead indirect procurement, commodity management, category strategy, supplier management, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Exposure to global and regional suppliers, complex sourcing projects, negotiations, procurement transformation, and supply-risk management.
• Potential career progression into senior, regional, global, head-of-function, or procurement director roles.
• Professional procurement training, CIPS or CPSM development, mentorship, and career advancement opportunities.
• Competitive compensation, performance incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package.