Commodity Manager

3 weeks ago


Oklahoma City, United States CareerBuilder Full time

The Job Responsibilities

Responsible for developing and implementing regional commodity strategies and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)

in alignment with requirements from the Global Purchasing Objectives or Global Commodity Strategy ensuring cost effective supply of a commodity category or group of commodities.

Within the context of the supply, drive the following objectives:
Optimize costs while meeting Engineering and Product Management specifications/requirements (both current product & new product)
Ensure consistent supply to Draeger operations
Interact with numerous functions within the organization that includes (2) two North American manufacturing plants and one Regional Market Fulfillment operation.
Successfully contract suppliers to provide Draeger with cost-optimized commodities, drive regional price negotiations for assigned suppliersincluding escalation management .

Develop Commodity Strategy: Implementing a Commodity Management strategy (increased focus on NPI relative to past performance) including the development and execution of long-term supply strategy, landed cost modeling, supplier opportunity assessments, supplier financial analysis, make/buy analyses, negotiations and long-term contract establishment including product development, flexibility, logistics and quality agreements.

Develop solid working knowledge of certain commodity trends including: industry trends, cost drivers, global pricing, material lead times, and technical / manufacturing processes.
Utilize Strategic Sourcing process when appropriate to test pricing in the supply market and establish best cost contracts (Total cost of ownership).
Establish Supplier Development processes including the coordination and support on-site supplier assessment / certification audits and continuous improvement activities that drive down total cost.

Conduct, document and follow-up of business reviews, risk management and supplier evaluations including action plans.
Coordinate and oversee technical cost change funnel for Product Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) improvement measures in coordination with Product Line Purchasing.

Utilize external and internal guidance, purchasing initiatives and/or commodity strategies to propose design changes for Technical Cost Reductions or supplier transfers.
Investigate and recommend new and/or alternate sources of supply as necessary to support new product development, cost reduction requirements, and/or supplier performance issues.
Lead supplier selection in cooperation with cross functional teams in development projects & in the serial business as well as support the integration of new suppliers into development projects.
Responsible for the preparation and execution of the local commodity MMB.

Assist in the preparation for global commodity MMB.

Develop and control regional commodity key figures, in particular price development for responsible commodities/suppliers as well as the initiation of performance improvement activities.

Ensure systems update and data integrity to support material group and supplier strategy (e.g., SAP, Softcon, SupplyBench, etc.).
Ensure quality components are provided to Draeger directly by coordinating supplier collaboration with C&D or indirectly by supporting Supplier Quality initiatives.
Support Operational Purchasing to identify and implement supplier logistics programs to achieve inventory targets/goal identified by Planning.

Assist in development and/or negotiation of internal and external solution.
Perform other duties as needed and assigned.

Your Qualifications

Education:
Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent in education, training and experience required.
Related Experience:
Minimum 8 years of related experience.
Special Competencies or Certifications:
Working knowledge of SAP required.
Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office suite applications.
Effectively operate in a global environment.
Effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
General understanding of supply chain concepts and application.

The Drger Workplace

Draeger has several sites located across North America as well as field-based sales and service positions. Our North America headquarters is located in Telford, PA just north of Philadelphia. We also have US sites in Andover, MA, and Houston, TX. Our Canada site is located in Mississauga, Ontario.
Our US headquarters located north of Philadelphia in Telford, Pennsylvania is our US manufacturing site for our Neonatal product line supplying many global customers as well as production support for Draegers Safety products. This location also serves as the key site for essential US functions which includes Medical Sales and Service Management, Medical Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Regulatory, Quality and Finance.
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Draeger is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To learn more:

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Who we are

From hospitals to fire departments to industrial customers, people around the world rely on our products: cutting-edge technology that combines real engineering with the digital future. With over 130 years of experience, passion and the bold ideas of more than 16,000 employees, we are committed to turning technology into technology for life.

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