Commodity Purchasing Lead

Lead the Commodity Purchasing team to develop and execute sourcing strategies that ensure the supply of materials, components and plant tool/fixtures required to support new product introduction and series production.

The role is responsible for achieving competitive total cost, excellent supplier performance, robust supply chain resilience and supporting the company's growth strategy through effective supplier partnerships and cross-functional collaboration.

The Commodity Lead will manage the workload of the team and will need to adequately resource XP/Experiment /Prototype phases as well as Sourcing for Production and production support.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach and develop the Commodity Purchasing team.

• Set objectives and priorities aligned with business strategy.

• Drive accountability and continuous improvement.

• Develop succession plans and capability within the team.
• technology developments

• geopolitical risks

• sustainability

• capacity planning

• supplier footprint

• cost competitiveness

• Review strategies annually and update when market conditions change.

Supplier Management

Lead strategic supplier relationships by:

• conducting executive business reviews

• monitoring supplier performance

• driving supplier development

• identifying new suppliers

• managing supplier exits where appropriate

• supporting long-term partnership agreements

Strategic Sourcing

Lead sourcing activities including:

• RFQs

• supplier selection

• commercial negotiations

• sourcing council preparation

• nomination recommendations

• contract negotiations

Ensure sourcing decisions consider:

• total cost of ownership

• quality

• delivery

• technical capability

• sustainability

• risk

• innovation

Cost Management

• Deliver annual targets for:

• PPV

• cost reduction

Lead negotiations covering:

• inflation

• indexation

• raw materials

• logistics

• currency exposure

Programme Support

Support New Product Introduction through:

• supplier selection

• sourcing timing

• commercial readiness

• capacity validation