Commodity Manager

Socket.dev; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TDW is seeking a procurement professional to support purchasing, planning, manufacturing, and engineering for steel pipeline products. You will drive strategic procurement initiatives and cost savings across suppliers and internal teams.

Responsibilities include market research, supplier evaluation, negotiations, and implementing sourcing strategies to improve lead times, quality, and cost. Strong reading of technical drawings and manufacturing knowledge are required.

Qualifications

• Data analytics to interpret technical scripts, Excel, and drawings.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing terminology and industry codes.
• Reading technical drawings and understanding manufacturing methods.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Supports purchasing, planning, manufacturing and engineering representatives through strategic procurement initiatives.
• Conduct market research and benchmarking to identify cost savings.
• Propose and recommend cost savings, value engineering, or other improvement projects.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities and performance for sourcing opportunities.
• Develop relationships to support future sourcing.
• Respond to supply chain issues impacting availability, quality, delivery, or cost.
• Lead negotiations and implement sourcing strategies to reduce lead times and costs.
• Monitor supplier quality and phase out poor performing suppliers.
• Assist and support purchasing responsibilities.

Skills

Data analytics

Reading drawings

Manufacturing knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Job description

At TDW we put people first - that means working everyday to ensure the pipelines that run through our communities are operating safely and reliably. What sets us apart is our expertise, experience and commitment.

Each day we dedicate ourselves to treating each other, our customers and our community with care and respect.

Overview

Responsible for supporting purchasing, planning, manufacturing, and engineering representatives through strategic procurement initiatives in the area steel manufacturing for pipeline products.

Key Responsibilities

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services.
• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions.
• Works independently, requires minimal guidance.
• Conduct market research and benchmarking to identify and validate cost savings or improvement potential.
• Propose and recommend cost savings, value-engineering, or other improvement projects.
• Evaluate capabilities and performance of existing and potential future suppliers.
• Develop and maintain the necessary relationships to identify and support future sourcing opportunities.
• Respond to critical Supply Chain issues that impact availability, quality, delivery, or cost as they arise, supporting resolution and driving re-sourcing, if necessary.
• Lead certain negotiations independently.
• Implement sourcing strategies that improve lead times, quality and reduce costs.
• Monitor supplier’s quality of material and comprehend how processes can be improved to yield qualified product.
• Monitor supplier performance and phase out poor performing suppliers in collaboration with the Purchasing.
• Assist and supporting purchasing responsibilities.

Experience

• Minimum related experience requirement: 8 years+
• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or engineering.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Data Analytics skills to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in technical script, excel, engineering drawings.
• Must have a strong knowledge of manufacturing, manufacturing terminology and industry codes/practices.
• Familiarity of parts manufactured by forgings, castings, plate, and machined metals.
• Must be able to read technical drawings and extensive knowledge of manufacturing techniques.
• Strong communication skills.