Commodity Material Manager

Accenture; Toronto; On-site; CAD 74,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a strategic leader to own supplier relationships for infrastructure commodities, including servers, storage, and networking components at hyperscale volume. This role interprets complex demand and supply data to identify risks and opportunities across the supply chain.

You will drive lead time reductions, capacity expansion, and on-time delivery improvements, while synthesizing supply health for senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in commodity or supply chain management.
• 7+ years of direct vendor or supplier management experience, including contract negotiation and performance management.
• 3+ years of experience interpreting and acting on complex supply and demand planning reports and data.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage strategic supplier relationships for infrastructure commodities, including servers, storage, and networking components at hyperscale volume.
• Interpret complex demand and supply reports to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities across the supply chain.
• Drive supply improvements including lead time reduction, capacity expansion, and on-time delivery (OTD) performance improvements across assigned commodity portfolio.
• Synthesize supply health and risk posture into clear, concise, decision-ready status updates for senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Navigate conflict and competing priorities across internal teams (engineering, planning, finance) and external partners.
• Collaborate with ODMs, component suppliers, and logistics teams to resolve supply constraints and elevate gating components.
• Monitor and report on supplier performance metrics, capacity commitments, and delivery schedules.
• Develop and execute recovery plans to address supply disruptions and shortfalls against build plans.
• Support NPI (New Product Introduction) programs with commodity supply strategy and readiness assessments.

Skills

Vendor management

Contract negotiation

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Responsibilities

• Own and manage strategic supplier relationships for assigned infrastructure commodities, including servers, storage, and networking components at hyperscale volume.
• Interpret complex demand and supply reports to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities across the supply chain.
• Drive supply improvements including lead time reduction, capacity expansion, and on-time delivery (OTD) performance improvements across assigned commodity portfolio.
• Synthesize supply health and risk posture into clear, concise, decision-ready status updates for senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Navigate conflict and competing priorities across internal teams (engineering, planning, finance) and external partners.
• Collaborate with ODMs, component suppliers, and logistics teams to resolve supply constraints and elevate gating components.
• Monitor and report on supplier performance metrics, capacity commitments, and delivery schedules.
• Develop and execute recovery plans to address supply disruptions and shortfalls against build plans.
• Support NPI (New Product Introduction) programs with commodity supply strategy and readiness assessments.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in commodity management, supply chain management, or a related field within a high-volume manufacturing or technology environment.
• Minimum of 7 years of direct vendor or supplier management experience, including contract negotiation and performance management.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience interpreting and acting on complex supply and demand planning reports and data.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in commodity or supply chain management in hyperscale data center, cloud infrastructure, or high-tech hardware environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in Aerospace or Automotive industries with demonstrated commodity management at large scale.
• Proven track record of driving OTD improvements, lead time reductions, and capacity expansion with Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills with experience preparing supply risk briefings for senior leadership.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and supply chain analytics tools.
• Experience working cross-functionally with NPI, logistics, engineering, and finance teams.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.

It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Information on benefits is here:

Role Location Annual Salary Range

British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $74,000 to $124,000