Strategic Commodity Leader: Sourcing & Supply Continuity

Workable; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Workable, Singapore, seeks a seasoned commodity leader to shape supplier strategies across technology roadmaps, localisation, cost reduction and long-term supply continuity.

You will drive supplier portfolio decisions, negotiate Long-Term Agreements, and coordinate with NPI, Engineering, Quality and Finance to deliver measurable improvements in cost competitiveness and capacity resilience. This is a strategic role requiring deep analytical and commercial judgment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline.
• 8–12 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing or supplier strategy in manufacturing.
• Proficient in Excel, Power BI; knowledge of ERP systems like Baan or Infor LN is advantageous.
• Strong commercial acumen with contract management and supplier negotiations.
• Experience in supplier qualification, audits and development programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead commodity strategies and supplier-location plans aligned with business growth, technology roadmaps, customer requirements, cost competitiveness, capacity assurance and long-term supply continuity.
• Own and approve the commodity supplier portfolio, including preferred-supplier status, sourcing allocation, supplier consolidation, localisation, development and exit decisions within delegated authority.
• Translate commodity strategies into annual priorities, investment and resource requirements, milestones, accountable owners and an effective management-review cadence.
• Lead cost-reduction, VA/VE, localisation and major commercial-negotiation initiatives, ensuring sustainable value while protecting quality, delivery, technology, capacity and supply-continuity requirements.
• Establish and govern Long-Term Agreements and long-term capacity plans for strategic suppliers, ensuring that commercial commitments, capacity requirements, investment assumptions, performance expectations and continuity obligations are clearly defined.
• Oversee Supplier Business Management and Commodity Business Management, ensuring coordinated supplier governance, performance management, sourcing execution and closure of strategic supplier actions.
• Align with NPI teams, customers and relevant internal stakeholders on supplier selection and allocation, ensuring decisions consider technical capability, manufacturability, quality readiness, cost, lead time, capacity, scalability and programme requirements.
• Establish clear supplier expectations, evidence-based performance reviews, accountable owners and completion criteria for corrective, development and strategic improvement actions.
• Own lifecycle and end-of-life management, critical-part dual-source strategies and business-continuity roadmaps to reduce supply exposure and protect long-term product and customer requirements.
• Lead executive supplier negotiations and escalations, and approve commodity strategy, capacity strategy and Long-Term Agreement commercial recommendations within delegated authority.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

Cost modeling

Supply chain

Lean Six Sigma

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Infor LN

Baan

Job description

Workable, Singapore, seeks a seasoned commodity leader to shape supplier strategies across technology roadmaps, localisation, cost reduction and long-term supply continuity.

You will drive supplier portfolio decisions, negotiate Long-Term Agreements, and coordinate with NPI, Engineering, Quality and Finance to deliver measurable improvements in cost competitiveness and capacity resilience. This is a strategic role requiring deep analytical and commercial judgment.