Commodity Manager

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

Develop, prioritize, and execute short-term and long-term commodity strategies that reduce supply chain complexity and achieve continuous material productivity improvements.  Identify and develop strategic supply bases for critical components while also reducing overall supply-chain complexity. 

Location - Preferably Ireland / UK / Europe

Hybrid / Remote

Salary Range - 65K to 85K depending on experience / skills

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and execute commodity strategies that achieves quality, delivery, cost and inventory targets within respective commodities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, fostering collaboration and alignment on risk management strategies.
• Analyze current market conditions, geo-political environment and incorporate into commodity strategies to effectively mitigate supply chain risk.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers of assigned global commodities ensuring that the best total cost is realized.
• Contracts will include such items, as discounts, payment terms, shipping terms, stocking agreements, quality parameters, service requirements, supply chain connections and other items deemed valuable.
• Utilize 80/20 mindset to establish strategies and identify opportunities to reduce product and supply base complexity for assigned commodities.
• Lead cross-functional project teams to implement product complexity reduction and improvement.
• Manage Global supply base and incorporate supply chain management tools to continually improve supplier performance and drive internal efforts to resolve supplier issues.
• Assist product teams in gaining a competitive advantage by incorporating product roadmaps, current market conditions and new technologies within their commodities. Continually assess and evaluate new suppliers.
• Develop and nurture strong and collaborative relationships with Viking Cedar Falls supply chain and production teams to ensure continuity of supply on critical components and pumps.
• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to align resilience strategies with production planning, inventory management, and logistics operations that can be relied on to consistently help deliver the I & OP elements of Viking Pump Hygienics SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operational Planning) process.
• Implement digital tools and technologies to improve supply chain visibility, forecasting, and decision-making.
• Lead the development and execution of business continuity plans (BCPs) specific to the supply chain, ensuring readiness in the event of disruptions (e.g., natural disasters, global pandemics, supplier insolvencies).

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related discipline
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in commodity management in a manufacturing environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience of supply chain development in the industrial and / or hygienic pump segments.
• APICS or CPM certificate preferred.  
• Experience in iron/aluminum casting, metal fabrication, machining, electronics, and/or plastics preferred
• Experience in managing a global supply base preferred

OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Familiarity with sourcing of machined castings, forged parts or machinery preferred.
• Experience with Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) preferred.
• Mechanical and technical aptitudes to understand engineering documents, including blueprints.
• Excellent analytical skills required

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office products including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Proficient  with Enterprise Resource Planning software.

WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to move within office and manufacturing complex, write by hand and keyboard, and perform general office functions.
• Ability to communicate by speech and hearing via phone and in person.
• Visual acuity needed for close detail work and computer use.
• General manufacturing, warehouse and office environment.
• Travel up to 25% of the time, domestic and international.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Must have the ability to effectively communicate with customers, suppliers and all levels of company personnel.