Director, Mechanical Commodity Management

Flex; Bielsko-Biała; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into Axiom, with the spin planned for Q1 2027. The Senior Manager - Mechanical Commodity Management, Europe will lead regional sourcing for mechanical categories across Europe, collaborating with global leaders to deliver competitive solutions.

Located in Poland at either the Bielsko-Biala or Tczew facility, this hands-on leadership role requires deep market knowledge, strong negotiation skills, and a track record of delivering

Qualifications

• Experience with European mechanical suppliers and cost structures.
• Strong negotiation capability across complex supplier contracts.
• Deep knowledge of manufacturing processes in mechanicals and related cost drivers.
• Hands-on leadership with ability to coordinate regional resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional supplier strategy and sourcing execution for European mechanical categories.
• Translate growth priorities into regional supplier, sourcing, capacity and risk plans.
• Identify, qualify, and develop suppliers meeting technical, quality and capacity requirements.
• Build relationships with strategic European suppliers and act as escalation point for issues.
• Lead complex supplier negotiations on pricing, terms, and incentives.
• Collaborate with Engineering on material selection and design for manufacturing.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder management

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, Axiom, with the spin planned for Q1 2027. If the intended spin occurs, this role will support Axiom, a company focused on critical digital infrastructure and delivering end-to-end power and thermal management solutions for AI data centers and other mission-critical applications.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Senior Manager - Mechanical Commodity Management, Europe, located in Poland at either our Bielsko-Biala or Tczew facility.

The Senior Manager - Mechanical Commodity Management, Europe is the regional technical and commercial leader for sourcing and procurement activities associated with the European mechanical supply base.

Reporting to the Global Mechanical Commodity Lead, you will lead regional supplier strategy and sourcing execution across metal, fabricated metal, packaging, fasteners, hardware, and other assigned mechanical categories, in close alignment with designated global commodity and supplier strategies. The role will partner with global commodity leaders, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Finance, Commercial teams, and Manufacturing sites to deliver competitive sourcing solutions, strengthen supply assurance, support new business, and improve profitability and working capital.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep knowledge of European mechanical suppliers, manufacturing processes, cost structures, and commercial practices. The successful candidate will combine technical credibility, strong negotiation capability, market intelligence, and disciplined execution. The role may lead a small team or coordinate regional resources but is primarily accountable for functional expertise, supplier engagement, and business results.

What a typical day looks like:

• Manage regional mechanical commodity strategy, execution, and performance.
• Translate business growth priorities and global commodity strategies into actionable regional supplier, sourcing, capacity, and risk-management plans.
• Identify, assess, qualify, and develop suppliers that meet technical, commercial, quality, capacity, and geographic requirements.
• Build effective relationships with strategic European suppliers and serve as the regional escalation point for significant commercial, operational, quality, or supply issues.
• Support preferred-supplier alignment while identifying regional capabilities and alternatives that strengthen competitiveness and resilience.
• Maintain strong knowledge of supplier capabilities, capacity, technology, financial health, and market position.
• Serve as the regional subject-matter expert for mechanical manufacturing processes, supplier capabilities, cost drivers, tooling, and regional supply-market dynamics.
• Lead complex supplier negotiations covering pricing, productivity, payment terms, rebates, tooling, inventory arrangements, capacity, and contractual conditions.
• Improve cost transparency through should-cost analysis, benchmarking, raw-material indices, manufacturing-process knowledge, and competitive sourcing.
• Partner with Engineering on material selection, design for manufacturing, value engineering, tooling, and supplier capability assessments.
• Ensure technical requirements and commercial agreements are understood, documented, and executable by the selected supply base.
• Provide clear recommendations and fact-based challenge to internal stakeholders, suppliers, and global commodity leaders.
• Support quotations, new-product introduction, supplier selection, localization, and manufacturing ramps in Europe.
• Develop sourcing solutions that balance cost, quality, lead time, capacity, technology, customer requirements, and supply continuity.
• Identify and remove supplier, commercial, and capacity constraints that could affect customer commitments, operational performance, or revenue growth.
• Monitor European market conditions, including raw materials, energy, labor, capacity, regulation, and geopolitical developments, and translate these into actionable business recommendations.
• Lead regional responses to shortages, supplier disruptions, capacity constraints, and other critical supply risks.
• Coordinate effectively across global commodity teams, European sites, business units, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, ethical standards, contractual requirements, and applicable laws.

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