Software Commodity Manager

1 month ago

Milwaukee, United States HireTalent - Diversity Staffing & Recruiting Firm Full time

Key Responsibilities:

  • With guidance from the Manager of Strategic Sourcing, develop the sourcing strategy for assigned software and technology commodities and suppliers, using input from the sourcing team and key global/regional stakeholders within the business units. The sourcing strategy will drive the continuous improvement of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the assigned commodities.
  • Negotiate commercial terms with software vendors, including price, caps on increases, payment terms, service levels, cancellation for convenience. Interface with Legal to incorporate acceptable legal terms – This is the #1 item
  • Drive implementation of the sourcing strategy for assigned commodities. Once a sourcing strategy has been developed, the Commodity Manager will communicate, monitor

and aggressively manage business unit compliance of the strategy.

The Manager will also establish working relationships with other functions (e.g. Engineering, Plant Operations, Suppliers and Product Quality, etc.), bringing a Strategic Sourcing perspective to all key processes.

  • Develop an expertise in the business unit products and/or corporate function needs and capabilities for commodities and services.
  • The Commodity Manager partners with business units and functions to understand their goals and objectives and formulates strategies to achieve desired business results.
  • On an ongoing basis, the Manager will remain current on service and supply market trends, supplier economics, and best practice sourcing.
  • Responsible for Global Supplier Management.
  • The Commodity Manager will monitor and evaluate supplier performance around security, quality, delivery, lead time of all suppliers.
  • Conduct regular strategic business reviews with suppliers and stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement of the supply base.
  • Measure and track performance on Sourcing KPIs within each commodity or service. The Commodity Manager will be responsible for monthly reporting to senior management on key performance indicators within the supply chain. These KPI’s may include savings, quality, delivery, lead time, market trends, etc.
  • Identify and implement Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) reduction opportunities for assigned software and technology / services. Within the business unit or function, the Commodity Manager will champion annual productivity improvements by leading internal and joint supplier/unit teams pursuing TCO reduction opportunities in alignment with the sourcing strategy (e.g. security expectations, improving supplier operations, demand management, improving supply chain flexibility, etc.).


Top skills MUST have -

#1 Skill the candidate MUST have

  • Negotiate commercial terms with software vendors, including price, caps on increases, payment terms, service levels, cancellation for convenience. Interface with Legal to incorporate acceptable legal terms –
  • Negotiating medium to large software agreements – at least some at $1M+ in size Examples of software for reference - Microsoft, Workday, SAP, Oracle.
  • Years of experience required- Minimum of five (5) years of experience working in indirect sourcing and/or strategic sourcing.
  • 3 years is a possibility but must have the experience of negotiating software agreements.


Education requirements - Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering or Supply Chain Management.

Computer knowledge required to perform duties –

  • Knowledge in data architecture and management applications (e.g. Excel (formulas will be required), PowerPoint is a plus, etc.)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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