Commodity Manager

Cornelius Manufacturing De Mexico Sa De Cv

Come join a team where People make the difference As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

As a key member of the category management team, this position will lead a category and/or major sub-category and also support / deliver the many aspects of global strategy and sourcing process, ensuring we maintain best value and will collaborate cross-functionally to set category strategy. The role will be responsible for Sourcing lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) while supporting Category Managers, Product Supply, PSM, Commercial/Sales Team, Quality, and Product Development
- Leads and supports and optimizes a robust global strategy for assigned categories focused on total cost of ownership improvements.
- Ensure that the business requirements and needs of each region are well understood and executed within the category plan; work with the Procurement operations team to implement local sourcing and local category management for items outside not covered in the total Procurement category strategies
- Assist in Global Collaboration Projects targeted at ongoing harmonization and continuous improvements efforts
- Cost Savings - Identify and pursue cost savings opportunities together with the Category Manager and internal team members
- Drive supplier performance and development through proactive utilization of the Supplier Scorecard to benchmark and improve supplier performance through the frequent communication of Glanbia’s expectations and requirements
- Lead and supports the Category Manager in the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and works with supplier when operations quality issues become more frequent and/or sever **Knowledge, Skills, Abilities**:

- An ability to negotiate with diverse set of suppliers across multiple regions and close out negotiations
- Highly detailed with a systematic approach, sense of responsibility and positive customer focus
- Must have demonstrably strong interpersonal skills (both written and verbal), to include speaking clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in written form with all levels of personnel within the business unit and in the wider organization, to include excellent writing, negotiation and presentation skills
- Analytical with superior problem solving skills over near and long-term planning horizons
- Strong business understanding and orientation and effectively handles multiple, rapidly changing and conflicting priorities
- Strong cultural awareness based on past exposure, experience, and successful business dealings
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision while remaining productive at all times.